I have a ContentProvider in my manifest, when I define them fully with hardcoded strings it works. E.g.
<provider android:name="com.myprovider" android:authorities="com.myprovider"/>
Works perfect, however the ContentProviders are in a library that gets used by multiple projects, and I don't want authority conflicts, so I attempted to do the following.
<provider android:name="com.myprovider" android:authorities="#string/myProviderAuthority">
This way I should be able to define all my authorities in a single strings.xml file and not have conflicts between apps since I should be able to change them using each apps resource override system.
However, it appears that when I try to build with #string, it gives me a malformed manifest error and says "Provider does not INCUDE (yes it says INCUDE) authorities tribute"
Can I not use a resource string for the authorities tribute, I feel sick everytime I need to maintain constants in two locations. Authority conflicts can be hard to catch by our QA dept, and I don't want things to become out of sync or it could cause confusion. Anybody have any ideas why my code isn't working?
I faced a similar problem but with the android:versionCode attribute. When I tried to define the version code in resources and use a reference to it in the manifest Android Market even forbade me to publish the application. The reason of such behavior turned out to be rather simple. Resources can change depending on current configuration and this value have to be the same in any case.
Probably, this is the reason why content providers with authority references do not work too. And it seems to me that it's not a good idea to use such a reference because there's no guarantee that there will be the only one value for an authority resource in an app. I understand that you can be careful enough to keep a single instance of this resource but there's no special compiler or system checks for this so it cannot be trusted.
Many manifest attributes cannot be specified as a reference to a string -- they must be specified as explicit string values.
The code that parses the manifest is in: frameworks/base/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageParser.java. That class calls, among others, getNonConfigurationString() and getNonResourceString() (which are implemented in: frameworks/base/core/java/android/content/res/TypedArray.java).
getNonConfigurationString() describes itself as:
Retrieve the string value of an attribute that is not allowed to change with the given configurations.
getNonResourceString() describes itself as:
Retrieve the string value for an attribute, but only if that string comes from an immediate value in an XML file. That is, this does not allow references to string resources, string attributes, or conversions from other types. As such, this method will only return strings that come from attributes in an XML file.
The manifest attributes that PackageParser doesn't allow to be taken from resources or from different configurations are listed below.
These attributes are defined in com.android.internal.R.styleable The manifest.xml element attribute name is usually the part of the name after the last '_' in the formal name. For example, the android:authorities attribute in a element in manifest.xml is AndroidManifestProvider_authorities, or com.android.internal.R.styleable.AndroidManifestProvider_authorities. (The number in the lists of attribute names below are the line number of the relevant code in version 4.1.1 of PackageParser.java)
Attributes read by getNonConfigurationString:
917: AndroidManifest_versionName
922: AndroidManifest_sharedUserId
2057: AndroidManifestActivity_parentActivityName
2071: AndroidManifestActivity_permission
2079: AndroidManifestActivity_taskAffinity
2247: AndroidManifestActivityAlias_targetActivity
2330: AndroidManifestActivityAlias_permission
2336: AndroidManifestActivityAlias_parentActivityName
1672: AndroidManifestApplication_name
1683: AndroidManifestApplication_manageSpaceActivity
1697: AndroidManifestApplication_backupAgent
1795: AndroidManifestApplication_permission
1800: AndroidManifestApplication_taskAffinity
1815: AndroidManifestApplication_process
3005: AndroidManifestData_mimeType
3017: AndroidManifestData_scheme
3023: AndroidManifestData_host
3025: AndroidManifestData_port
3031: AndroidManifestData_path
3037: AndroidManifestData_pathPrefix
3043: AndroidManifestData_pathPattern
2527: AndroidManifestGrantUriPermission_path
2533: AndroidManifestGrantUriPermission_pathPrefix
2539: AndroidManifestGrantUriPermission_pathPattern
2579: AndroidManifestPathPermission_permission
2581: AndroidManifestPathPermission_readPermission
2586: AndroidManifestPathPermission_writePermission
2615: AndroidManifestPathPermission_path
2622: AndroidManifestPathPermission_pathPrefix
2629: AndroidManifestPathPermission_pathPattern
2434: AndroidManifestProvider_authorities
2441: AndroidManifestProvider_permission
2443: AndroidManifestProvider_readPermission
2454: AndroidManifestProvider_writePermission
2713: AndroidManifestService_permission
2832: AndroidManifestMetaData_name
1225: AndroidManifestOriginalPackage_name
1981: (parsePackageItemInfo -- I can't tell list of all names)
3258: (Component constructor args.nameres -- I can't tell list of all names)
Attributes read by getNonResourceString:
1806: AndroidManifestApplication_taskAffinity
1821: AndroidManifestApplication_process
1632: AndroidManifestInstrumentation_targetPackage
2891: AndroidManifestPackageVerifier_name
2894: AndroidManifestPackageVerifier_publicKey
1512: AndroidManifestPermission_permissionGroup
1200: AndroidManifestProtectedBroadcast_name
1927: AndroidManifestUsesLibrary_name
1054: AndroidManifestUsesFeature_name
1004: AndroidManifestUsesPermission_name
3308: (Component constructor args.processRes -- I can't tell list of all names)
So, alot of attributes in the manifest.xml file must be specified as explicit string values (ie in quotes) rather than references to strings in strings.xml.
