Error inflating class android 2.2 with drawer navigation

Question

I am using DrawerNavigator in my app. I created an android app which works perfectly with android 4.2 but when I try to launch it in android 2.2 I get this error:

android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #1: Error inflating class <unknown>
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:518)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:568)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:386)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
at android.widget.ArrayAdapter.createViewFromResource(ArrayAdapter.java:332)
at android.widget.ArrayAdapter.getView(ArrayAdapter.java:323)
at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:1582)
at android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:1801)
at android.widget.ListView.fillDown(ListView.java:724)
at android.widget.ListView.fillFromTop(ListView.java:781)
at android.widget.ListView.layoutChildren(ListView.java:1638)
at android.widget.AbsListView.onLayout(AbsListView.java:1412)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
at android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.onLayout(DrawerLayout.java:672)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1254)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1130)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1047)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175)
at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1146)
at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1866)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687)

EDIT: these lines are also in there:

07-22 16:00:52.111: E/AndroidRuntime(470): Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/color/abs__primary_text_holo_light.xml from xml type drawable resource ID #0x0
07-22 16:00:52.111: E/AndroidRuntime(470):  at android.content.res.Resources.loadXmlResourceParser(Resources.java:1924)
07-22 16:00:52.111: E/AndroidRuntime(470):  at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1692)
07-22 16:00:52.111: E/AndroidRuntime(470):  ... 42 more

I cant figure out why. I am calling my fragment (ShelrockFragment) from MainActivity :

FragmentTransaction ft = getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.replace(R.id.content_frame, newsMasterFragment, "MasterFragment");
        bundle.putBoolean("onFirstRow", true);
        newsMasterFragment.setArguments(bundle);

and it crashes when inflating the view:

public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_news_master,
            container, false);

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '13 at 09:51

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In case anybody has the same problem the issue was the android:background

android:background="?android:attr/activatedBackgroundIndicator"

crushed the whole app. So I removed it in the pre-Honeycomb versions

answered Jul 23 '13 at 09:51

alecnash

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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It's because Fragments API was introduced in Android 3.0 (API level 11).

If you want to use them in Android 2.2 (API level 8), you have to use compatibility libraries provided by Google. How to do it, you can read for example here: Fragments in Android 2.2.1, 2.3, 2.0. Is this possible?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Jul 22 '13 at 13:44

Adam Stelmaszczyk

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I am using a support library – alecnash Jul 22 '13 at 13:47
Have you noticed that there are some key differences to using the compatibility package over using SDK 3.0+? – Adam Stelmaszczyk Jul 22 '13 at 13:48
Not really. Maybe find some small example of working Fragments under Android 2.2 and see what is the difference between your implementation. – Adam Stelmaszczyk Jul 22 '13 at 14:05
it was the android:background – alecnash Jul 23 '13 at 09:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 10 '13 at 10:19

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In drawer_list_item.xml file

remove android:background="?android:attr/activatedBackgroundIndicator" line

if you want background change with html color code.

answered Dec 10 '13 at 10:19

venkata prasad

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Error inflating class android 2.2 with drawer navigation

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