Android error - Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: android.support.v4.util.SparseArrayCompat

Question

I have these log errors when launching my app:

> 05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.tomsyweb.suna/com.tomsyweb.suna.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #9: Error inflating class com.origamilabs.library.views.StaggeredGridView
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1651)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1667)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:935)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:867)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:625)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #9: Error inflating class com.origamilabs.library.views.StaggeredGridView
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:518)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:570)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:623)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:408)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at com.actionbarsherlock.internal.ActionBarSherlockCompat.setContentView(ActionBarSherlockCompat.java:853)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockActivity.setContentView(SherlockActivity.java:229)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at com.tomsyweb.suna.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:72)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1615)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    ... 11 more
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:415)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:505)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    ... 21 more
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032): Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: android.support.v4.util.SparseArrayCompat
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at com.origamilabs.library.views.StaggeredGridView.<init>(StaggeredGridView.java:297)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    at com.origamilabs.library.views.StaggeredGridView.<init>(StaggeredGridView.java:304)
05-20 01:48:35.312: E/AndroidRuntime(23032):    ... 24 more

And the problem appeared just after installing Android SDK Tools Rev. 22, Android SDK Build-tools and updating Google Play Services.

Whereas in this error

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: android.support.v4.util.SparseArrayCompat

and noting that for all "android.support.v4" import, the Javadoc isn't accessible

Note: This element neither has attached source nor attached Javadoc and hence no Javadoc could be found.

the problem is probably due to the Android support library.

Hope all this information will help you find a solution.

Answer 1

Right Click on your project -> Build Path -> Configure Build Path -> Order and Export Tab.

Make sure that "Android Private Libraries" is checked for Export.

If you've added any libraries from the libs/ folder, remove them as they are automatically added in the "Android Private Libraries" section.

Answer 2

I always get this and just restart eclipse to resolve it on MAC laptop.