Why this line xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" must be the first in the layout xml file?

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Why is this line needed in xml layout file?

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
androidxmlandroid-activitylayoutxml-namespaces
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