Related
At the moment, I need to ignore a string concatenation warning relative to internationalization, but would like to "learn how to fish" for other specialized warnings in the future.
Using the version bundled with android studio 1.5.1
lint --list
Valid issue categories:
Correctness
Correctness:Messages
Security
Performance
Usability:Typography
Usability:Icons
Usability
Accessibility
Internationalization
Bi-directional Text
Valid issue id's:
"ContentDescription": Image without contentDescription
"AddJavascriptInterface": addJavascriptInterface Called
"ShortAlarm": Short or Frequent Alarm
"AlwaysShowAction": Usage of showAsAction=always
"ShiftFlags": Dangerous Flag Constant Declaration
"LocalSuppress": #SuppressLint on invalid element
"UniqueConstants": Overlapping Enumeration Constants
"InlinedApi": Using inlined constants on older versions
"Override": Method conflicts with new inherited method
"NewApi": Calling new methods on older versions
"UnusedAttribute": Attribute unused on older versions
"AppCompatMethod": Using Wrong AppCompat Method
"AppCompatResource": Menu namespace
"AppIndexingError": Wrong Usage of App Indexing
"AppIndexingWarning": Missing App Indexing Support
"InconsistentArrays": Inconsistencies in array element counts
"Assert": Assertions
"BackButton": Back button
"ButtonCase": Cancel/OK dialog button capitalization
"ButtonOrder": Button order
"ButtonStyle": Button should be borderless
"ByteOrderMark": Byte order mark inside files
"MissingSuperCall": Missing Super Call
"AdapterViewChildren": AdapterViews cannot have children in XML
"ScrollViewCount": ScrollViews can have only one child
"GetInstance": Cipher.getInstance with ECB
"CommitTransaction": Missing commit() calls
"Recycle": Missing recycle() calls
"ClickableViewAccessibility": Accessibility in Custom Views
"EasterEgg": Code contains easter egg
"StopShip": Code contains STOPSHIP marker
"CustomViewStyleable": Mismatched Styleable/Custom View Name
"CutPasteId": Likely cut & paste mistakes
"SimpleDateFormat": Implied locale in date format
"Deprecated": Using deprecated resources
"MissingPrefix": Missing Android XML namespace
"MangledCRLF": Mangled file line endings
"DuplicateIncludedIds": Duplicate ids across layouts combined with include
tags
"DuplicateIds": Duplicate ids within a single layout
"DuplicateDefinition": Duplicate definitions of resources
"ReferenceType": Incorrect reference types
"ExtraText": Extraneous text in resource files
"FieldGetter": Using getter instead of field
"FullBackupContent": Valid Full Backup Content File
"ValidFragment": Fragment not instantiatable
"PackageManagerGetSignatures": Potential Multiple Certificate Exploit
"GradleCompatible": Incompatible Gradle Versions
"AndroidGradlePluginVersion": Incompatible Android Gradle Plugin
"GradleDependency": Obsolete Gradle Dependency
"GradleDeprecated": Deprecated Gradle Construct
"GradleGetter": Gradle Implicit Getter Call
"GradleIdeError": Gradle IDE Support Issues
"GradlePath": Gradle Path Issues
"GradleDynamicVersion": Gradle Dynamic Version
"StringShouldBeInt": String should be int
"NewerVersionAvailable": Newer Library Versions Available
"AccidentalOctal": Accidental Octal
"GridLayout": GridLayout validation
"HandlerLeak": Handler reference leaks
"HardcodedDebugMode": Hardcoded value of android:debuggable in the manifest
"HardcodedText": Hardcoded text
"IconDuplicatesConfig": Identical bitmaps across various configurations
"IconDuplicates": Duplicated icons under different names
"GifUsage": Using .gif format for bitmaps is discouraged
"IconColors": Icon colors do not follow the recommended visual style
"IconDensities": Icon densities validation
"IconDipSize": Icon density-independent size validation
"IconExpectedSize": Icon has incorrect size
"IconExtension": Icon format does not match the file extension
"IconLauncherShape": The launcher icon shape should use a distinct silhouette
"IconLocation": Image defined in density-independent drawable folder
"IconMissingDensityFolder": Missing density folder
"IconMixedNinePatch": Clashing PNG and 9-PNG files
"IconNoDpi": Icon appears in both -nodpi and dpi folders
"IconXmlAndPng": Icon is specified both as .xml file and as a bitmap
"IncludeLayoutParam": Ignored layout params on include
"DisableBaselineAlignment": Missing baselineAligned attribute
"InefficientWeight": Inefficient layout weight
"NestedWeights": Nested layout weights
"Orientation": Missing explicit orientation
"Suspicious0dp": Suspicious 0dp dimension
