Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView(Eclipse)

Question

I want use android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView in my android project in eclipse

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="ir.sheikhoo.sis.EditeActivity" >

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    </android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>

</RelativeLayout>

but it throws an error

09-23 11:33:37.968: E/AndroidRuntime(20310): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{ir.sheikhoo.sis/ir.sheikhoo.sis.EditeActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView

full error log

09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333): Process: ir.sheikhoo.sis, PID: 28333
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{ir.sheikhoo.sis/ir.sheikhoo.sis.EditeActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2429)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2493)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:166)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1283)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5590)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1280)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1096)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:714)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:762)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:499)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:398)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:354)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:331)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:2018)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at ir.sheikhoo.sis.EditeActivity.onCreate(EditeActivity.java:13)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5447)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2393)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    ... 11 more
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/ir.sheikhoo.sis-22.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app-lib/ir.sheikhoo.sis-22, /vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:497)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:457)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:566)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:703)
09-23 11:55:53.288: E/AndroidRuntime(28333):    ... 21 more

I use android.support-23.2.1 and target sdk android:targetSdkVersion="23"

it's my sdk

Can you post the complete error log - or is that all? The error usually points to some exception in the Activity- in this case `EditeActivity`. — ishmaelMakitla, Sep 23 '16 at 08:21
My recommendation is to use Android Studio with gradle. It is way easier to use libs like recyclerview and you will have more fun while developing ;-) — jennymo, Sep 23 '16 at 08:23
Your jar is in a directory called `libs` and you have added dependencies for only `lib`, I think. Please check the dependencies. — Ishita Sinha, Sep 23 '16 at 08:30
add xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" into Relativelayout. — Asif Patel, Sep 23 '16 at 09:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 23 '16 at 08:40

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I think the problem in your cardview jar file, it does not match version with other libraries.

1st, you mast need to use cardview or other libraries version less than compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion. In this case you use version cardview-v7-21.0.0.jar so your compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion must be 21.0.0 or upper.

2nd, I think you need to switch Android Studio it's made easy to manage libraries.

answered Sep 23 '16 at 08:40

Md Imran Choudhury

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i change all libs to android.support-23.2.1 and use api 23 for target... i change my post – sadegh Sep 23 '16 at 12:02

Error inflating class android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView(Eclipse)

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