Wrong Layout Name
ID |
kotlin.android_wrong_layout_name |
Severity |
info |
Remediation Complexity |
trivial |
Remediation Risk |
medium |
Remediation Effort |
low |
Resource |
Naming Convention |
Language |
Kotlin |
Tags |
android, naming |
Description
Flags Android layout files whose file name does not follow the recommended <type>_<name> convention, where <type> is one of: activity, fragment, item, dialog, view or widget.
Rationale
A consistent layout naming convention makes it easy to scan res/layout/ and tell at a glance whether a file backs an activity, a fragment, a list item, a dialog, a reusable view or a widget. The Android team’s documentation and the community-standard ribot guidelines recommend the <type>_<name>.xml form.
# Bad: prefix "screen" is not a recognised type
res/layout/screen_main.xml
# Good: prefix "activity" is a recognised type
res/layout/activity_main.xmlTo keep false positives low, the rule only flags files whose name contains at least one underscore (so the developer clearly intended a prefix). Files with no underscore are assumed to be project-specific and are skipped. Files starting with abc_ are skipped because they are generated by AppCompat.