Android: Eclipse autocomplete does not work in xml files

Question

I am seeing a strange problem with my Eclipse IDE for Android development.

Autocompletion does not work when I hit Ctrl + Space in the main.xml file for my layouts.

Answer 1

It seems like an eclipse XML editor issue. If you declare the xmlns in other than "xmlns:android" you loose the autocompletion.

for example if you say:

 xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:.... //AUTOCOMPLETES

if you say

 xmlns:android1="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android1:... //DOES NOT AUTOCOMPLETE

Answer 2

Try this as suggested powder366

Or you can set the default editor in Eclipse Preferences, used Android Common XML Editor. You find it in Eclipse Preferences, General, Editors, File Associations. Click on .xml, choose "Add" "Android Common XML Editor". Select it and press the Default button.

Answer 3

Check that the file is being opened in the Android XML Layout editor (not just the "plain" XML editor). Right-click the file, choose Open With, and select Android Layout Editor.

Answer 4

Open eclipse and go to the following:

Window > preferences > XML > editor > content assist > advanced

Select all checkboxes and click ok. After that, restart eclipse.