(#) Wrong case for view tag
!!! ERROR: Wrong case for view tag
This is an error, and is also enforced at build time when
supported by the build system. For Android this means it will
run during release builds.
Id
: `WrongCase`
Summary
: Wrong case for view tag
Severity
: Fatal
Category
: Correctness
Platform
: Android
Vendor
: Android Open Source Project
Feedback
: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708
Since
: Initial
Affects
: Resource files
Editing
: This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor
See
: https://developer.android.com/guide/components/fragments.html
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/WrongCaseDetector.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/WrongCaseDetectorTest.kt)
Copyright Year
: 2013
Most layout tags, such as ``, refer to actual view classes and
are therefore capitalized. However, there are exceptions such as
`` and ``. This lint check looks for incorrect
capitalizations.
!!! 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/layout/case.xml:1:Error: Invalid tag ; should be
[WrongCase]
<Merge xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
-----
res/layout/case.xml:3:Error: Invalid tag ; should be
[WrongCase]
<Fragment android:name="foo.bar.Fragment" />
--------
res/layout/case.xml:4:Error: Invalid tag ; should be
[WrongCase]
<Include layout="@layout/foo" />
-------
res/layout/case.xml:5:Error: Invalid tag ; should be
[WrongCase]
<RequestFocus />
------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here is the source file referenced above:
`res/layout/case.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
<Merge xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<Fragment android:name="foo.bar.Fragment" />
<Include layout="@layout/foo" />
<RequestFocus />
</Merge>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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/WrongCaseDetectorTest.kt)
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, `WrongCaseDetector.testBasic`.
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="WrongCase"` 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"?>
<Fragment xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:ignore="WrongCase" ...>
...
</Fragment>
```
* 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="WrongCase" 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 'WrongCase'
}
```
In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }`
block.
* For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag:
```
$ lint --ignore WrongCase ...`
```
* Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed
[here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).