android design library gradle null pointer exception

Question

I'm trying to add android.support.design library to my project: All the interesting things in my gradle file:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:22.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v13:22.1.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:22.1.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:22.1.0'
}

I'm getting

Error:Android Gradle Build Target: java.lang.NullPointerException

When removing com.android.support:design:22.2.0 (and adding back v4 and AppCompat), build is successful.

library version

Another similar issue didn't help me

Notice that i'm building using Intellij 14

Have you seen this answer? Problem is with design support library . http://stackoverflow.com/a/30557995/2091181 — Jorge Casariego, Jun 03 '15 at 13:50
yes. it is not relevant. i've found the answer and posting it now — royB, Jun 03 '15 at 13:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '15 at 14:04

I ran the app using android studio and not IntelliJ 14 and got a different error:

`Error:(1) Attribute "insetForeground" has already been defined`

So if someone is running IntelliJ 14, until next update of Intellij 14 I guess It's safer to use android studio 1.3.+ (or at least check for errors using android studio.

If one get the same error.

go to attr.xml and remove declare-styleable name="ScrimInsetsView"
using ctrl-shift-f search for insetF and remove app:insetForeground attribute from all the layout that contains such attribute.

Everything should work OK now

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 27 '15 at 02:27

I had exactly the same issue. I guess it comes from an combination of mismatching parameters in grade and your xml resources.. Maybe this will help (for me it did):

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }  
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.1.1'
    }
}
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

...

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:23.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:21.0.3'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:21.0.3'
}

Give the build.grade the 1.1.1, too (just in case)

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.1.1'
    }
}
allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
}

Hopefully the next sync, clean and rebuild will pass (or fire a meaningful error message like 'color-res blabla not found').

Btw: From time to time my IntelliJ is setting itself to other Java-configs (e.g. Java8 with lambdas) - so "just in case": Don't forget to check if your project SDK is set up correctly (File > Project-structure > project > choose the SDK).

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