Validating AndroidManifest.xml file

Question

I am working on a Java SE applicaiton that analyzes android applications.

Is there any schema/DTD that can be used to verify an AndroidManifest.xml? If found namespace definitions like:

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

But schemas.android.com does not resolve to an acutal host so no schema file there :-(

Note: I do not want to do the validation on Android as a platform.

Answer 1

try aapt tool which comes with android-sdk. you can execute

aapt badge command to figure out details of android manifest xml from Android apk file

Answer 2

There are no DTD/schemas for Android XML , you have to relly on other tools which can do the validation, for example like Naresh explains.

Also see "Where are the schemas for XML files on an Android project?"