Android / Eclipse / Premature end of xml file

Question

Let me start by acknowledging that I did find a similar question on here but there was only one answer and that answer did not apply in my situation, so...

I am just

Answer 1

i got the same error using PhoneGap.

New >> Project >> Android Project from Existing Code

Then Next and Browse project and LEAVE BLANK copy projects into workspace and Finish.

There you go !!

Answer 2

This is what I did: I added a new line at the end the file, saved the XML file, and then removed that recently added line.

That trivial operation solved my problem with the XML file.

Answer 3

Try

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_selected="true"
        android:drawable="@drawable/dategrey" />
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/datewhite" />
</selector>

You need to check the state first then call the specific drawable.

Answer 4

I had the same issue. Confusing, but it was an out xml file causing the issue. The name was similar so i did not notice it was actually a completely different file game_layout_out.xml. Delete the out file and youre fine.

Answer 5

And I solved it. Man, what a goofy thing to have confound me for two days! I cleaned the project, rebuilt the xml file, and it works fine. I have no idea what was plugging things up as I had never actually tried to run the project so there should not have been an issue with out.out, but it worked. Thanks to all who offered advice. I truly do appreciate your time and attention in helping me with this one.

Answer 6

Is http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android alive?

The XML editor will try to download the XML Schema to validate the XML. If the site is down or the XML schema is damaged, this could cause these errors.

Try to download the schema and add it to your "xml catalogue" (search in your Eclipse preferences) to avoid this problem.