Error inflating class ImageView

Question

I've been getting InflateException/ClassNotFoundException error intermittently. I've seen similar errors before in SO but they were caused by spelling errors. I spelled 'ImageView' correctly so I don't know what's causing the error.

The code where the error occurs is:

v = View.inflate(getContext(), R.layout.event_show_row_layout, null);

Here's the layout xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:paddingLeft="10dip"
        android:paddingRight="10dip" >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/fromTextView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="12sp"
            android:textStyle="italic" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/timeTextView"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="right"
            android:textSize="12sp"
            android:textStyle="italic" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/layoutPostImage"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="4dp" >

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/postImageView"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_margin="2dp"
            android:adjustViewBounds="true"
            android:background="@drawable/timeline_image_border"
            android:contentDescription="@string/hello"
            android:paddingBottom="6dp"
            android:scaleType="fitXY"
            android:src="@drawable/timeline_image_dummy" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/wordsRelativeLayout"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/wordsTextView"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
            android:paddingLeft="50dp"
            android:paddingRight="50dp"
            android:text="@string/hello" />

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/topLeftQuoteImageView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:adjustViewBounds="true"
            android:contentDescription="@string/hello"
            android:maxHeight="25dp"
            android:maxWidth="25dp"
            android:scaleType="fitXY"
            android:src="@drawable/po_quotes_mobile1" />

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/bottomRightQuoteImageView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_marginBottom="12dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
            android:adjustViewBounds="true"
            android:contentDescription="@string/hello"
            android:maxHeight="25dp"
            android:maxWidth="25dp"
            android:scaleType="fitXY"
            android:src="@drawable/po_quotes_mobile2" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/commentButton"
            android:layout_width="84dp"
            android:layout_height="24dp"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
            android:background="@drawable/es_comment_btn" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/buttonLike"
            android:layout_width="84dp"
            android:layout_height="24dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/commentButton"
            android:background="@drawable/es_like_btn" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/buttonNumberLike"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="24dp"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/buttonLike"
            android:background="@drawable/like_counter"
            android:textColor="@android:color/white"
            android:textSize="12sp" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/buttonDelete"
            android:layout_width="38dp"
            android:layout_height="24dp"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
            android:background="@drawable/es_more_btn" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/commentsTextView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:background="#FFF9F8F1"
        android:text="@string/hello"
        android:textColor="@android:color/black"
        android:textSize="12sp" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/spacerTextView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp" />

</LinearLayout>

Here is the error log:

E/AndroidRuntime(15849): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(15849): android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #36: Error inflating class ImageView
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:454)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:737)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at  org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:740)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:542)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:487)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.inflate(View.java:8807)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at com.mypackage.adapters.PostAdapter.getPostView(PostAdapter.java:283)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at com.mypackage.adapters.PostAdapter.getView(PostAdapter.java:268)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.HeaderViewListAdapter.getView(HeaderViewListAdapter.java:220)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:1430)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:1745)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.ListView.fillDown(ListView.java:670)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.ListView.fillFromTop(ListView.java:727)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.ListView.layoutChildren(ListView.java:1598)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.AbsListView.onLayout(AbsListView.java:1260)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1254)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1130)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1047)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:912)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at net.simonvt.menudrawer.LeftDrawer.onLayout(LeftDrawer.java:64)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1254)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1130)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1047)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1140)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1859)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Could not find class: ImageView
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:607)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:448)
E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    ... 48 more

plz also add `event_show_row_layout` layout xml with question to get more help from us — ρяσѕρєя K, May 22 '13 at 17:44
The problem described in this question seem similar. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15189957/why-the-imageview-class-is-not-found — DigCamara, May 22 '13 at 18:05
The error during inflation might come from drawable used in the ImageView, misspelled the name of an png file that was used in this imageview so the file cannot be found. Stupid and crptic error for "file not found". Sigh, I really hate the complexity of Android. — Codebeat, Dec 28 '16 at 10:40

score 79 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '18 at 20:40

79

I had the same problem. my problem has occurred because I just had used images (icons) in the "drawable-v24" folder. I solved it by copying them into "drawable" folder

answered May 16 '18 at 20:40

mohammad Khavarinia

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score 25 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 28 '17 at 10:52

25

I came across this same problem recently and was able to solve it using app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_black_image_24"

The documentation of appcompat:srcCompatstates that -

It sets a drawable as the content of this ImageView. Allows the use of vector drawable when running on older versions of the platform.

Hope this helps if anyone stumbles upon the same problem.

answered Aug 28 '17 at 10:52

hsm59

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2

Thank you so much this is the culprit for me – princebillyGK Sep 13 '20 at 13:18

score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 17 '18 at 18:01

10

For me , i copy my image to Folder drawable-v24 and compiler didnt find it

Change view of Android studio to project view

and cut and paste your image to folder drawable

answered Aug 17 '18 at 18:01

Ali Khaki

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Hossein Karami · Answer 4 · 2022-01-21T13:48:01.120

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I myself had this problem because my image was in darawable-v24 directory. so when I wanted to use older api, the app was crashing. so I suggest to check whether you're resource is in correct directory or not.

https://stacklearn.ir

edited Jan 21 '22 at 13:48

answered Feb 24 '19 at 09:04

Hossein Karami

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score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 24 '20 at 17:05

I had the same issue, because I copied my png files to drawables while on Android view, and it automatically copied to drawable-v24, but you need to copy your files to drawable, you can navigate to your project and then res/drawables and paste it manually, or change your view to project view the past it in the drawable folder

Andrei Herford · Answer 6 · 2018-04-27T08:40:41.780

It's an old question but I just came across the same problem. In my case it was caused by using the android:tint attribute with an selector rather than a color:

<ImageView
    ...
    android:tint="@drawable/some_selector" />

While this works without a problem a SDK 21+ it crashes in older versions...

