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My android app stops unexpectedly when I run in on the emulator

I am using Eclypse and PhoneGap to build a mobile application for some reason, when I try to create new projects a message pops up that says "Android SDK Content Loader encountered a problem". If I proceed and create my project when I run on the emulator it says that the "unfortunately, has stopped." I am not sure what the problem is, I am able to open old projects. Also, I don't know if the warning message I get at the beginning is related to the error on the emulator but decided to include it just in case.
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.sample.project"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" />
<supports-screens
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:xlargeScreens="true"
android:resizeable="true"
android:anyDensity="true"
/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_VIDEO"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />
<application android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<activity android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
android:name=".MyPhoneGapActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

Try to delete all your AVD files from your root folder or by AVD manager if you are able to get in. Then, restart Eclipse.

Problems with AndroidManifest when trying to run PhoneGap APP

), Im trying to run my first PhoneGap APP and I followed the steps on this page:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/html5/articles/getting-started-with-phonegap-in-eclipse-for-android.html
It seems I did all the stuff OK, but when I try to run as Android App on eclipse I get the following error:
[2013-01-21 13:13:02 - com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.project.AndroidManifestHelper] Parser exception for C:\Users\Inaki\workspace\AppPrueba\AndroidManifest.xml: El tipo de elemento "manifest" debe ir seguido de una de estas especificaciones de atributo: ">" o "/>".
[2013-01-21 13:13:02 - AppPrueba] Error in an XML file: aborting build.
It's in Spanish, so translated basically says that "manifest" must be followed by ">" or "/>". I did the manifest modifications specified on the tutorial, I guess since I don't know about XML I must have mess up something. Here is my manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.appprueba"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0"
<supports-screens /*this line eclipse displays the error*/
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:resizeable="true"
android:anyDensity="true"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY" />
>
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
android:name="com.example.appprueba.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="org.apache.cordova.DroidGap"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden">
<intent-filter></intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

It should look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.appprueba"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<supports-screens
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:resizeable="true"
android:anyDensity="true"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY" />
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
android:name="com.example.appprueba.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="org.apache.cordova.DroidGap"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden">
<intent-filter></intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
supports-screens should be part of a manifest content and not act as a some kind of manifest attribute.

For me it was due to the Huawei libraries not being updated.
Take a look at here: After updating Gradle to 7.0.2, Element type “manifest” must be followed by either attribute specifications, “>” or “/>” error

PhoneGap orientation change crash even with Manifest changes

I've seen lots of references or similar questions, but all of them teaches me to do this:
Add "android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale" into the
But it's done and on orientation change, the app crashes. I tried to follow every single tip and it doesn't work.
This is my manifest file:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.guia.peixe"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
<supports-screens
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:resizeable="true"
android:anyDensity="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY" />
<application
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_main"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
This is the final version of the code, when it's done, I get an error:
Description Resource Path Location Type error: Error: String types not allowed (at 'configChanges' with value 'orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale'). AndroidManifest.xml /G‌​uia do Peixe line 34 Android AAPT Problem
But the example on Cordova's documentation points out to this, and no change I make into the string correct the error.
Thank you

That's because your XML is not valid. It should be:
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_main"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale">
Note, you have the > in the wrong position.

Android Packaging: Error generating final archive resources.ap_

I'm currently trying to build a PhoneGap project I've been working on in Eclipse. However, when I try to build and run the project on the Android Emulator, I get the following error...
Error generating final archive: Failed to add
/Users/me/Projects/MyApp/bin/resources.ap_ Unknown Android Packaging Problem
I've cleaned the project several times, removed the resources.ap_ file, as well as the contents of the gen directory.
Anything else I can try? Much appreciated.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="my.app.android"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
<supports-screens
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:resizeable="true"
android:anyDensity="true"
/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
>
<activity
android:name=".MyApp_AndroidActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.phonegap.DroidGap"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" >
<intent-filter> </intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

Fix found. Turns out I had a tar file in my assets folder that I had left there by mistake. Removing it worked a treat!

First of all your manifest file does not have a starting application tag.Its a typo maybe..
Correct that.Secondly
Try adding the permissions
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY" />
Add then let me know whether it works

In my case it was an image resource file with name like "some_resource_name Copy". Build goes well, but on launch this error appeared.

add
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" />
after
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
to manifest file.

Phonegap app crashes when switched orientation even with AndroidManifest changes

Here's my Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.mappp.mobile"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<supports-screens
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:resizeable="true"
android:anyDensity="true"
/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="13" />
<application
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:debuggable="true"
android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden" >
<activity
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:name=".MAppHDActivity" >
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.phonegap.DroidGap"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden" >
<intent-filter>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
I'm using Phonegap 1.3.0 and jquerymobile.
My test device is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 with HC v3.2.
I've read ALMOST every forum with the same issue. It still fails when i rotate the screen.
There's a warning right after the app crashes in debug mode: webcore: Can't get the veiwWidth after the first layout.

In your case the attribute android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden" should go to the first <activity> tag and not the <application> tag.
For the other people having similar issues simply add screenSize to android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" or change the android:minSdkVersion attribute to 12 or lower.
A more detailed explanation of this behavior can be found here: http://groups.google.com/group/phonegap/msg/c771fffc4dd9daaf

Here's my solution
Add "screenSize" to the android:configChanges in each Activity tag (within the AnroidManifest.xml).
Like this:
android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden"
It solved my problem.