Caused by android.view.InflateException Binary XML file line #101: Caused by android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException

Question

Got this error from Crashlytics, affecting a few devices:

Caused by android.view.InflateException Binary XML file line #101: Binary XML file line #101: Error inflating class

Caused by android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException Drawable (missing name) with resource ID #0x7f06008a

The interesting thing is that this has only come about since I released the app in the new Android App Bundle. This didn't happen when releasing the .apk. In fact to resolve it I reverted back to release it as .apk. But I want to have the benefits of a release with the new Android App Bundle. I know it's something to do with the Drawable folders. Here's line 101 in the xml file:

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/learn_chords_help_button"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:paddingLeft="0dp"
    android:paddingTop="20dp"
    android:src="@drawable/help"
    android:contentDescription="Learn Chords Help"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@id/learn_chords_button"
    android:layout_above="@id/creditText"
    />

Here's all my drawable folders with/without help.png:

drawable -> help.png
drawable-hdpi -> help.png
drawable-nodpi -> No Help image
drawable-xhdpi -> No Help image
drawable-xxhdpi -> help.png

Here's some devices that the error occurred on (according to Crashlytics, I couldn't replicate it with the few test handsets we have): Galaxy J7(2016) 7.0, Optimus L40 4.42, m3 Note 5.1, Galaxy s4 4.4.2)

Is this a bug in the Google Play's new App Bundle format, or do developers need to have all the drawable folders with assets in each of them?

Answer 1

Since you don't have help.png in xhdpi folder, that's why you have that error, because xhdpi is associated for 720 X 1280px density (ex: Galaxy J7).

You could put only the xxhdpi picture to no-dpi folder, or put that picture in all the folders.