android view InflateException Binary XML file line 12 Error inflating class unknown

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I am receiving many errors of kind displayed in the subj  These errors seems to be occasional and I cannot reproduce them  From stack I can learn that such error may occurs for my different layout resources  The line of XML is also varying   Can anybody explain why this error occurs  And what I can do to fix this problem   Stack                                                                  com fsp android f generated the following exception  java lang RuntimeException  Unable to start activity ComponentInfo com fsp android f com life360 android ui tour TourActivity   android view InflateException  Binary XML file line  12  Error inflating class  lt unknown gt   --------- Stack trace --------- 1  android app ActivityThread performLaunchActivity ActivityThread java 2649  2  android app ActivityThread handleLaunchActivity ActivityThread java 2674  3  android app ActivityThread access 2200 ActivityThread java 131  4  android app ActivityThread H handleMessage ActivityThread java 1975  5  android os Handler dispatchMessage Handler java 99  6  android os Looper loop Looper java 123  7  android app ActivityThread main ActivityThread java 4702  8  java lang reflect Method invokeNative Native Method  9  java lang reflect Method invoke Method java 521  10  com android internal os ZygoteInit MethodAndArgsCaller run ZygoteInit java 860  11  com android internal os ZygoteInit main ZygoteInit java 618  12  dalvik system NativeStart main Native Method  -------------------------------  ----------- Cause ----------- android view InflateException  Binary XML file line  12  Error inflating class  lt unknown gt   1  android view LayoutInflater createView LayoutInflater java 513  2  com android internal policy impl PhoneLayoutInflater onCreateView PhoneLayoutInflater java 56  3  android view LayoutInflater createViewFromTag LayoutInflater java 563  4  android view LayoutInflater rInflate LayoutInflater java 618  5  android view LayoutInflater rInflate LayoutInflater java 621  6  android view LayoutInflater inflate LayoutInflater java 382  7  android view LayoutInflater inflate LayoutInflater java 320  8  android view LayoutInflater inflate LayoutInflater java 276  9  com android internal policy impl PhoneWindow setContentView PhoneWindow java 208  10  android app Activity setContentView Activity java 1629  11  com solvek sample ui BaseActivity onCreate BaseActivity java 23  12  com solvek sample ui tour TourActivity onCreate TourActivity java 161  13  android app Instrumentation callActivityOnCreate Instrumentation java 1047  14  android app ActivityThread performLaunchActivity ActivityThread java 2587  15  android app ActivityThread handleLaunchActivity ActivityThread java 2674  16  android app ActivityThread access 2200 ActivityThread java 131  17  android app ActivityThread H handleMessage ActivityThread java 1975  18  android os Handler dispatchMessage Handler java 99  19  android os Looper loop Looper java 123  20  android app ActivityThread main ActivityThread java 4702  21  java lang reflect Method invokeNative Native Method  22  java lang reflect Method invoke Method java 521  23  com android internal os ZygoteInit MethodAndArgsCaller run ZygoteInit java 860  24  com android internal os ZygoteInit main ZygoteInit java 618  25  dalvik system NativeStart main Native Method  -----------------------------  -------- Environment -------- Time  2010-12-20 08 27 35 AM Device  tmobile htc espresso espresso espresso 2 1-update1 ERE27 216830 user release-keys Make  HTC Model  T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Product  htc espresso App  com fsp android f  version 2 0 9  build 1232    Here is a result of XML  however such error occurs in other xmls   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt merge xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt ViewFlipper android layout gravity  fill  android id    id flipper  android layout height  fill parent  android layout width  fill parent  gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 1   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 2   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 3   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 4   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 5   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 6   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 7   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 8   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 9   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 10   gt           lt ImageView android scaleType  fitXY  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  fill parent  android src   drawable tour 11   gt       lt  ViewFlipper gt        lt LinearLayout android id    id exit bar  android layout gravity  top  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  wrap content  android background   drawable blue bar  android visibility  invisible  gt           lt Button android background   drawable orange btn  android layout height  wrap content  android layout width  wrap content  android layout gravity  center  android textStyle  bold  android textColor   000000  android shadowColor   ffffff  android shadowRadius  1 6  android shadowDx  1 5  android shadowDy  1 3  android id    id exit tour btn  android text  Exit  android layout marginLeft  20dip   gt           lt TextView android layout height  wrap content  android textColor   ffffff  android layout gravity  center  android layout width  110dip  android layout marginLeft  20dip  android textSize  16dip  android textStyle  bold  android text  Life360 Tour   gt        lt  LinearLayout gt        lt Button style   style BlueBtn  android text  Continue  android layout marginTop  40dip  android id    id continue btn  android visibility  gone  android layout height  wrap content  android layout width  wrap content  android layout gravity  center    gt        lt FrameLayout android id    id bottom bar  android layout gravity  bottom  android layout width  fill parent  android layout height  wrap content  android background   drawable blue bar  android visibility  invisible  gt           lt ImageView android layout height  wrap content  android layout width  wrap content  android id    id left  android layout gravity  left center  android background   drawable tour left  android layout marginLeft  10dip   gt           lt ImageView android layout height  wrap content  android layout width  wrap content  android id    id right  android layout gravity  right center  android background   drawable tour right  android layout marginRight  10dip   gt                      lt  FrameLayout gt   lt  merge gt

