Incorrect file association for single file in IntelliJ / Android Studio

Question

I accidentally created a file without the .xml extension. I clicked on another dialog box right after matching this file with another type ...? After renaming the file to include the .xml file, it still has no syntax highlighting. I tried to close Android Studio, delete the file and recreate, etc. It is still displayed as a regular file. If I create a file with another .xml file, it links perfectly.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Look at Preferences > Editor > File Types in the Text files section, probably the name of your file, delete it.

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If you cannot find it there, the next option is to search for IntelliJ caches for the file name, for example, find . -name "*.xml" | xargs grep "Whoopsies" find . -name "*.xml" | xargs grep "Whoopsies" find . -name "*.xml" | xargs grep "Whoopsies" . IntelliJ must remember this value somehow ...

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The cache location depends on your operating system and version of IntelliJ ( source ).

Window

Windows Vista 7, 8:

 \ Users \ [USER ACCOUNT NAME] \. [PRODUCT] [VERSION]

Windows XP:

 [SYSTEM DRIVE] \ Documents and Settings \ [USER ACCOUNT NAME] \. [PRODUCT] [VERSION]

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 ~ /. [PRODUCT] [VERSION]

Mac OS X

Configuration:

 ~ / Library / Preferences / [PRODUCT] [VERSION]

Caches:

 ~ / Library / Caches / [PRODUCT] [VERSION]

Plugins

 ~ / Library / Application Support / [PRODUCT] [VERSION]

Logs:

 ~ / Library / Logs / [PRODUCT] [VERSION]

Answer 2

I have the same problem. I found the file in the following file type: