Error in form upload in ODK app on my phone

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1. What is the issue? Please be detailed.
I have designed my form in excel 2019. I saved my form as xmlSpreadsheet format and tried uploading my form on the app, linked to my google drive. The form gets downloaded using "Get a blank form" option. But when I select "Fill a blank form", it gives error and I get blank screen. My form has image as well as video data in it.

2. What steps can we take to reproduce this issue?
create a form, save as xml, upload using google drive , download and test on phone app.

3. What have you tried to fix the issue?
I tried removing image and video widgets, also tried adding instance_name in settings tab. I also tried renaming my file and removed all the digits in the file name, double checked for spaces.

4. Upload any test forms or screenshots below.
datalogger.xlsx (13.2 KB)

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The ODK ecosystems use XML form definitions following the ODK XForms specification, a subset of the W3C XForms specification. You'll need to convert an XLSX file using one of the ODK tools, not just save from Excel to XML format. You can test a form using https://getodk.org/xlsform/. There's a great deal of detail on authoring forms in the documentation:

Welcome to the ODK forum, @yogita_karpate! We're glad you're here. When you get a chance, please introduce yourself on this forum thread. I'd also encourage you to add a picture as your avatar because it helps build community!

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thanks @danbjoseph for your suggestion. I managed to convert my file in xml and it is working fine.

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