"InvalidPackage": Package not included in Android
"DrawAllocation": Memory allocations within drawing code
"UseSparseArrays": HashMap can be replaced with SparseArray
"UseValueOf": Should use valueOf instead of new
"JavascriptInterface": Missing #JavascriptInterface on methods
"LabelFor": Missing labelFor attribute
"InconsistentLayout": Inconsistent Layouts
"InflateParams": Layout Inflation without a Parent
"DefaultLocale": Implied default locale in case conversion
"LocaleFolder": Wrong locale name
"InvalidResourceFolder": Invalid Resource Folder
"WrongRegion": Suspicious Language/Region Combination
"UseAlpha2": Using 3-letter Codes
"LogConditional": Unconditional Logging Calls
"LongLogTag": Too Long Log Tags
"LogTagMismatch": Mismatched Log Tags
"AllowBackup": Missing allowBackup attribute
"MissingApplicationIcon": Missing application icon
"DeviceAdmin": Malformed Device Admin
"DuplicateActivity": Activity registered more than once
"DuplicateUsesFeature": Feature declared more than once
"GradleOverrides": Value overridden by Gradle build script
"IllegalResourceRef": Name and version must be integer or string, not
resource
"MipmapIcons": Use Mipmap Launcher Icons
"MockLocation": Using mock location provider in production
"MultipleUsesSdk": Multiple <uses-sdk> elements in the manifest
"ManifestOrder": Incorrect order of elements in manifest
"MissingVersion": Missing application name/version
"OldTargetApi": Target SDK attribute is not targeting latest version
"UniquePermission": Permission names are not unique
"UsesMinSdkAttributes": Minimum SDK and target SDK attributes not defined
"WrongManifestParent": Wrong manifest parent
"ManifestTypo": Typos in manifest tags
"FloatMath": Using FloatMath instead of Math
"MergeRootFrame": FrameLayout can be replaced with <merge> tag
"InnerclassSeparator": Inner classes should use $ rather than .
"Instantiatable": Registered class is not instantiatable
"MissingRegistered": Missing registered class
"MissingId": Fragments should specify an id or tag
"LibraryCustomView": Custom views in libraries should use res-auto-namespace
"ResAuto": Hardcoded Package in Namespace
"NamespaceTypo": Misspelled namespace declaration
"UnusedNamespace": Unused namespace
"NegativeMargin": Negative Margins
"NestedScrolling": Nested scrolling widgets
"NfcTechWhitespace": Whitespace in NFC tech lists
"UnlocalizedSms": SMS phone number missing country code
"ObsoleteLayoutParam": Obsolete layout params
"OnClick": onClick method does not exist
"Overdraw": Overdraw: Painting regions more than once
"DalvikOverride": Method considered overridden by Dalvik
"OverrideAbstract": Not overriding abstract methods on older platforms
"ParcelCreator": Missing Parcelable CREATOR field
"UnusedQuantity": Unused quantity translations
"MissingQuantity": Missing quantity translation
"ImpliedQuantity": Implied Quantities
"ExportedPreferenceActivity": PreferenceActivity should not be exported
"PackagedPrivateKey": Packaged private key
"PrivateResource": Using private resources
"ProguardSplit": Proguard.cfg file contains generic Android rules
"Proguard": Using obsolete ProGuard configuration
"PropertyEscape": Incorrect property escapes
"UsingHttp": Using HTTP instead of HTTPS
"SpUsage": Using dp instead of sp for text sizes
"InOrMmUsage": Using mm or in dimensions
"PxUsage": Using 'px' dimension
"SmallSp": Text size is too small
"Registered": Class is not registered in the manifest
"RelativeOverlap": Overlapping items in RelativeLayout
"RequiredSize": Missing layout_width or layout_height attributes
"AaptCrash": Potential AAPT crash
"ResourceCycle": Cycle in resource definitions
"ResourceName": Resource with Wrong Prefix
"RtlCompat": Right-to-left text compatibility issues
"RtlEnabled": Using RTL attributes without enabling RTL support
"RtlSymmetry": Padding and margin symmetry
"RtlHardcoded": Using left/right instead of start/end attributes
"ScrollViewSize": ScrollView size validation
"SdCardPath": Hardcoded reference to /sdcard
"SecureRandom": Using a fixed seed with SecureRandom
"TrulyRandom": Weak RNG
"ExportedContentProvider": Content provider does not require permission
"ExportedReceiver": Receiver does not require permission
"ExportedService": Exported service does not require permission
"GrantAllUris": Content provider shares everything
"WorldReadableFiles": openFileOutput() call passing MODE_WORLD_READABLE
"WorldWriteableFiles": openFileOutput() call passing MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE
