Error inflating class NavigationView caused by ResourceNotFoundException

Question

So around 1% of my daily users are haunted with the NavigationView exception which is caused by an image resource not being found. I find that strange, 99% of other users are just fine. I was hoping that updating my dependancies in version iterations will resolve the issue itself, but unfortunately, this error has stayed in my Crashlytics logs for 6 iterations already and it's the worst crash that is affecting my users.

The obvious thing would be that it is specific to older devices, but this would be a wrong assumption. It is not device specific, neither version specific. Although some specifics can be pointed out

• Android Version
  • 90% Andorid 8
  • 10% Android 7
• Device
  • Huawei 50%
  • Samsung 50%

Two relevant dependancies i'm using:

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0'

The relevant piece of code in the XML layout:

<com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView
    android:id="@+id/navigation"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
    app:headerLayout="@layout/layout_drawer_header2"
    app:menu="@menu/navigation" />

The Header layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/authWrapper"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="?android:attr/windowBackground"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark"
    tools:layout_width="240dp">


    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/number"
        style="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Display3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif-medium"
        android:textColor="?android:textColorPrimary"
        android:textStyle="italic"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/car"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/driver"
        tools:text="#01" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/driverIcon"
        android:layout_width="12dp"
        android:layout_height="12dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="4dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/driver"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/number"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/driver"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_person_white_24dp" />


    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/driver"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginEnd="2dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="4dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="2dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:drawablePadding="8dp"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:lines="1"
        android:textAppearance="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/driverIcon"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        tools:text="Drivers name" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/coDriverIcon"
        android:layout_width="12dp"
        android:layout_height="12dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="4dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/codriver"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/number"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/codriver"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_person_white_24dp" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/codriver"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginEnd="2dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="4dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="2dp"
        android:drawablePadding="8dp"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:lines="1"
        android:textAppearance="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/coDriverIcon"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/driver"
        tools:text="Co-Driver name" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/carIcon"
        android:layout_width="12dp"
        android:layout_height="12dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="4dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/car"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/number"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/car"
        app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_car_white_24dp" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/car"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginEnd="2dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="4dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="2dp"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:lines="1"
        android:textAppearance="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/carIcon"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/codriver"
        tools:text="Racing Car" />


    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:visibility="gone">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/image"
            android:layout_width="72dp"
            android:layout_height="72dp"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
            app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_account_circle_white_24dp" />

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/logout"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:padding="12dp"
            android:tint="@android:color/white"
            app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_log_out" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/switchText"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"
        android:maxLines="2"
        android:text="@string/track_me_on_racelivemaps_com"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/trackingOn"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/number" />


    <Switch
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/trackingOn"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"

        android:maxLines="2"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/switchText"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@+id/switchText" />


    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView12"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:text="@string/active_stage"
        android:textAppearance="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body2"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/switchText" />

    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/activeStage"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView12" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

The menu:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:title="@string/mode">
        <menu>
            <group android:checkableBehavior="single">

                <item
                    android:id="@+id/recce"
                    android:icon="@drawable/ic_write_black_24dp"
                    android:title="@string/reccemode" />
                <item
                    android:id="@+id/liaison"
                    android:icon="@drawable/ic_route_black_24dp"
                    android:title="@string/liaisonmode" />

                <item
                    android:id="@+id/racing"
                    android:icon="@drawable/ic_racing_flag_black_24dp"
                    android:title="@string/racemode" />

                <item
                    android:id="@+id/tsd"
                    android:icon="@drawable/ic_timer_black_24dp"
                    android:title="@string/tsd" />

                <item
                    android:id="@+id/tsd_advanced"
                    android:icon="@drawable/ic_tsd_advanced"
                    android:title="@string/tsd_advanced" />

                <item
                    android:id="@+id/custom_1"
                    android:icon="@drawable/ic_navigation_layout"
                    android:title="@string/custom_layout_1" />

                <item
                    android:id="@+id/custom_2"
                    android:icon="@drawable/ic_navigation_layout"
                    android:title="@string/custom_layout_2" />

