Comments in Android Layout xml

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I would like to enter some comments into the layout XML files, how would I do that?

12 Answers

ctrl+shift+/ You can comment the code.

<!--    
     <View
          android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/d10dp"
          android:id="@+id/view1"
          android:layout_below="@+id/tv_change_password"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="1dp"
          android:background="#c0c0c0"/>-->

Unbelievably, in 2019 with Android studio 3.3 (I don't know exact version, at least 3.3), it is possible to use double slash comment to xml.

But if you use double slash comment in xml, IDE shows warning.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    // this works

    /* this works too */

    /*
    multi line comment
    multi line comment
    */

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Hello World! yeah"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
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