"ServiceCast": Wrong system service casts
"SetJavaScriptEnabled": Using setJavaScriptEnabled
"CommitPrefEdits": Missing commit() on SharedPreference editor
"SignatureOrSystemPermissions": signatureOrSystem permissions declared
"SQLiteString": Using STRING instead of TEXT
"StateListReachable": Unreachable state in a <selector>
"StringFormatCount": Formatting argument types incomplete or inconsistent
"StringFormatMatches": String.format string doesn't match the XML format
string
"StringFormatInvalid": Invalid format string
"PluralsCandidate": Potential Plurals
"UseCheckPermission": Using the result of check permission calls
"CheckResult": Ignoring results
"ResourceAsColor": Should pass resolved color instead of resource id
"MissingPermission": Missing Permissions
"Range": Outside Range
"ResourceType": Wrong Resource Type
"WrongThread": Wrong Thread
"WrongConstant": Incorrect constant
"ProtectedPermissions": Using system app permission
"TextFields": Missing inputType or hint
"TextViewEdits": TextView should probably be an EditText instead
"SelectableText": Dynamic text should probably be selectable
"MenuTitle": Missing menu title
"ShowToast": Toast created but not shown
"TooDeepLayout": Layout hierarchy is too deep
"TooManyViews": Layout has too many views
"ExtraTranslation": Extra translation
"MissingTranslation": Incomplete translation
"Typos": Spelling error
"TypographyDashes": Hyphen can be replaced with dash
"TypographyEllipsis": Ellipsis string can be replaced with ellipsis character
"TypographyFractions": Fraction string can be replaced with fraction
character
"TypographyOther": Other typographical problems
"TypographyQuotes": Straight quotes can be replaced with curvy quotes
"UnusedResources": Unused resources
"UnusedIds": Unused id
"UseCompoundDrawables": Node can be replaced by a TextView with compound
drawables
"UselessLeaf": Useless leaf layout
"UselessParent": Useless parent layout
"EnforceUTF8": Encoding used in resource files is not UTF-8
"ViewConstructor": Missing View constructors for XML inflation
"ViewHolder": View Holder Candidates
"ViewTag": Tagged object leaks
"WrongViewCast": Mismatched view type
"Wakelock": Incorrect WakeLock usage
"WebViewLayout": WebViews in wrap_content parents
"WrongCall": Using wrong draw/layout method
"WrongCase": Wrong case for view tag
"InvalidId": Invalid ID declaration
"NotSibling": RelativeLayout Invalid Constraints
"UnknownId": Reference to an unknown id
"UnknownIdInLayout": Reference to an id that is not in the current layout
"SuspiciousImport": 'import android.R' statement
In the tools subfolder from your Android SDK folder, run
lint --list
Source: http://tools.android.com/tips/lint/suppressing-lint-warnings and scroll down to "Issue Id's"
From command line run the following:
lint --list
This assumes you have the Android SDK in your $PATH. If not, you'll have to navigate to the tools folder of the Android SDK, where you'll find the lint executable.
From a windows command prompt:
cd %LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\sdk\tools
lint --list
Go to local.properties in your Android project
Find sdk.dir
Go there (via console)
Go to tools/bin (so full path is: <path from sdk.dir>/tools/bin)
Run ./lint --list (on mac/Linux) or lint --list on Windows
$ ./lint --version
lint: version 26.1.1
and
$ ./lint --list
Valid issue categories:
Correctness
Correctness:Messages
Correctness:Chrome OS
Security
Performance
Usability:Typography
Usability:Icons
Usability
Accessibility
Internationalization
Internationalization:Bidirectional Text
Valid issue id's:
"ContentDescription": Image without contentDescription
"AddJavascriptInterface": addJavascriptInterface Called
"ShortAlarm": Short or Frequent Alarm
"AllCaps": Combining textAllCaps and markup
"AllowAllHostnameVerifier": Insecure HostnameVerifier
"AlwaysShowAction": Usage of showAsAction=always
"InvalidUsesTagAttribute": Invalid name attribute for uses element.
"MissingIntentFilterForMediaSearch": Missing intent-filter with action android.media.action.MEDIA_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH
"MissingMediaBrowserServiceIntentFilter": Missing intent-filter with action android.media.browse.MediaBrowserService.
"MissingOnPlayFromSearch": Missing onPlayFromSearch.
"ImpliedTouchscreenHardware": Hardware feature touchscreen not explicitly marked as optional
"MissingTvBanner": TV Missing Banner
"MissingLeanbackLauncher": Missing Leanback Launcher Intent Filter.
"MissingLeanbackSupport": Missing Leanback Support.
