Error inflating class ImageView

Question

I've been getting InflateException/ClassNotFoundException error intermittently. I've seen similar errors before in SO but they were caused by spelling errors. I spelled 'ImageView' correctly so I don't know what's causing the error.

The code where the error occurs is:

v = View.inflate(getContext(), R.layout.event_show_row_layout, null); 

Here's the layout xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"      android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:orientation="vertical" >      <RelativeLayout         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:orientation="horizontal"         android:paddingLeft="10dip"         android:paddingRight="10dip" >          <TextView             android:id="@+id/fromTextView"             android:layout_width="wrap_content"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:textSize="12sp"             android:textStyle="italic" />          <TextView             android:id="@+id/timeTextView"             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:gravity="right"             android:textSize="12sp"             android:textStyle="italic" />     </RelativeLayout>      <RelativeLayout         android:id="@+id/layoutPostImage"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:padding="4dp" >          <ImageView             android:id="@+id/postImageView"             android:layout_width="match_parent"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"             android:layout_alignParentTop="true"             android:layout_margin="2dp"             android:adjustViewBounds="true"             android:background="@drawable/timeline_image_border"             android:contentDescription="@string/hello"             android:paddingBottom="6dp"             android:scaleType="fitXY"             android:src="@drawable/timeline_image_dummy" />     </RelativeLayout>      <RelativeLayout         android:id="@+id/wordsRelativeLayout"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content" >          <TextView             android:id="@+id/wordsTextView"             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"             android:paddingLeft="50dp"             android:paddingRight="50dp"             android:text="@string/hello" />          <ImageView             android:id="@+id/topLeftQuoteImageView"             android:layout_width="wrap_content"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"             android:layout_alignParentTop="true"             android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"             android:layout_marginTop="10dp"             android:adjustViewBounds="true"             android:contentDescription="@string/hello"             android:maxHeight="25dp"             android:maxWidth="25dp"             android:scaleType="fitXY"             android:src="@drawable/po_quotes_mobile1" />          <ImageView             android:id="@+id/bottomRightQuoteImageView"             android:layout_width="wrap_content"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"             android:layout_alignParentRight="true"             android:layout_marginBottom="12dp"             android:layout_marginRight="12dp"             android:adjustViewBounds="true"             android:contentDescription="@string/hello"             android:maxHeight="25dp"             android:maxWidth="25dp"             android:scaleType="fitXY"             android:src="@drawable/po_quotes_mobile2" />     </RelativeLayout>      <RelativeLayout         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_marginTop="5dp" >          <Button             android:id="@+id/commentButton"             android:layout_width="84dp"             android:layout_height="24dp"             android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"             android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"             android:background="@drawable/es_comment_btn" />          <Button             android:id="@+id/buttonLike"             android:layout_width="84dp"             android:layout_height="24dp"             android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"             android:layout_toRightOf="@id/commentButton"             android:background="@drawable/es_like_btn" />          <Button             android:id="@+id/buttonNumberLike"             android:layout_width="wrap_content"             android:layout_height="24dp"             android:layout_gravity="center"             android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"             android:layout_toRightOf="@id/buttonLike"             android:background="@drawable/like_counter"             android:textColor="@android:color/white"             android:textSize="12sp" />          <Button             android:id="@+id/buttonDelete"             android:layout_width="38dp"             android:layout_height="24dp"             android:layout_alignParentRight="true"             android:layout_marginRight="5dp"             android:background="@drawable/es_more_btn" />     </RelativeLayout>      <TextView         android:id="@+id/commentsTextView"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"         android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"         android:layout_marginRight="10dp"         android:layout_marginTop="10dp"         android:background="#FFF9F8F1"         android:text="@string/hello"         android:textColor="@android:color/black"         android:textSize="12sp" />      <TextView         android:id="@+id/spacerTextView"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"         android:layout_marginRight="10dp"         android:layout_marginTop="10dp" />  </LinearLayout> 

Here is the error log:

E/AndroidRuntime(15849): FATAL EXCEPTION: main E/AndroidRuntime(15849): android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #36: Error inflating class ImageView E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:454) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:737) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at  org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:740) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:542) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:487) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.inflate(View.java:8807) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at com.mypackage.adapters.PostAdapter.getPostView(PostAdapter.java:283) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at com.mypackage.adapters.PostAdapter.getView(PostAdapter.java:268) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.HeaderViewListAdapter.getView(HeaderViewListAdapter.java:220) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:1430) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:1745) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.ListView.fillDown(ListView.java:670) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.ListView.fillFromTop(ListView.java:727) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.ListView.layoutChildren(ListView.java:1598) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.AbsListView.onLayout(AbsListView.java:1260) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1254) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1130) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1047) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:912) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at net.simonvt.menudrawer.LeftDrawer.onLayout(LeftDrawer.java:64) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1254) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1130) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1047) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:338) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7175) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1140) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1859) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) E/AndroidRuntime(15849): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Could not find class: ImageView E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:607) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    at org.holoeverywhere.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:448) E/AndroidRuntime(15849):    ... 48 more 

Answer 1

I had the same problem. my problem has occurred because I just had used images (icons) in the "drawable-v24" folder. I solved it by copying them into "drawable" folder

Answer 2

I came across this same problem recently and was able to solve it using app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_black_image_24"

The documentation of appcompat:srcCompatstates that -

It sets a drawable as the content of this ImageView. Allows the use of vector drawable when running on older versions of the platform.

Hope this helps if anyone stumbles upon the same problem.