Hello I am trying to compile and run my Android Project and this error has occurred

Illegal char <:> at index 51: com.example.capstonecafe.app-mergeDebugResources-29:/values/values.xml

I have checked my values.xml which is below

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:ns1="http://schemas.android.com/tools" 
xmlns:ns2="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
<attr format="enum" name="animateCircleAngleTo">
    <enum name="bestChoice" value="0"/>
    <enum name="closest" value="1"/>
    <enum name="clockwise" value="2"/>
    <enum name="antiClockwise" value="3"/>
    <enum name="constraint" value="4"/>
</attr>

I have 2 errors on this file which are

xmlns:ns1="http://schemas.android.com/tools" 
xmlns:ns2="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2"

If I remove one or the other many other errors occur on the file. I have tried putting this line of code in my gradle properties

 android.enableJetifier=true

But my application closes right after the build is successful

Full Error Output

 1: Task failed with an exception.
 -----------
 * What went wrong:
 Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.
 > A failure occurred while executing 
 com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.ResourceCompilerRunnable
  > Resource compilation failed (Failed to compile values resource file  
  Cause: java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 
  51: com.example.capstonecafe.app-mergeDebugResources- 
  29:/values/values.xml). Check logs for more details.

Activity.xml for the dependencies

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:background="@drawable/bg1">


<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        android:src="@drawable/cafeh"
        android:layout_gravity="center"/>
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:id="@ id/txtquote"
        android:text="@string/quote"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:textColor="#6E2C00"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:fontFamily="@font/carterone_regular"
        android:textSize="15dp"/>





</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:weightSum="2">

    <info.hoang8f.widget.FButton
        android:id="@ id/btnsignup"
        app:buttonColor="@color/white"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:text="Sign Up"
        android:textColor="#6E2C00"
        app:cornerRadius="4dp"
        app:shadowColor="#6E2C00"
        app:shadowEnabled="true"
        app:shadowHeight="5dp" />

    <info.hoang8f.widget.FButton
        android:id="@ id/btnsignin"
        app:buttonColor="@color/white"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:text="Sign In"
        android:textColor="#6E2C00"
        app:cornerRadius="4dp"
        app:shadowColor="#6E2C00"
        app:shadowEnabled="true"
        app:shadowHeight="5dp" />

</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

CodePudding user response：

I guess you have opened the values.xml file in the debug\values. These files are not supposed to be edited. As for your error, you can try either of the below

1. First try Invalidate and restart cache then see if it works
2. If still it does not work check all your xml files in the res directory to see where you have wrongfully entered an <:> character