"PermissionImpliesUnsupportedHardware": Permission Implies Unsupported Hardware
"UnsupportedTvHardware": Unsupported TV Hardware Feature
"SupportAnnotationUsage": Incorrect support annotation usage
"ShiftFlags": Dangerous Flag Constant Declaration
"LocalSuppress": #SuppressLint on invalid element
"SwitchIntDef": Missing #IntDef in Switch
"UniqueConstants": Overlapping Enumeration Constants
"InlinedApi": Using inlined constants on older versions
"Override": Method conflicts with new inherited method
"ObsoleteSdkInt": Obsolete SDK_INT Version Check
"NewApi": Calling new methods on older versions
"UnusedAttribute": Attribute unused on older versions
"AppCompatMethod": Using Wrong AppCompat Method
"AppCompatCustomView": Appcompat Custom Widgets
"AppCompatResource": Menu namespace
"GoogleAppIndexingApiWarning": Missing support for Firebase App Indexing Api
"GoogleAppIndexingWarning": Missing support for Firebase App Indexing
"AppLinksAutoVerifyError": App Links Auto Verification Failure
"AppLinksAutoVerifyWarning": Potential App Links Auto Verification Failure
"AppLinkUrlError": URL not supported by app for Firebase App Indexing
"TestAppLink": Unmatched URLs
"InconsistentArrays": Inconsistencies in array element counts
"Assert": Assertions
"BadHostnameVerifier": Insecure HostnameVerifier
"BatteryLife": Battery Life Issues
"BackButton": Back button
"ButtonCase": Cancel/OK dialog button capitalization
"ButtonOrder": Button order
"ButtonStyle": Button should be borderless
"ByteOrderMark": Byte order mark inside files
"MissingSuperCall": Missing Super Call
"AdapterViewChildren": AdapterViews cannot have children in XML
"ScrollViewCount": ScrollViews can have only one child
"PermissionImpliesUnsupportedChromeOsHardware": Permission Implies Unsupported Chrome OS Hardware
"UnsupportedChromeOsHardware": Unsupported Chrome OS Hardware Feature
"GetInstance": Cipher.getInstance with ECB
"CommitTransaction": Missing commit() calls
"Recycle": Missing recycle() calls
"CommitPrefEdits": Missing commit() on SharedPreference editor
"ApplySharedPref": Use apply() on SharedPreferences
"ClickableViewAccessibility": Accessibility in Custom Views
"EasterEgg": Code contains easter egg
"StopShip": Code contains STOPSHIP marker
"MissingConstraints": Missing Constraints in ConstraintLayout
"VulnerableCordovaVersion": Vulnerable Cordova Version
"CustomViewStyleable": Mismatched Styleable/Custom View Name
"CutPasteId": Likely cut & paste mistakes
"SimpleDateFormat": Implied locale in date format
"SetTextI18n": TextView Internationalization
"Deprecated": Using deprecated resources
"MissingPrefix": Missing Android XML namespace
"MangledCRLF": Mangled file line endings
"DuplicateIncludedIds": Duplicate ids across layouts combined with include tags
"DuplicateIds": Duplicate ids within a single layout
"DuplicateDefinition": Duplicate definitions of resources
"ReferenceType": Incorrect reference types
"StringEscaping": Invalid string escapes
"UnpackedNativeCode": Missing android:extractNativeLibs=false
"UnsafeDynamicallyLoadedCode": load used to dynamically load code
"UnsafeNativeCodeLocation": Native code outside library directory
"EllipsizeMaxLines": Combining Ellipsize and Maxlines
"ExifInterface": Using android.media.ExifInterface
"ExtraText": Extraneous text in resource files
"FieldGetter": Using getter instead of field
"InvalidAnalyticsName": Invalid Analytics Name
"MissingFirebaseInstanceTokenRefresh": Missing Firebase Instance ID Token Refresh
"FontValidationError": Validation of font files
"FontValidationWarning": Validation of font files
"FullBackupContent": Valid Full Backup Content File
"ValidFragment": Fragment not instantiatable
"GetContentDescriptionOverride": Overriding getContentDescription() on a View
"PackageManagerGetSignatures": Potential Multiple Certificate Exploit
"AccidentalOctal": Accidental Octal
"UseOfBundledGooglePlayServices": Use of bundled version of Google Play services
"GradleCompatible": Incompatible Gradle Versions
"GradleDependency": Obsolete Gradle Dependency
"GradleDeprecated": Deprecated Gradle Construct
"DevModeObsolete": Dev Mode Obsolete
"DuplicatePlatformClasses": Duplicate Platform Classes
"GradleGetter": Gradle Implicit Getter Call
"GradlePluginVersion": Incompatible Android Gradle Plugin
"HighAppVersionCode": VersionCode too high
"GradleIdeError": Gradle IDE Support Issues
"GradlePath": Gradle Path Issues
"GradleDynamicVersion": Gradle Dynamic Version
"NotInterpolated": Incorrect Interpolation
"StringShouldBeInt": String should be int
"NewerVersionAvailable": Newer Library Versions Available
"MinSdkTooLow": API Version Too Low
"GridLayout": GridLayout validation
"HandlerLeak": Handler reference leaks
"HardcodedDebugMode": Hardcoded value of android:debuggable in the manifest
"HardcodedText": Hardcoded text
"HardwareIds": Hardware Id Usage
"IconDuplicatesConfig": Identical bitmaps across various configurations
"IconDuplicates": Duplicated icons under different names
"GifUsage": Using .gif format for bitmaps is discouraged
"IconColors": Icon colors do not follow the recommended visual style
"IconDensities": Icon densities validation
"IconDipSize": Icon density-independent size validation
"IconExpectedSize": Icon has incorrect size
"IconExtension": Icon format does not match the file extension
