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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Introducing ImageViews

Posted by Charp jay
Charp jay
177 Points

Why do i get an error on my androidmanifest.xml when i haven't edited anything in it?...it shows this error when i run

when i try to run the program, it shows error saying "attribute android:allowBackup is not allowed here, attribute android:icon is not allowed here, attribute android:theme is not allowed here"

similarily with the android version code and android version name... anyone? i want to move forward in this session...quick help please.

2 Answers

adsdev
adsdev
15,583 Points
adsdev
adsdev
15,583 Points

Can you post the androidmanifest.xml ? There could be an error in there.

Charp jay
Charp jay
177 Points

i did exactly as the video said, no reason for anything to disturb in the manifest.xml...

adsdev
adsdev
15,583 Points

I think somewhere in the manifest, something is not correctly closed off like </example>

Or not correctly placed.

<application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > //Note the closing here
        <activity

The entire and final manifest.xml layout should look like this, although it might differ on a few places:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="phonezilla.interactivestory" >

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name=".ui.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name=".ui.StoryActivity"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_story"
            android:parentActivityName=".ui.MainActivity"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait">
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
                android:value=".ui.MainActivity" />
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>
Charp jay
Charp jay
177 Points
Charp jay
Charp jay
177 Points

its looks exactly like that, and if i still get an error then? it says allowBackup, theme and icon are not allowed here...