Cannot find the declaration of element 'menu'

Question

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_shuffle"
        android:icon="@drawable/rand"
        android:orderInCategory="1"
        android:showAction="always"
        android:title="shuffle"/>
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_end"
        android:icon="@drawable/end"
        android:orderInCategory="2"
        android:showAction="always"
        android:title="End"/> 
</menu>

@Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item){
        switch (item.getItemId()){
            case R.id.action_shuffle:
                //shuffle
                 break;
             case R.id.action_end:
                 stopService(playIntent);
                 musicSrv=null;
                 System.exit(0);
                 break;
         }
         return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
     }

I am having sleepless night on this matter. I have tried all I could but this is giving me real time headache.

At first it was uri not registered error but after I validated the error now read thus:

Error:External resource http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android is not registered.

How do I register this?

Error #2

Error:(2, 66) cvc-elt.1.a:cannot find the declaration of element of 'menu'

Error: Premature end of file

Is the first error solved? And then, is the xml part of your code your whole xml file? — Matthieu Meunier, Apr 27 '18 at 11:57
check this ans [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16883427/why-is-android-studio-reporting-uri-is-not-registered] — Hardik Vasani, Apr 27 '18 at 12:04
@Mathieu, nope, not solved and not my whole xml file. This is a menu file located in res directory. — Ajiroghene, Apr 27 '18 at 13:18
@Hardik thanks so much, you've done well. I have been there before and stuffs discussed there didn't help, hence I chose to cry out instead to remain jammed. — Ajiroghene, Apr 27 '18 at 13:22

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 10 '22 at 10:54

5

Menu must be in menu resource folder.
Check the steps below this code.

remove the below line from menu file, its not required :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

see i have edited your menu file code below :

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_shuffle"
        android:icon="@drawable/rand"
        android:orderInCategory="1"
        app:showAction="always"
        android:title="shuffle"/>
    <item
        android:id="@+id/action_end"
        android:icon="@drawable/end"
        android:orderInCategory="2"
        app:showAction="always"
        android:title="End"/>
</menu>

Edit :

After seeing your code, i found mistake you have done. You created menu file in wrong folder. you need create menu file in res directory. I am giving you steps for creating menu file.

Note : delete your menu file or save in your computer before going this steps. remember menu file name should not be menu, because same name file or folder you cant create in android studio

Steps:

Right click on res directory
click on new
click on Android Resource directory
select menu in Resource type
click on ok
now copy paste your menu file in menu directory or you can go to next steps for creating new menu file like below :

Steps for creating menu file :

Right click on menu directory
click on new
select menu resource file
enter the name of menu file you want to create eg. "dashboard_menu"
now add your code you want to add in menu file

edited Jun 10 '22 at 10:54

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answered Apr 27 '18 at 12:49

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Thanks so much for your kind response. I have done so, and behold the line of code I added are displayed in red as though something the compiler doesn't understand. When I hover my cursor around it, it says this: "Uri is not registered (Settings/Languages & Frameworks/Schemas and DTDs)" – Ajiroghene Apr 27 '18 at 13:16
Nope, how do I run that? – Ajiroghene Apr 27 '18 at 13:26
File > Invalidate Caches/ restart > Invalidate and restart – Hitesh Sarsava Apr 27 '18 at 13:30
I have done this invalidate caches/restart, it's still red looking at me. – Ajiroghene Apr 27 '18 at 14:39
You mail Please, so that I can send you the zip file. – Ajiroghene Apr 27 '18 at 18:26
hitesh.sarsava@sufalamtech.com – Hitesh Sarsava Apr 28 '18 at 04:43
after getting your mail i saw your code. see my edited answer – Hitesh Sarsava Apr 30 '18 at 04:49

Cannot find the declaration of element 'menu'

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