Android Question GoogleMaps tutorial v2 problems.

[GiovanniPolese]

I am trying to get a first step inside GoogleMaps tutorial. I think to have done all the steps indicated. I have google-play-services.jar in the c:\Program Files (x86)\B4A\Additional Libraries. Actually this file is only there, not in other folders of Android SDK.
Also, I have to comment out the line:

#AdditionalRes: $AndroidSDK$\extras\google\google_play_services\libproject\google-play-services_lib\res, com.google.android.gms

because such folders don't exist, despite I downloaded last Android SDK.. (this is another problem..) as shown in the attached picture Maps.png. Having no idea about this problem, I commented the line. After this, I get :
B4A version: 6.31
Parsing code. (0.01s)
Compiling code. (0.15s)
Compiling layouts code. (0.02s)
Organizing libraries. (0.00s)
Generating R file. Error
AndroidManifest.xml:15: error: Error parsing XML: not well-formed (invalid token)
In the attached "manifest_copy.xml", i substituted my app key only.
Any idea?
Thanks in advance

 

[Erel]

1. You should remove the #ExcludeClasses and #AdditionalRes lines.
2. You need to follow the B4A v6+ section in the tutorial: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/google-maps.63930/#post-404386

AndroidManifest.xml:15: error: Error parsing XML: not well-formed (invalid token)

Have you copied the text with MS Edge? It sometimes add additional characters that will break the parser.

 

[GiovanniPolese]

"Unluckily" MS Edge is the default and much probably I used it to copy the code. Of course not easy to imagine such things.. I will try with different browser. Thanks again.

 

[GiovanniPolese]

Yes, for benefit of someone else who had Edge as editor, I confirm Erel's indication: it was the copy with MS Edge. As a matter of fact I copied the manifest to NotePad, erased everything, and copied again from NotePad to Manifest editor; the problem disappeared. Normally Notepad eliminated strange chars, in my experience. No comment...