Difference between android: and app: prefix in Android XML?

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android is usually used for attribute coming from Android SDK itself.

app is often used if you are using the support library.

You may also see other namespaces if you are using custom views (of your own or form a library).

Here is some extra information: http://developer.android.com/training/custom-views/create-view.html#customattr

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