I am trying to use RecyclerView in my project, but because we have some bad proxies, I cannot afford to add compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:+" to my build.gradle because the download is very slow. Instead, for the other libraries, I simply added the .jar files to the 'libs' folder of the project and in build.gradle I have compile files('libs/android-support-v7-recyclerview.jar'). I got the .jar from the Android SDK under /extras/android/support/v7/recyclerview/libs.
I got the android-support-v4 library from the same place and it works fine.
The app is building, but at runtime, I get a NoClassDefFoundError. The behavior can be replicated using Google's RecyclerView sample found in /samples/android-21/ui/views/RecyclerView by replacing in Application/build.gradle these lines:
compile "com.android.support:support-v4:21.+"
compile "com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:21.+"
compile "com.android.support:cardview-v7:21.+"
compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:+"
With these ones:
compile files('libs/android-support-v4.jar')
compile files('libs/android-support-v7-gridlayout.jar')
compile files('libs/android-support-v7-cardview.jar')
compile files('libs/android-support-v7-recyclerview.jar')
And adding the 4 jar files from the same SDK to Application/libs (you need to create the folder as it doesn't have one).
The full error log generated by the Google sample:
04-27 16:22:02.122 1405-1405/com.example.android.recyclerview E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.android.recyclerview, PID: 1405
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.android.recyclerview/com.example.android.recyclerview.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #38: Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2325)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #38: Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:633)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:743)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:806)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:504)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414)
at com.example.android.recyclerview.RecyclerViewFragment.onCreateView(RecyclerViewFragment.java:67)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1974)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1067)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1252)
at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:738)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1617)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.execPendingActions(FragmentController.java:339)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:602)
at com.example.android.common.activities.SampleActivityBase.onStart(SampleActivityBase.java:39)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1236)
at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6006)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2288)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:288)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:607)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:743)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:806)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:504)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414)
at com.example.android.recyclerview.RecyclerViewFragment.onCreateView(RecyclerViewFragment.java:67)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1974)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1067)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1252)
at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:738)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1617)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.execPendingActions(FragmentController.java:339)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:602)
at com.example.android.common.activities.SampleActivityBase.onStart(SampleActivityBase.java:39)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1236)
at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6006)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2288)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Landroid/support/v7/recyclerview/R$styleable;
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.<init>(RecyclerView.java:487)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.<init>(RecyclerView.java:456)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:288)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:607)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:743)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:806)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:504)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414)
at com.example.android.recyclerview.RecyclerViewFragment.onCreateView(RecyclerViewFragment.java:67)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1974)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1067)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1252)
at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:738)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1617)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.execPendingActions(FragmentController.java:339)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:602)
at com.example.android.common.activities.SampleActivityBase.onStart(SampleActivityBase.java:39)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1236)
at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6006)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2288)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "android.support.v7.recyclerview.R$styleable" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.example.android.recyclerview-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:511)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:469)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.<init>(RecyclerView.java:487)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.<init>(RecyclerView.java:456)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:288)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:607)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:743)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:806)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:504)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414)
at com.example.android.recyclerview.RecyclerViewFragment.onCreateView(RecyclerViewFragment.java:67)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1974)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1067)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1252)
at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:738)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:1617)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.execPendingActions(FragmentController.java:339)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:602)
at com.example.android.common.activities.SampleActivityBase.onStart(SampleActivityBase.java:39)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1236)
at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6006)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2288)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)
Suppressed: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: android.support.v7.recyclerview.R$styleable
at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
at java.lang.BootClassLoader.findClass(ClassLoader.java:781)
at java.lang.BootClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:841)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:504)
... 32 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Class not found using the boot class loader; no stack available
I also tried, as people suggested, to use the classes.jar found in extras/android/m2repository/com/android/support/recyclerview-v7/23.3.0/recyclerview-v7-23.3.0.aar but the result was exactly the same.
Any hints on what I might be missing/doing wrong?