"IconLauncherShape": The launcher icon shape should use a distinct silhouette
"IconLocation": Image defined in density-independent drawable folder
"IconMissingDensityFolder": Missing density folder
"IconMixedNinePatch": Clashing PNG and 9-PNG files
"IconNoDpi": Icon appears in both -nodpi and dpi folders
"IconXmlAndPng": Icon is specified both as .xml file and as a bitmap
"ConvertToWebp": Convert to WebP
"WebpUnsupported": WebP Unsupported
"IncludeLayoutParam": Ignored layout params on include
"DisableBaselineAlignment": Missing baselineAligned attribute
"InefficientWeight": Inefficient layout weight
"NestedWeights": Nested layout weights
"Orientation": Missing explicit orientation
"Suspicious0dp": Suspicious 0dp dimension
"InstantApps": Instant App Issues
"DuplicateDivider": Unnecessary Divider Copy
"TrustAllX509TrustManager": Insecure TLS/SSL trust manager
"InvalidImeActionId": Invalid imeActionId declaration
"InvalidPackage": Package not included in Android
"DrawAllocation": Memory allocations within drawing code
"UseSparseArrays": HashMap can be replaced with SparseArray
"UseValueOf": Should use valueOf instead of new
"JavascriptInterface": Missing #JavascriptInterface on methods
"JobSchedulerService": JobScheduler problems
"KeyboardInaccessibleWidget": Keyboard inaccessible widget
"LabelFor": Missing labelFor attribute
"InconsistentLayout": Inconsistent Layouts
"InflateParams": Layout Inflation without a Parent
"StaticFieldLeak": Static Field Leaks
"DefaultLocale": Implied default locale in case conversion
"LocaleFolder": Wrong locale name
"GetLocales": Locale crash
"InvalidResourceFolder": Invalid Resource Folder
"WrongRegion": Suspicious Language/Region Combination
"UseAlpha2": Using 3-letter Codes
"LogConditional": Unconditional Logging Calls
"LongLogTag": Too Long Log Tags
"LogTagMismatch": Mismatched Log Tags
"AllowBackup": AllowBackup/FullBackupContent Problems
"MissingApplicationIcon": Missing application icon
"DeviceAdmin": Malformed Device Admin
"DuplicateActivity": Activity registered more than once
"DuplicateUsesFeature": Feature declared more than once
"GradleOverrides": Value overridden by Gradle build script
"IllegalResourceRef": Name and version must be integer or string, not resource
"MipmapIcons": Use Mipmap Launcher Icons
"MockLocation": Using mock location provider in production
"MultipleUsesSdk": Multiple <uses-sdk> elements in the manifest
"ManifestOrder": Incorrect order of elements in manifest
"MissingVersion": Missing application name/version
"OldTargetApi": Target SDK attribute is not targeting latest version
"UniquePermission": Permission names are not unique
"UsesMinSdkAttributes": Minimum SDK and target SDK attributes not defined
"WearableBindListener": Usage of Android Wear BIND_LISTENER is deprecated
"WrongManifestParent": Wrong manifest parent
"InvalidPermission": Invalid Permission Attribute
"ManifestResource": Manifest Resource References
"ManifestTypo": Typos in manifest tags
"FloatMath": Using FloatMath instead of Math
"MergeMarker": Code contains merge marker
"MergeRootFrame": FrameLayout can be replaced with <merge> tag
"IncompatibleMediaBrowserServiceCompatVersion": Obsolete version of MediaBrowserServiceCompat
"InnerclassSeparator": Inner classes should use $ rather than .
"Instantiatable": Registered class is not instantiatable
"MissingRegistered": Missing registered class
"MissingId": Fragments should specify an id or tag
"LibraryCustomView": Custom views in libraries should use res-auto-namespace
"ResAuto": Hardcoded Package in Namespace
"NamespaceTypo": Misspelled namespace declaration
"UnusedNamespace": Unused namespace
"NegativeMargin": Negative Margins
"NestedScrolling": Nested scrolling widgets
"NetworkSecurityConfig": Valid Network Security Config File
"MissingBackupPin": Missing Backup Pin
"PinSetExpiry": Validate <pin-set> expiration attribute
"NfcTechWhitespace": Whitespace in NFC tech lists
"UnlocalizedSms": SMS phone number missing country code
"ObjectAnimatorBinding": Incorrect ObjectAnimator Property
"AnimatorKeep": Missing #Keep for Animated Properties
"ObsoleteLayoutParam": Obsolete layout params
"OnClick": onClick method does not exist
"Overdraw": Overdraw: Painting regions more than once
"DalvikOverride": Method considered overridden by Dalvik
"OverrideAbstract": Not overriding abstract methods on older platforms
"ParcelCreator": Missing Parcelable CREATOR field
"UnusedQuantity": Unused quantity translations
"MissingQuantity": Missing quantity translation
"ImpliedQuantity": Implied Quantities
"ExportedPreferenceActivity": PreferenceActivity should not be exported
"PrivateApi": Using Private APIs
"PackagedPrivateKey": Packaged private key
"PrivateResource": Using private resources
"ProguardSplit": Proguard.cfg file contains generic Android rules
"Proguard": Using obsolete ProGuard configuration
"PropertyEscape": Incorrect property escapes
"UsingHttp": Using HTTP instead of HTTPS
"SpUsage": Using dp instead of sp for text sizes
"InOrMmUsage": Using mm or in dimensions
"PxUsage": Using 'px' dimension
"SmallSp": Text size is too small
"ParcelClassLoader": Default Parcel Class Loader
"PendingBindings": Missing Pending Bindings
"RecyclerView": RecyclerView Problems
"Registered": Class is not registered in the manifest
"RelativeOverlap": Overlapping items in RelativeLayout
