Android Studio rendering Error

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So I just tried to render one of my xml views and I got this error:

Exception raised during rendering: Binary XML file line #-1: No start tag found!

Any ideas? I've included the manifest file below______________________________ manifest:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.adrian.trucktracker">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/legionicon"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
        >
        <activity
            android:name=".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=".Locator"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_locator" >
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

there is no space, thats just the way stackoverflow presented it — user36606, Aug 08 '14 at 14:34

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '15 at 12:40

Since I cannot comment yet, I'm posting this as a reply. This seems to be a bug in Android Studio where when you edit the xml file directly, it doesn't update in it's graphical layout yet. The issue has been raised and I don't think it has been corrected yet. Here's the issue for you to upvote.

For now, though you don't need to restart the entire Android Studio. Just close the tab and reopen it from the project navigation pane. It'll load correctly. It'll save you a lot of time.

This bug still exists in Android 1.5.1. Close and reopen tab is not an option :/ — Junior Mayhé, Dec 28 '15 at 18:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 29 '17 at 06:05

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Closing the tab was quite dramatic for me since I had very very many files in my project.

Moving the problematic tab between different split views did the trick in a second.

answered Jan 29 '17 at 06:05

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