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ViewFlipper loads all images into memory during layout inflating  Because my images are big it takes many memory  I replaced ViewFlipper with ImageSwitcher which can change the images with animation like ViewFlipper but it loads only one image at the time

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I know this thread is old  but still answering it so that no-one else should spend sleepless nights   I was refactoring an old project  whose layout files all contained hardcoded attributes such as android maxLength   500  So I decided to register it in my res dimen file as  lt dimen name  max length  gt 500 lt  dimen gt    Finished refactoring almost 30 layout files with my res-value  Guess what  the next time I ran my project it started throwing the same InflateException   As a solution  needed to redo my all changes and keep all-those values as same as before   TLDR    step 1  All running good   step 2  To boost my maintenance I replaced android maxLength   500 with  lt dimen name  max length  gt 500 lt  dimen gt  and android maxLength    dimen max length   that s where it all went wrong crashing with InflateException    step 3  All running bad  step 4  Re-do all my work by again replacing android maxLength    dimen max length with android maxLength   500 Everything got fixed   step 5  All running good

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My picture size is only 14Kb but the problem is that the designer gave me 1011px x 1819px  resolution too high hence causing the InflateException

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I found the same error  and it took two days to identify what the error was   The error was simply because I was trying to use  android background  Rather than  app srcCompat  in an SVG file   In your case  I believe this is it   lt ImageView      android scaleType  fitXY       android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  fill parent       android src   drawable tour 11        lt -- the error is here      gt    I recommend using it this way  add this to your build gradle app  android        defaultConfig          vectorDrawables useSupportLibrary   true                and    lt androidx appcompat widget AppCompatImageView   lt -- use   AppCompatImageView   not   ImageView           android scaleType  fitXY           android layout width  match parent           android layout height  match parent           app srcCompat   drawable tour 11         gt    I hope this helps

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I just solve this issue just delete your images from drawable v24  and just paste it in drawable folder this works for me

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You should copy the image files from the  drawable-24  folder to the  drawable  folder

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I also faced a similar issue  While for anyone this may be an issue of various bad usages in Code such as   Wrong Layout tag in XML Loading of heavy resource directly into ImageView resulting in OOM Issues with usage of styles    One most ignored factor may be usage of correct Context while inflating views  Please check that you are not using ApplicationContext where an Activity context is required  While  ApplicationContext may not end up in error always  but depending upon your view hierarchy it may be crucial   I resolved my issue with a BAD context  using ApplicationContext instead of Activity in a span of 4 days  So try if that solves  Happy Coding

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For me  the error message was actually insufficient in the log cat  so here s what I did to figure out what caused the problem    In the log cat error message  it said the error occurred while inflating a specific layout in my HomeFragment java      I put a breakpoint just before the layout was inflated I ran the application in debug mode until it reached that specific breakpoint I selected the line with my cursor and ran Evaluate expression on it     Run  gt  Evaluate Expression or alt - F8  The result showed me more information about the source of the problem  which in my case  was a drawable file using tools targetApi  lollipop   the bug only occurred on older devices

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I had faced the same issue  I had used view tag in xml instead of View  Replacing to View class fixed the issue    Hope it helps for you too

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This can also happen if you use a VectorDrawable using support library and forgot to use app srcCompat instead of android src  Exact error is   Binary XML file line  XX  Error inflating class ImageView  See that link

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We need to check API Version  I used to give background color to my LinearLayout like    lt LinearLayout         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  match parent          android background   drawable as royalblue          android orientation  vertical  gt  lt  LinearLayout gt    for sure I had the same error  as royalblue xml inside drawable folder   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android shape  rectangle  gt       lt gradient         android angle  90          android endColor   color royalblue s          android startColor   color royalblue e    gt   lt  shape gt    and how I fixed it  actually it seems Api problem so we need to check the api level if it is above API 24 so we are able to use the way we like  But if it is under 24 we need to avoid usage  juts give a normal color or one color not color gradential mixed one   fun checkAPI N    Boolean           if  android os Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   android os Build VERSION CODES N              return true         else             return false         give id to your linearlayouts and set backgrounds if its ok   if UtilKotlin checkAPI N                 linlay act menu container setBackgroundResource R drawable a 6              linlay act menu logo setBackgroundResource R drawable as strain           else    todo normal color background setting

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In my case I ve to specify the complete package name of library UI component that I use in my layout file

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I had this problem just now and managed to figure out what it was  Was referencing a colour in my values that was causing problems  So defined it manually instead of using one from the dropdown suggestions Then it worked

