Exception : android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.CardView

Question

I am using CardView of support library in my android app. I tried 4-5 hours to resolve this but i could not get success.

I have added CardView as a library in my project & v7 appcompat also

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_margin="5dp"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    app:cardCornerRadius="4dp" >

But my app is crashing with below logs

10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666): Process: com.xyzladdoo, PID: 5666
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666): android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.CardView
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:707)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:469)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at com.xyzladdoo.adapters.RecycleViewAdapter.onCreateViewHolder(RecycleViewAdapter.java:85)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at com.xyzladdoo.adapters.RecycleViewAdapter.onCreateViewHolder(RecycleViewAdapter.java:1)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Adapter.createViewHolder(RecyclerView.java:2915)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.getViewForPosition(RecyclerView.java:2511)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager$RenderState.next(LinearLayoutManager.java:1425)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.fill(LinearLayoutManager.java:999)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.onLayoutChildren(LinearLayoutManager.java:524)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.dispatchLayout(RecyclerView.java:1461)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.onLayout(RecyclerView.java:1600)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout.onLayout(SwipeRefreshLayout.java:543)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1671)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1525)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1434)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:453)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:388)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onLayout(ViewPager.java:1594)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.onLayout(DrawerLayout.java:887)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:453)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:388)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.support.v7.internal.widget.ActionBarOverlayLayout.onLayout(ActionBarOverlayLayout.java:502)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:453)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:388)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1671)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1525)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1434)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:453)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:388)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14860)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4643)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performLayout(ViewRootImpl.java:2013)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1770)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1019)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5725)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:761)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:574)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:544)
10-31 18:41:39.577: E/AndroidRuntime(5666):     at an

Any help ? Thanks in advance.

Check out this link please : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24449344/using-android-support-v7-widget-cardview-in-my-project-eclipse — Farouk Touzi, Oct 31 '14 at 13:24
add xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" line — Pragnesh Ghoda シ, Oct 31 '14 at 13:45
@Prag'sシ it is already there please see in my question. am is missing something ? — N Sharma, Oct 31 '14 at 15:09
I'm having the same issue. I tried having android-support-v7-cardview.jar in my libs folder, doesn't work. Tried having the gradle dependency, doesnt work. Did you find a solution? Everything works fine on API 21 but on any other version i get the inflateException — MattWilliams89, Nov 19 '14 at 22:11
I fixed my issue. I had set a drawable set as my `android:foreground="@drawable/ripple.xml"` which uses the API 21 ripple selector — MattWilliams89, Nov 20 '14 at 10:11

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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Let import cardview as a library:
Go to File -> Import -> Existing Android code into workspace --> Browse (Go to sdk/extras/android/support/v7/cardview) --> Click ok --> Click Finish

Your project explorer will now show cardview as a project.

Right click on cardview project --> Properties --> Android(Left Pane) --> Enable isLibrary (tick the checkbox) --> Apply --> ok

Now Right click on your project --> Properties --> Android(Left pane) --> Add (under library) --> cardview --> apply --> ok

Now right click on your project again --> build path --> configure build path --> Under projects tab, add cardview

You are done.
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edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Dec 05 '14 at 09:17

Justin

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You are wellcome. I met this error before. I Googled and find two questions on StackOverFlow about this issue, but one of them have answer that help me resolve the issue. So i copy/paste to here :) – Justin Dec 10 '14 at 08:59
Actually I added v7 abcompat library to my project and thought that is enough to bring cardview too. Later I realised by your answer that cardView lib is available separately. Thanks a lot.. – Ashokchakravarthi Nagarajan Dec 10 '14 at 10:35
Don't forget to add the actual files in the "libs" folder to the buildpath and then check it in Order and Export. This is a must according to https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html#libs-with-res – Advait Saravade Jan 29 '15 at 13:21
Very useful comment, I spent more than half day handling this error (but with recyclerview in eclipse) and finally I find right answer! Thank you, bro! – validcat Jul 07 '15 at 12:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '15 at 12:30

(for intellij users)

click in your project,
right click -> open Module Settings
import cardview from \sdk\extras\android\support\v7\
add .jar file to cardview module
click on your project and give module dependency to cardview
now, click (+) button on cardview -> android -> at top you will see a check box (library module), enable it.
click ok and close your settings dialog.
rebuild your project and run it.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 31 '14 at 18:34

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Support libs that contain resources other than compiled classes (like XMLs) cannot be added as just jars.

Please follow the steps described by this:

https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html#libs-with-res

Let us now if that works.

answered Oct 31 '14 at 18:34

MohammedEAmer

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 15 '14 at 08:57

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To fix this problem . first you must add cardview from the \sdk\extras\android\support

Close the main project.
Remove the android-support-v7-appcompat .
Restart the Eclipse.
Add the android-support-v7-appcompat .
Clean,To build the project.
Then open the main project and build all the projects.
The error still remains. Restart eclipse. That's it.

That works for me.

answered Dec 15 '14 at 08:57

Hemant Shori

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But now, I recommend you to use android studio – Hemant Shori Mar 01 '15 at 18:16

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 31 '14 at 13:47

Try this..

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/card_view"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="200dp"
    card_view:cardCornerRadius="4dp">


</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

Reference : Create Cards

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 06 '14 at 10:08

Try using like this with the outer linearlayout.

 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    ... >
    <!-- A CardView that contains a TextView -->
    <android.support.v7.widget.CardView
        xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/card_view"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        card_view:cardCornerRadius="4dp">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/info_text"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent" />
    </android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</LinearLayout>

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 12 '15 at 06:16

I had the same problem as you.

In Eclipse, when you import cardview from directory \sdk\extras\android\support\v7\cardview follow the steps that are commented in "Adding libraries with resources -> Eclipse" in the official documentation: https://developer.android.com/intl/es/tools/support-library/setup.html#libs-with-res

Before adding cardview as library to your project, go to "Properties -> Android" of cardview project and add the android-support-v7-appcompat library. Don't forget check "IsLibrary".

Now, you can add cardview as library to your project. Clean both projects to refresh the changes.

I hope it helps you.

Exception : android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.CardView

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