diff --git a/openformats/formats/android.py b/openformats/formats/android.py
index 1b45dd22..531e9de8 100644
--- a/openformats/formats/android.py
+++ b/openformats/formats/android.py
@@ -382,8 +382,9 @@ def compile(self, template, stringset, is_source=True, language_info=None,
 
         # This is needed in case the first tag is skipped to retain
         # the file's formating
-        first_tag_position = parsed.text_position + len(parsed.text)
-        self.transcriber.copy_until(first_tag_position)
+        if parsed.text and parsed.text_position:
+            first_tag_position = parsed.text_position + len(parsed.text)
+            self.transcriber.copy_until(first_tag_position)
 
         children_iterator = parsed.find_children(
             self.STRING,