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Reputation: 8741

Android Manifest file

what is the use of xmlns:android ? could you explain little bit more? Thanks in advance

Note : xmlns:android Defines the Android namespace. This attribute should always be set to "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android".

Upvotes: 1

Views: 894

Answers (1)

DrColossos
DrColossos

Reputation: 12998

It's the namespace for the XML.

Wikipedia wraps it up nicely:

XML namespaces are used for providing uniquely named elements and attributes in an XML document. They are defined in Namespaces in XML, a W3C recommendation. An XML instance may contain element or attribute names from more than one XML vocabulary. If each vocabulary is given a namespace then the ambiguity between identically named elements or attributes can be resolved.

Basically, it's used to identify the android specific tags and to avoid mix-up with other elements that have the same name but are not related with android.

Upvotes: 5

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