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I had same error when I ran my app on API lvl 16  26 was fine   It was because I used  attrr colorAccent in my shape drawable    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android shape  rectangle  gt        lt corners android radius  8dp    gt        lt solid android color   attr colorAccent    gt    lt  shape gt    Replacing that with a regular color fixed my problem

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I had the same error in Crashlytics from a strange device  Motorola One Vision Android 5 1 and 20 GB  free  RAM  rooted This device comes originally with Android 9 0  4 GB RAM  Probably someone is trying to hack the app I m currently developing and has problems dealing with multi-APKs  So drawables can t be found and the app delivers the crash

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just move image or shape    drawable-v24 to drawable folder      InflateException  android view InflateException  Binary XML file line  32  Error inflating class androidx appcompat widget SearchView     at android view LayoutInflater createView LayoutInflater java 633      at android view LayoutInflater createViewFromTag LayoutInflater java 743      at android view LayoutInflater rInflate LayoutInflater java 806      at android view LayoutInflater inflate LayoutInflater java 504      at android view LayoutInflater inflate LayoutInflater java 414      at androidx databinding DataBindingUtil inflate DataBindingUtil java 126      at androidx databinding DataBindingUtil inflate DataBindingUtil java 95      at com foamkart Fragment SearchFragment onCreateView SearchFragment kt 37

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I know the question is already answered but still I m posting with thought that may someone run into this kind of problem   In my case problem is i m loading my application to phone which refer layouts from res layout  folder and values for  dimens from res values dimens  here it s font 22 which it s trying to access and it s define in res values-xlarge dimens   I m actually updating UI of existing project   I ran into this problem because I m using IDE Eclipse where I ctrl space for hint while writing xml for layout folder it displays all values from values as well as values-xlarge folder regardless of for which folder I m writing   I also know that the values in both files should be same to mapped for different screens   Hope this may help someone run into this kind of silly problem

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In case someone gets similar issues  I had such an issue while inflating the view   View inflate getApplicationContext    R layout my layout  null   fixed by replacing getApplicationContext   with this

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I encountered the same bug and found the root reason is   Use Application Context to inflate view   Inflating with Activity Context fixed the bug

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I had the same error and I solved moving my drawables from the folder drawable-mdpi to the folder drawable  Took me some time to realize because in Eclipse everything worked perfectly while in Android Studio I got these ugly runtime errors   Edit note   If you are migrating from eclipse to Android Studio and your project is coming from eclipse it may happen  so be careful that in Android Studio things a little differs from eclipse

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In my case this error happen when  I use the Floating action button and set android backgroundTint   000   Then just don t set backgroundTint and problem solved  Hope it s helpful for you

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I solved this by updating my app theme to inherit from material components   lt style name  quot Theme MyApp quot  parent  quot Theme MaterialComponents DayNight quot  gt       lt  --     -- gt   lt  style gt

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The inflate exception is not actually the problem but really comes from another deeper issue in your layout that is then wrapped in an InflateException  A common issue is an out of memory exception when trying to inflate an ImageView loading a drawable resource  If one of these resources has a high pixel resolution it would take a lot of memory causing then an inflate exception  So basically verify that the pixel resolution in all your image drawables is just the minimum necessary for your layout

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Solved it by moving all my drawable items from drawable-v24 to drawable

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I had the same error on Kitkat which was because i had android tint on one of the imageViews  It would work fine on Lollipop but crash on Kikkat with Error Inflating class   Fixed it by using app tint on the AppCompatImageView which i was dealing with

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I had this error because i selected theme as Material theme  But as i was trying to run app on 4 4 2 it gave this error   Solution   Select Theme holo as theme

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i had the same issue and it solved by removing drawable-v24 with  24  in front of images in drawable folder and replacing them with ordinary drawables

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I had the same error when creating custom view with only one constructor  try to define all constructor for your custom views      public CustomWebView Context context            super context           init               public CustomWebView Context context  AttributeSet attrs            super context  attrs           init               public CustomWebView Context context  AttributeSet attrs  int defStyle            super context  attrs  defStyle           init

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This link may help you  Try checking in your manifest for problems  If you can get it to happen again  post your entire stack trace so that we can see what the error actually is   EDIT  I m sure you ve checked this  but what is on line 12 of the XML file you use for the TourActivity layout

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For me it happened because I tried to mix xml vector graphics images with ordinary png in the same layout file   only after I replaced the xml vector graphics with pngs it started to work

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For me  my issue was that I was   android background   attr selectableItemBackground    To a LinearLayout background  once I removed it the test passed

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I know it is an answered question  but I do not see the cause that I faced   It was that Android Studio placed my drawables in  drawable-V24 My emulator is API 23  So  eventually it can not find it   The solution was to move all drawables to  drawable folder  no -24

[android] android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #12: Error inflating class <unknown>

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