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Auto Formatting Android XML Files With Eclipse

Posted by in Dev, Tips, Tutorials
Last Updated: April 16th, 2010

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In this article I will describe the problem I've had with Eclipse's handling of XML file formatting as well as the best way to fix it.

I use Eclipse to do my Android development for a few reasons:

  • it's the only IDE fully supported by the Android dev team
  • it has a visual Layout/Resources builder that transforms XML files into corresponding visual representations
  • it's free and open source
  • I've

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