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8 months ago In general, the android Studio documentation does not say that it is forbidden to create xml files without a namespace: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro
However, it is recommended to add a namespace to the attributes of xml tags https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro#filec
Some apk files contain AndroidManifest.xml, in which the namespace with value http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android undefined, despite the fact that Android Studio does not allow you to do this. Then the manifest is incorrectly parsed. Therefore, the namespace requirement has been removed.