"RequiredSize": Missing layout_width or layout_height attributes
"AaptCrash": Potential AAPT crash
"ResourceCycle": Cycle in resource definitions
"ResourceName": Resource with Wrong Prefix
"ValidRestrictions": Invalid Restrictions Descriptor
"RtlCompat": Right-to-left text compatibility issues
"RtlEnabled": Using RTL attributes without enabling RTL support
"RtlSymmetry": Padding and margin symmetry
"RtlHardcoded": Using left/right instead of start/end attributes
"ScrollViewSize": ScrollView size validation
"SdCardPath": Hardcoded reference to /sdcard
"SecureRandom": Using a fixed seed with SecureRandom
"TrulyRandom": Weak RNG
"ExportedContentProvider": Content provider does not require permission
"ExportedReceiver": Receiver does not require permission
"ExportedService": Exported service does not require permission
"SetWorldReadable": File.setReadable() used to make file world-readable
"SetWorldWritable": File.setWritable() used to make file world-writable
"GrantAllUris": Content provider shares everything
"WorldReadableFiles": openFileOutput() or similar call passing MODE_WORLD_READABLE
"WorldWriteableFiles": openFileOutput() or similar call passing MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE
"ServiceCast": Wrong system service casts
"WifiManagerLeak": WifiManager Leak
"WifiManagerPotentialLeak": WifiManager Potential Leak
"SetJavaScriptEnabled": Using setJavaScriptEnabled
"SignatureOrSystemPermissions": signatureOrSystem permissions declared
"SQLiteString": Using STRING instead of TEXT
"SSLCertificateSocketFactoryCreateSocket": Insecure call to SSLCertificateSocketFactory.createSocket()
"SSLCertificateSocketFactoryGetInsecure": Call to SSLCertificateSocketFactory.getInsecure()
"StateListReachable": Unreachable state in a <selector>
"AuthLeak": Code might contain an auth leak
"StringFormatCount": Formatting argument types incomplete or inconsistent
"StringFormatMatches": String.format string doesn't match the XML format string
"StringFormatInvalid": Invalid format string
"PluralsCandidate": Potential Plurals
"UseCheckPermission": Using the result of check permission calls
"CheckResult": Ignoring results
"ResourceAsColor": Should pass resolved color instead of resource id
"MissingPermission": Missing Permissions
"Range": Outside Range
"ResourceType": Wrong Resource Type
"RestrictedApi": Restricted API
"WrongThread": Wrong Thread
"WrongConstant": Incorrect constant
"VisibleForTests": Visible Only For Tests
"ProtectedPermissions": Using system app permission
"TextFields": Missing inputType or hint
"TextViewEdits": TextView should probably be an EditText instead
"SelectableText": Dynamic text should probably be selectable
"MenuTitle": Missing menu title
"ShowToast": Toast created but not shown
"TooDeepLayout": Layout hierarchy is too deep
"TooManyViews": Layout has too many views
"ExtraTranslation": Extra translation
"MissingTranslation": Incomplete translation
"Typos": Spelling error
"TypographyDashes": Hyphen can be replaced with dash
"TypographyEllipsis": Ellipsis string can be replaced with ellipsis character
"TypographyFractions": Fraction string can be replaced with fraction character
"TypographyOther": Other typographical problems
"TypographyQuotes": Straight quotes can be replaced with curvy quotes
"UnsafeProtectedBroadcastReceiver": Unsafe Protected BroadcastReceiver
"UnprotectedSMSBroadcastReceiver": Unprotected SMS BroadcastReceiver
"UnusedResources": Unused resources
"UnusedIds": Unused id
"UseCompoundDrawables": Node can be replaced by a TextView with compound drawables
"UselessLeaf": Useless leaf layout
"UselessParent": Useless parent layout
"EnforceUTF8": Encoding used in resource files is not UTF-8
"VectorRaster": Vector Image Generation
"VectorDrawableCompat": Using VectorDrawableCompat
"VectorPath": Long vector paths
"InvalidVectorPath": Invalid vector paths
"ViewConstructor": Missing View constructors for XML inflation
"ViewHolder": View Holder Candidates
"ViewTag": Tagged object leaks
"WrongViewCast": Mismatched view type
"FindViewByIdCast": Add Explicit Cast
"Wakelock": Incorrect WakeLock usage
"WakelockTimeout": Using wakeLock without timeout
"InvalidWearFeatureAttribute": Invalid attribute for Wear uses-feature
"WearStandaloneAppFlag": Invalid or missing Wear standalone app flag
"WebViewLayout": WebViews in wrap_content parents
"WrongCall": Using wrong draw/layout method
"WrongCase": Wrong case for view tag
"InvalidId": Invalid ID declaration
"NotSibling": RelativeLayout Invalid Constraints
"UnknownId": Reference to an unknown id
"UnknownIdInLayout": Reference to an id that is not in the current layout
"SuspiciousImport": 'import android.R' statement
"WrongFolder": Resource file in the wrong res folder
"WrongThreadInterprocedural": Wrong Thread (Interprocedural)
You can always use just #Suppress, for example when you don't like Kotlin Elvis Operator (?:), so instead of:
val user: User = getUser() ?: return null
you can write:
val user: User? = getUser()
#Suppress
if (user == null) {
return null
}
I'm parsing AndroidManifest.xml with Python's ElementTree. I needed to register the android namespace as http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android or ElementTree would replace it by something like ns0. It was unintuitive but now it works.
