Android – SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE spans cannot have a zero length

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I have the following layout (virtually empty):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/set_layout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:contentDescription="content desc"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text="Hello, I am a TextView" />
</LinearLayout>

The Activity class contains the following:

public class TestActivity extends Activity {
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_test);   
  }
}

When I run this on my mobile device I get the following error:

SpannableStringBuilder
SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE spans cannot have a zero length

I have tried this with and without the TextView and the error still remains, I must be doing something fundamentally wrong for such a basic layout to cause this.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get this to load without the error?

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