IllegalArgumentException caused by binary XML file (Android)

Question

i have a basic navigation with 3 tabs. One of them contains a fragment with google maps in it. However the navigation isn't good, it keeps crashing after i select the tab for the second time.

It says it is because of the XML file of the maps which in my opinion doesn't have anything wrong. Can anyone see my error which i am blinded for right now?

Logcat :

android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class fragment
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:719)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:761)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:498)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:398)
        at com.example.dell.animalz.MapsFragment.onCreateView(MapsFragment.java:22)
        at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1504)
        at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:942)
        at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.attachFragment(FragmentManager.java:1297)
        at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:672)
        at      

android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1484)
        at   
android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executePendingTransactions(FragmentManager.java:482)
        at     
android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter.finishUpdate(FragmentPagerAdapter.java:141)
        at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.populate(ViewPager.java:1073)
        at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.setCurrentItemInternal(ViewPager.java:555)
        at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.setCurrentItemInternal(ViewPager.java:514)
        at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.setCurrentItem(ViewPager.java:495)
        at com.example.dell.animalz.HomeActivity.onTabSelected(HomeActivity.java:67)
        at com.android.internal.app.ActionBarImpl.selectTab(ActionBarImpl.java:674)
        at com.android.internal.app.ActionBarImpl$TabImpl.select(ActionBarImpl.java:1217)
        at     
com.android.internal.widget.ScrollingTabContainerView$TabClickListener.onClick(ScrollingTabContainerView.java:976)
        at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4637)
        at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:19422)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5586)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1268)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1084)
        at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
 Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Binary XML file line #7: Duplicate id 0x7f070067, tag null, or parent id 0x0 with another fragment for com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment
        at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:297)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:691)

HomeActivity.java

public class HomeActivity extends FragmentActivity implements ActionBar.TabListener {

ViewPager mViewPager = null;
private TabsMenuAdapter mAdapter;
private ActionBar actionBar;

private String []tabs = {"News", "Animalz", "Maps"};

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.home_layout);

    mViewPager = (ViewPager)findViewById(R.id.viewpager1);
    actionBar = getActionBar();
    mAdapter = new TabsMenuAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());

    mViewPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
    actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(false);
    actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

    for(String tab_names : tabs){
        actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab().setText(tab_names).setTabListener(this));
    }
    mViewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener(){
        @Override
        public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onPageSelected(int position) {
            actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
        }

        @Override
        public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {

        }
    });

}

@Override
public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
    mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());

}

@Override
public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {

}

@Override
public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
    mViewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}
}

Maps.java

public class MapsFragment extends Fragment {

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.maps_layout, container, false);
    return rootView;

  }
}

Maps.xml

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

<fragment
    android:id="@+id/map"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance !

Note the cause of the exception: Binary XML file line #7: Duplicate id 0x7f070067, tag null, or parent id 0x0 with another fragment for com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment — aioobe, Dec 25 '14 at 10:29
why don't you add that fragment dynamically instead of by xml? — Mehul Joisar, Dec 25 '14 at 10:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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You have to remove the MapFragment in the onDestroyView() method of the Fragment that contains the map, with referring to this answer, you must do the following:

// override the onDestroyView of the fragment
@Override
public void onDestroyView() {
    super.onDestroyView();
    MapFragment f = (MapFragment) getFragmentManager()
                                         .findFragmentById(R.id.the_map);
    if (f != null) 
        getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().remove(f).commit();
}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Dec 25 '14 at 10:33

Muhammed Refaat

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That worked bro, the application stopped crashing. However the errors in the logcat keep happenning at launch of the app. – zak bennani Dec 25 '14 at 10:39
If you need to remove it by code then why do you add fragment by xml? Will not it be good to add by code itself to handle everything at one place? – Mehul Joisar Dec 25 '14 at 10:43
@MehulJoisar it will be good, but I think adding it by xml won't hurt, as he will just create an instance from the xml and then remove that instance – Muhammed Refaat Dec 25 '14 at 10:48
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Yes thanks for your implication muhammed, unfortunately can't upvote your answer... – zak bennani Dec 25 '14 at 10:55
@zakbennani never mind, it's ok, but the reason is ? – Muhammed Refaat Dec 25 '14 at 10:58
15 reputation points to do so, btw i have to apply this to all fragments right? – zak bennani Dec 25 '14 at 11:03
yes you have to, even if no error shows up with other fragments, it's good for clearness and safety – Muhammed Refaat Dec 25 '14 at 11:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 25 '14 at 10:37

Every time check your parent view empty or not. If yes then remove. Change your Maps.java.

private static View view;    
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater,ViewGroup group,Bundle bundle)
{
    if(view!=null)
    {
        ViewGroup parent =(ViewGroup)view.getParent();
        if(parent!=null)
            parent.removeView(view);
    }
    try{
        view=inflater.inflate(R.layout.maps, group, false);
        ........

    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        Log.e("ERROR", ""+e);
    }

    return view;
}

IllegalArgumentException caused by binary XML file (Android)

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