InflateException with app:srcCompat in xml

Question

When using app:srcCompat with a vector drawable in my .xml layout I'm unable to run code on a device running android 4.2.1. For instance I have a FAB like this:

<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
    android:id="@+id/fab"
    ...
    android:tint="@color/colorWhite"
    app:backgroundTint="@color/colorPrimary"
    app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_add"/>

where ic_add is a vector drawable:

<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:width="24dp"
    android:height="24dp"
    android:viewportWidth="24.0"
    android:viewportHeight="24.0">
<path
    android:fillColor="#FF000000"
    android:pathData="M19,13h-6v6h-2v-6H5v-2h6V5h2v6h6v2z"/>

This works fine on Lollipop, but crashes on a device running android 4.2.1:

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                            android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #14: Error inflating class android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
                                                                                at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:613)
                                                                                at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:687)
                                                                                at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
                                                                                at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
                                                                                at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
                                                                                at info.samuilife.samuiplus.user.offers.OffersFragment.onCreateView(OffersFragment.kt:34)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:2239)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1332)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveFragmentToExpectedState(FragmentManager.java:1574)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1641)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.executeOps(BackStackRecord.java:794)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOps(FragmentManager.java:2415)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManager.java:2200)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.optimizeAndExecuteOps(FragmentManager.java:2153)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execSingleAction(FragmentManager.java:2034)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.commitNowAllowingStateLoss(BackStackRecord.java:651)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.app.FragmentPagerAdapter.finishUpdate(FragmentPagerAdapter.java:143)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.populate(ViewPager.java:1239)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.populate(ViewPager.java:1087)
                                                                                at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.onMeasure(ViewPager.java:1613)
                                                                                at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15604)
                                                                                at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4918)
                                                                                at android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onMeasureChild(CoordinatorLayout.java:713)
                                                                                at android.support.design.widget.HeaderScrollingViewBehavior.onMeasureChild(HeaderScrollingViewBehavior.java:90)
                                                                                at android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout$ScrollingViewBehavior.onMeasureChild(AppBarLayout.java:1389)
                                                                                at android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onMeasure(CoordinatorLayout.java:783)
                                                                                at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15604)
                                                                                at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4918)
                                                                                at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)
                                                                                at android.support.v7.widget.ContentFrameLayout.onMeasure(ContentFrameLayout.java:139)
                                                                                at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15604)
                                                                                at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4918)
                                                                                at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1411)
                                                                                at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:698)
                                                                                at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:588)
                                                                                at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15604)
                                                                                at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4918)
                                                                                at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)
                                                                                at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15604)
                                                                                at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4918)
                                                                                at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1411)
                                                                                at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:698)
                                                                                at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:588)
                                                                                at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15604)
                                                                                at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:4918)
                                                                                at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:310)
                                                                                at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.onMeasure(PhoneWindow.java:2191)
                                                                                at android.view.View.measure(View.java:15604)
                                                                                at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:2165)
                                                                                at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:1249)
                                                                                at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1443)

Without the app:srcCompat line it works fine.

In my build.gradle I also have:

defaultConfig {
    vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
    ...
}

...

dependencies {
      ...
        compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-alpha1"
}

What am I missing here? Any thoughts/ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Solution: This answer worked for me.

Vector images are not supported in Android Api level 19 or below — Android Geek, Oct 31 '17 at 04:37

ישו אוהב אותך · Answer 1 · 2017-10-31T04:19:42.287

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You probably forget to add the design support library. So, you should add the Design support library in your dependency by adding the following line:

dependencies {
      ...
  compile "com.android.support:design:27.0.0"
  //compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-alpha1"
}

You don't need to add the appcompat library because it's implicitly included in design support library. And please remember to never using an alpha version of library in your code.

Read more about design support library at Using the Design Support Library

UPDATE

Add the Vector Drawable Support with:

compile "com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:27.0.0"

edited Oct 31 '17 at 04:19

answered Oct 30 '17 at 15:32

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Thanks for advice! I've updated support design library to version 27.0.0. But the problem still remains. – AlexKost Oct 31 '17 at 03:58
@AlexKost: I've updated the answer. Adding the vector drawable support. – ישו אוהב אותך Oct 31 '17 at 04:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 31 '17 at 04:50

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Try this

Android Api level 19 or below does not support Vector images ,I got this solution

Set your widget id here and remove the vector Drawable from that widget

private void setBackgrounds(){

        Drawable drawableLeft = AppCompatResources.getDrawable(modelet.getContext(), R.drawable.ic_local_taxi_black_16dp);
        modelet.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(drawableLeft, null, null, null);
}

answered Oct 31 '17 at 04:50

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"You can use VectorDrawableCompat back to API level 7" as stated here: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/vector-drawable-resources.html#vector-drawables-backward-solution – AlexKost Oct 31 '17 at 05:46

InflateException with app:srcCompat in xml

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