(#) Invalid `name` attribute for `uses` element
!!! ERROR: Invalid `name` attribute for `uses` element
This is an error.
Id
: `InvalidUsesTagAttribute`
Summary
: Invalid `name` attribute for `uses` element
Severity
: Error
Category
: Correctness
Platform
: Android
Vendor
: Android Open Source Project
Feedback
: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708
Since
: 1.5.0 (November 2015)
Affects
: Kotlin and Java files, manifest files and resource files
Editing
: This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor
See
: https://developer.android.com/training/auto/start/index.html#auto-metadata
Implementation
: [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/AndroidAutoDetector.java)
Tests
: [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/AndroidAutoDetectorTest.java)
The element in `` should contain a valid value for
the `name` attribute. Valid values are `media`, `notification`, or
`sms`.
!!! Tip
This lint check has an associated quickfix available in the IDE.
(##) Example
Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text
res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml:3:Error: Expecting one of media,
notification, sms, or template for the name attribute in uses tag
[InvalidUsesTagAttribute]
<uses name="medias"/>
-------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here are the relevant source files:
`AndroidManifest.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package="com.example.android.uamp">
<application
android:name=".UAMPApplication"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/UAmpAppTheme">
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc"/>
<service
android:name=".MusicService"
android:exported="true"
tools:ignore="ExportedService">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.media.browse.MediaBrowserService"/>
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.media.action.MEDIA_PLAY_FROM_SEARCH"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>
</service>
</application>
</manifest>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
`res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<automotiveApp>
<uses name="medias"/>
</automotiveApp>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can also visit the
[source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/AndroidAutoDetectorTest.java)
for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios.
The above example was automatically extracted from the first unit test
found for this lint check, `AndroidAutoDetector.testInvalidUsesTagInMetadataFile`.
To report a problem with this extracted sample, visit
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708.
(##) Suppressing
You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms:
* Adding the suppression attribute
`tools:ignore="InvalidUsesTagAttribute"` on the problematic XML
element (or one of its enclosing elements). You may also need to add
the following namespace declaration on the root element in the XML
file if it's not already there:
`xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"`.
```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
...
<automotiveApp tools:ignore="InvalidUsesTagAttribute" .../>
...
</manifest>
```
* Using a suppression annotation like this on the enclosing
element:
```kt
// Kotlin
@Suppress("InvalidUsesTagAttribute")
fun method() {
problematicStatement()
}
```
or
```java
// Java
@SuppressWarnings("InvalidUsesTagAttribute")
void method() {
problematicStatement();
}
```
* Using a suppression comment like this on the line above:
```kt
//noinspection InvalidUsesTagAttribute
problematicStatement()
```
* Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off
the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look
like this:
```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<lint>
<issue id="InvalidUsesTagAttribute" severity="ignore" />
</lint>
```
Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for
example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional
documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and
so on
[here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html).
* In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For
example, you can use something like
```gradle
lintOptions {
disable 'InvalidUsesTagAttribute'
}
```
In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }`
block.
* For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag:
```
$ lint --ignore InvalidUsesTagAttribute ...`
```
* Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed
[here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).