When accessing attributes of a node, I've expected to be able to specify simply eg. elem.attrib["android:versionCode"]. But it didn't work as ElementTree wants me to use it like this:
ET.register_namespace("android", "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android")
tree = ET.ElementTree()
tree.parse("AndroidManifest.xml")
root = tree.getroot()
root.attrib["{http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android}versionCode"] = "3"
even if in the file it was and will be android:versionCode.
As this is counter-intuitive, is there any way to use root.attrib["android:versionCode"] instead?
No, there doesn't appear any other way to specify a 'qualified name' in ElementTree.
from http://effbot.org/zone/element-namespaces.htm
In an Element tree, qualified names are stored as universal names in Clark’s notation, which combines the URI and the local part into a single string, given as > “{uri}local”.
"{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a"
"{http://effbot.org/namespace/letters}a"
Additional References
http://effbot.org/zone/element-qnames.htm
When working through the tutorial to build my first Android application I reached a section where it states the #+id/ prefix not only references a resource that is defined in the gen/R.java file, but that the + sign also indicates its first encounter with it so it will create it. Consider this code snippet:
<EditText android:id="#+id/edit_message"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/edit_message" />
After reading through the side-bar in the first link, related to resources, and the article it linked to named Providing Resources (at a somewhat cursory level), I'm unable to get a very clear statement from the documentation on the scope of the resource with the #+id/ prefix. I understand that you can have a resource with the same name scoped inside each prefix:
Note: This string resource has the same name as the element ID: edit_message. However, references to resources are always scoped by the resource type (such as id or string), so using the same name does not cause collisions.
but what I'm driving at is this. Based on the documentation it appears that I can't have two controls resourced as edit_message in two different activities because there would be a conflict.
My concern here is that I'd presumably have to prefix my id attributes with the Activity name to keep them unique so I can access these controls from code.
Am I correct in my statement and assumptions here?
You can place that exact block of XML in another layout file and it will work just fine. #+id generates a new id if it is not defined yet. When your app gets packaged, the packaging tool will create the id once and all the others will correctly refer to that id.
As long as you don't end up with two UI components in the same layout with the same id, everything's ok.
In my application's AndroidManifest.xml I am trying to tell it to use a string from a /res/values in a particular package instead of the first one one found in one of the libraries (the string my_label could be defined in more than one libraries) :
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:label="com.example.projname.appmodule:#string/my_label">
The above notation/syntax doesn't work, however. It only accepts the following form which doesn't allow pin-pointing a specific resource file:
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon"
android:label="#string/my_label">
Is it possible at all to tell Application's AndroidManifest.xml take a #string value from a specific /res/values?
EDIT: The interesting thing is, the build environment doesn't complain at all about the "com.example.projname.appmodule:#string/my_label" syntax. But when the application runs, it displays com.example.projname.appmodule:#string/my_label instead of the string value.
As #Nikola Despotoski suggested below, a workaround could be setting this programmatically in the application, but since the build environment doesn't complain about this syntax, I am still wondering whether this a bug in the build env or something that I have been missing.
My workaround, for now, is to make sure that my_label is unique, e.g. my_3F2504E0-4F89-11D3-9A0C-0305E82C3301_label so it can't appear in any other package.
In normal, we should use #+id/ to define an id and use #id to reference an id. Today I found #+android:id/title in apps/settings/res/layout/preferenc_progress.xml.
How to understand it and how to use it?
It is used for resources that are shipped with the SDK.
You can take a look at them by browsing to
[PATH TO ANDROID SDK]/platforms/android-[VERSION]/data/res
By using the android in android.R.whatever you just specify the R file to look up. For more information you should read Accessing Platform Resources.
That belongs to the app preferences activity screen definition.
title and summary are standard Android fields of a TextView preference item.
I think it does the same thing. It's just a more formal way of saying it by specifying where the namespace is.
I've never met this way of giving id, but in theory this means adding new id title to android package. So you'll be able to use it in your code like android.R.id.title. But I'm not sure resource compiler will really create any id in android package. I think it can be used only with predefined ids. But I'll give you more precise answer later, when I'll be able to check it.
EDIT: I've checked it and found some differences. Firstly, if you define Android's id using #+android:id/some_id, which is already present in SDK, this id will not be defined in your R.java file. If it's not present in SDK, it will be defined in R.java, but with different kind of value. Secondly, if you'll try to convert id from its string representation to int value, Resources.getIdentifier() method will return 0 in case of #+android:id format.
This means it will create an id in your resource file.