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Miles Torres
2,316 Pointswhat does the error multiple root tags mean
one of the errors on my Android Studio shows the error "multiple root tags" how do i fix it (the beginning (<) has the red squiggly line under it.):
< android.support.v4.view.ViewPager xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".FunFactsActivity" TextView_android:text="@hello_world" />
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Andrew Sheragy
16,379 PointsThis probably means the xml is not formatted properly, if you have a lot of code it might be less obvious where the issue is. Here is a simple example of what might cause this
.. top of your file <LinearLayout> ... layout content </LinearLayout> <LinearLayout> ...more content </LinearLayout>
You can only have 1 root layout and everything else goes inside, so the fix for this would be to move "more content" right under "layout content" and remove the last LinearLayout since a 2nd one is not allowed unless its inside the first