Android studio compile error “Content is not allowed in prolog”

Question

I use latest Android Studio 0.8.4 (for OS X), in \"res\" directory I create new \"database\" directory and put there all files what I need and when I try to compile I receiv

Answer 1

Old question but googling the error got me here.

This was fixed for me by deleting the (empty) "navigation" folder from res, it was left over when checking out a different branch from a repository, appears it can't be empty or it will cause this error.