Exception - failed to resolve attribute at index 6: TypedValue

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I'm seeing the following exception:

04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #17: Failed to resolve attribute at index 6: TypedValue{t=0x3/d=0x46 "res/color/abc_secondary_text_material_dark.xml" a=2 r=0x7f0e00e5}
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:539)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater.inflate(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:60)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:423)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.support.v7.internal.view.menu.MenuPopupHelper$MenuAdapter.getView(MenuPopupHelper.java:374)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.support.v7.internal.view.menu.MenuPopupHelper.measureContentWidth(MenuPopupHelper.java:223)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.support.v7.internal.view.menu.MenuPopupHelper.tryShow(MenuPopupHelper.java:157)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.support.v7.widget.ActionMenuPresenter$OpenOverflowRunnable.run(ActionMenuPresenter.java:781)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5417)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Failed to resolve attribute at index 6: TypedValue{t=0x3/d=0x46 "res/color/abc_secondary_text_material_dark.xml" a=2 r=0x7f0e00e5}
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.content.res.TypedArray.getLayoutDimension(TypedArray.java:705)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.view.ViewGroup$LayoutParams.setBaseAttributes(ViewGroup.java:6890)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.view.ViewGroup$MarginLayoutParams.<init>(ViewGroup.java:7071)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.widget.FrameLayout$LayoutParams.<init>(FrameLayout.java:446)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.widget.FrameLayout.generateLayoutParams(FrameLayout.java:386)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.widget.FrameLayout.generateLayoutParams(FrameLayout.java:385)
04-06 13:35:58.498  4219  4219 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:502)

This has happened twice now when I clicked the menu button in my Toolbar. Unfortunately, it seems to be quite unpredictable and happened twice out of a lot of attempts. My menu looks like this:

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

  <item android:id="@+id/menu_action_show_project_startup"
    android:title="@string/menu_action_project_intro"
    android:orderInCategory="300"
    app:showAsAction="never"/>

  <item android:id="@+id/menu_action_report_issue"
      android:title="@string/menu_action_report_issue"
      android:orderInCategory="300"
      app:showAsAction="never"/>

  <item android:id="@+id/menu_action_toggle_mobile_data"
    android:checkable="true"
    android:checked="true"
    android:title="@string/menu_action_toggle_mobile_data"
    android:orderInCategory="500"
    app:showAsAction="never"/>

  <item android:id="@+id/menu_action_logout"
    android:title="@string/menu_action_logout"
    android:orderInCategory="600"
    app:showAsAction="never"/>

</menu>

I had a look at a similar question - Android XML: RuntimeException: Failed to resolve attribute at index 6 - but my problem doesn't seem to originate from the FAB button and I am using AppCompat in my app.

Hey, Did you find solution for your problem? If yes, you can answer this question, so that it can help others in case they face the similar issue :) — Mukesh Rana, Jun 01 '16 at 05:55
look at the for the answer of @Amir Dadgari in the following link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28523517/appcompat-popup-menu-runtimeexception — aurelianr, Jun 08 '17 at 13:37

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 21 '16 at 08:53

Based on the above solution from TaoBit, I realized that the issue was with my theme was not acceptable in Marshmallow. So I replaced

<style name="Dark.Overlay" parent="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">?attr/colorPrimary</item>
</style>

with this and it all worked. Thanks TaoBit for the hint. You saved 2 days worth of work and a lot of headache. I am loving SO by the day.

<style name="MyToolbar" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="android:background">#FF0000</item>
    <item name="android:textColorPrimary">#FFFFFF</item>
</style>

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 22 '16 at 16:33

4

I think this is the bug report from Google, make sure you use the correct theme

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=152141

answered Jun 22 '16 at 16:33

TaoBit

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 27 '17 at 12:38

I had this problem and it was caused by having the following line in my dimens.xml file:

<dimen name="viewname_padding_top">?actionBarSize</dimen>

so I replaced it with:

<dimen name="viewname_padding_top">@dimen/abc_action_bar_default_height_material</dimen>

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 24 '19 at 20:16

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I my case, I had in colors.xml

<color name="textColorTitle">?themeColorPrimary</color>

when I set it to a real value instead of an attribute, it worked.

<color name="textColorTitle">@color/colorPrimary</color>

answered Feb 24 '19 at 20:16

daneejela

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 31 '22 at 04:24

In my case there were several files styles.xml (for different API levels):

.../res/values-v19/styles.xml
.../res/values-v21/styles.xml
.../res/values-v23/styles.xml

When I added my custom attribute to ALL theese files (and all used themes inside theese files) - everything worked.

Exception - failed to resolve attribute at index 6: TypedValue

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