Switching to AppCompatImageView and to app:tint solved the problem:

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView
    ...
    app:tint="@drawable/some_selector" />

score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 29 '13 at 12:14

5

try to change

v = View.inflate(getContext(), R.layout.event_show_row_layout, null);

to

v = View.inflate(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.event_show_row_layout, null);

answered Jul 29 '13 at 12:14

Shani Goriwal

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score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 30 '15 at 01:05

For me, inside one of my layout.xml files, I had

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/row_1_col_0"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@string/default_picture_location">
</ImageView>

and inside strings.xml, I had

<string name="default_picture_location">"@mipmap/tile"</string>

and so it was showing this in Android Studio:

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/row_1_col_0"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@mipmap/tile">
</ImageView>

I thought everything would work because there were no errors and the application compiled and ran. However, there was a run time error that said "android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7:Error inflating class ImageView".

Once I changed android:background from

android:background="@string/default_picture_location"

to

android:background="@mipmap/tile"

everything worked.

The reason this didn't work is because you had quotes between the string tags; they are not needed. — Ken, Jun 27 '17 at 01:15

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 14 '17 at 10:23

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I have the resources in the drawable-zh-xxhdpi catalog documents, but not in the drawable-xxhdpi catalog of resources, the emergence of this mistake.

This should be：

res
  drawable-xxhdpi
     aa.png
  drawable-zh-xxhdpi
     aa.png

answered Feb 14 '17 at 10:23

Zero

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score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 04 '18 at 11:17

3

Putting image in drawable NOT as "v-24" worked for me and I stopped get the crash.

answered Dec 04 '18 at 11:17

Haniya

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nzala · Answer 11 · 2016-10-07T11:22:12.523

2

The error during inflation might come from drawable used in the ImageView, in this case:

android:background="@drawable/timeline_image_border"
android:src="@drawable/timeline_image_dummy"

To get rid of it, replace all the existing images trying a different drawable.

edited Oct 07 '16 at 11:22

answered Oct 07 '16 at 10:30

nzala

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I misspelled the name of an png file that was used in this imageview so the file cannot be found. Stupid and crptic error for "file not found". Sigh, I really hate the complexity of Android. – Codebeat Dec 28 '16 at 10:37

score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 22 '17 at 09:53

In my case I had the same error, but only when using a device with API < 24 (emulator or physical device).

This was caused by the use of "gradient" inside a SVG I imported.

The error do not appear in the stacktrace, but it appears in the .xml of the imported SVG file:

This causes the app to crash when inflating a View that has this SVG as its source, for APIs < 24.

If you want to use SVG only, you can restrict the use of this resource to APIs >= 24 and remove the gradient for APIs below.

score 2 · Answer 13 · edited May 25 '20 at 12:47

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Don't name XML file and image file the same name like this:

edited May 25 '20 at 12:47

grrigore

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answered May 21 '19 at 03:35

littlebear333

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nanithehaddock · Answer 14 · 2013-07-30T07:12:39.433

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you haven't closed LinearLayout tag

and please use following code for inflating layout.xml

LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
final View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.your_layout_id, null);

edited Jul 30 '13 at 07:12

answered Jul 29 '13 at 12:06

nanithehaddock

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sometimes, because of the editor behavior or bug in editor, it doesn't throw any error , instead it will run on emulator or device. but Android is very smart than editor, it will catch the error and doen not inflate the xml to create layout. – nanithehaddock Jul 30 '13 at 07:04

score 1 · Answer 15 · edited Feb 23 '19 at 17:09

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For me it works when I paste image in both drawable and drawable-v24 and I added some code android:src="@drawable/battman"

edited Feb 23 '19 at 17:09

Zoe

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answered Feb 21 '19 at 22:16

luqman ahmad

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score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Feb 02 '21 at 13:15

In my case it was SVG image with long paths. It showed error:

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: R is not a valid verb. Failure occurred at position 2 of path: STRING_TOO_LARGE

Looking at long SVG Asset file error : R is not a valid verb. Failure occurred at position 2 of path: STRING_TOO_LARGE I splitted paths into several below 32Kb.

score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Apr 04 '20 at 17:07

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For me the problem was that the svg-file was to big.

answered Apr 04 '20 at 17:07

Vincent Olsen

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Jun 10 '20 at 02:43

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In my case the svg had letters that have gaps and then this caused the bug, what I did was modify the letters in illustrator removing the gaps and it worked.

answered Jun 10 '20 at 02:43

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