                <item
                    android:id="@+id/custom_3"
                    android:icon="@drawable/ic_navigation_layout"
                    android:title="@string/custom_layout_3" />

            </group>
        </menu>
    </item>
    <group android:checkableBehavior="none">
        <item
            android:id="@+id/stages"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_stage_black_24dp"
            android:title="@string/special_stages" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/settings"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_settings_black_24dp"
            android:title="@string/settings" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/customize_ui"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_layout_edit"
            android:title="@string/customize_ui" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/weather"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_weather"
            android:title="@string/weather" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/login"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_key_white_24dp"
            android:title="@string/log_in" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/manual"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_manual"
            android:title="@string/user_manual" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/language"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_translate"
            android:title="@string/language" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/invite"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_share_black_24dp"
            android:title="@string/invite" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/feedback"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_feedback_black_24dp"
            android:title="@string/feedback_report_bug" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/tester"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_tester"
            android:title="@string/become_a_tester" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/policy"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_policy"
            android:title="@string/privacy_policy" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/logoff"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_key_white_24dp"
            android:title="@string/log_off" />

        <item
            android:id="@+id/exit"
            android:icon="@drawable/ic_exit_to_app_black_24dp"
            android:title="@string/exit" />


    </group>


</menu>

And finally the crash logs.

android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #48: Binary XML file line #48: Error inflating class com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3173) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3284) at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(Unknown Source) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1894) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:109) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:166) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7383) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:469) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:963)

Caused by android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #48: Binary XML file line #48: Error inflating class com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView

Caused by android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #48: Error inflating class com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView

Caused by java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Constructor.java) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:334) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:658) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:801) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:741) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:874) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:835) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:515) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:423) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:374) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:469) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:140) at ee.siimplangi.rallytripmeter.activities.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.kt:186) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7358) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7349) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1219) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3126) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3284) at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(Unknown Source) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1894) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:109) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:166) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7383) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:469) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:963)

Caused by android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #29: Binary XML file line #29: Error inflating class ImageView

Caused by android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #29: Error inflating class ImageView

Caused by android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource ID

0x7f0800a5

   at android.content.res.ResourcesImpl.getValue(ResourcesImpl.java:290)
   at android.content.res.Resources.getValue(Resources.java:1476)
   at androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.createDrawableIfNeeded(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:235)
   at androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:200)
   at androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:191)
   at androidx.appcompat.content.res.AppCompatResources.getDrawable(AppCompatResources.java:102)
   at androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageHelper.loadFromAttributes(AppCompatImageHelper.java:59)
   at androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView.(AppCompatImageView.java:78)
   at androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView.(AppCompatImageView.java:68)
   at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatViewInflater.createImageView(AppCompatViewInflater.java:182)
   at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatViewInflater.createView(AppCompatViewInflater.java:106)
   at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.createView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:1266)
   at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.onCreateView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:1316)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:783)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:741)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:874)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:835)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:515)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:423)
   at com.google.android.material.internal.NavigationMenuPresenter.inflateHeaderView(NavigationMenuPresenter.java:207)
   at com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView.inflateHeaderView(NavigationView.java:281)
   at com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView.(NavigationView.java:193)
   at com.google.android.material.navigation.NavigationView.(NavigationView.java:104)
   at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Constructor.java)
   at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:334)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:658)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:801)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:741)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:874)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:835)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:515)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:423)
   at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:374)
   at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:469)
   at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:140)
   at ee.siimplangi.rallytripmeter.activities.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.kt:186)
   at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7358)
   at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7349)
   at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1219)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3126)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3284)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(Unknown Source)
   at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1894)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:109)
   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:166)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7383)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
   at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:469)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:963)

Answer 1

after reading the comments , first of all you have to use android:src because you are not using vector drawable.

This problem occur when we paste image from explorer to drawable folder then it ask whether to copy drawable or drawable-v24 and if you have pasted images in both directory structures, or have one more images with different directory structure then it will show this error, make sure to delete the icon from drawable-v24 after moving it to drawable folder , and clean the project and then run it will work .