ERROR getting 'android:label' attribute: attribute is not a string value

Question

I have this error "ERROR getting 'android:label' attribute: attribute is not a string value" when trying to publish my application to android market. Some time ago this app was already published successfully on market, but when I apply minor changes in AndroidManifest.xml (changing versionCode and versionName) I get this error constantly.

I looked to all similar topics here, such as:

Android Market Publishing Issues

"ERROR getting 'android:icon' attribute: attribute is not a string value" when trying to upload to the Android Market

The file is invalid: ERROR getting 'android:name' attribute: attribute is not a string value

but none of these solution helped me. Do you know any other reason of such an error? Here is my AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.samsung.att.deskhome" android:versionCode="12" android:versionName="2.3"> 
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CALENDAR" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD" />
<application android:icon="@drawable/mainmenu_icon_homemount" android:label="@string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".CradleMain" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" android:launchMode="singleTask" >
<meta-data android:name="android.dock_home" android:value="true" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DESK_DOCK" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>     
<activity android:name=".CradleHomeSettings" android:label="@string/cradle_home_settings" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:configChanges="orientation">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DESK_DOCK" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".CradleWeatherSettings" android:label="@string/cradle_weather_settings" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:configChanges="orientation">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DESK_DOCK" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".CradleWallpaperChooser" android:label="@string/pick_wallpaper" android:screenOrientation="nosensor" android:finishOnCloseSystemDialogs="true" android:configChanges="locale">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DESK_DOCK" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
<uses-sdk android:maxSdkVersion="10" />
</manifest> 

Answer 1

Whenever you get an error from the play store while uploading make sure to execute that same command locally to get proper output. The output retrieved from the online console is misleading.

An example from my own code, this is what I got on the online console:

Failed to run aapt dump badging:
W/ResourceType( 4560): Failure getting entry for 0x7f0601c6 (t=5 e=454) in package 0 (error -75)
ERROR getting 'android:label' attribute: attribute is not a string value

And a local run of that same tool (found at build-tools in sdk dir)

aapt dump badging /path/to/your/apk

revealed useful information like the position where the check failed:

package: name='X' versionCode='X' versionName='X'
sdkVersion:'7'
targetSdkVersion:'17'
uses-permission:'android.permission.INTERNET'
...
uses-permission:'android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'
uses-feature-not-required:'android.hardware.camera'
uses-feature-not-required:'android.hardware.camera.autofocus'
application-label:'Photo Tools'
application-label-zh:'摄影工具'
application-label-nl:'Photo Tools'
application-label-fr:'Photo Tools'
application-label-es:'Photo Tools'
application-label-it:'Photo Tools'
application-label-ru:'Photo Tools'
application-icon-160:'res/drawable/phototools_icon.png'
application-icon-240:'res/drawable/phototools_icon.png'
application-icon-320:'res/drawable/phototools_icon.png'
application-icon-480:'res/drawable/phototools_icon.png'
application: label='Photo Tools' icon='res/drawable/phototools_icon.png'
launchable-activity: name='be.hcpl.android.phototools.PhotoToolsActivity'  label='Photo Tools' icon=''
W/ResourceType(30945): Failure getting entry for 0x7f0601c6 (t=5 e=454) in package 0 (error -84)
ERROR getting 'android:label' attribute: attribute is not a string value