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Android Studio 3.4.2
Build #AI-183.6156.11.34.5692245, built on June 27, 2019
JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b16-5323222 amd64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
Linux 4.15.0-55-generic

Steps to Reproduce:

Step #1: Create a scrap Android Studio project

Step #2: Add a res/xml/provider_paths.xml file there with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths>
  <external-media-path name="name" path="path" />
</paths>

Expected Results: no warnings, as <external-media-path> is a valid element according to https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/core/content/FileProvider#SpecifyFiles

Actual Results: inspection "Android XML element is not allowed" warning, saying that <external-media-path> is invalid here