Trouble upgrading to new com.android.support:support-v4:24.2.0 library

Question

I have an an android app that is working correctly on 24.0.0 -- below are my gradle dependencies:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:24.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:24.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:palette-v7:24.0.0'
    compile files('libs/ksoap2-android-assembly-3.6.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar')
}

But I downloaded the most recent SDK, and am interested in upgrading to 24.2.0. Since I need the support libraries, I added com.android.support:support-v4 to the dependencies as follows:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:24.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:24.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:24.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.2.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:palette-v7:24.2.0'
    compile files('libs/ksoap2-android-assembly-3.6.1-jar-with-dependencies.jar')
}

This causes the following exception:

   java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 
     'android.graphics.drawable.Drawable[] android.widget.TextView.getCompoundDrawables()' 
     on a null object reference
     at android.support.v4.widget.TextViewCompat.getCompoundDrawablesRelative(TextViewCompat.java:285)

Did I miss something in the documentation that I should do outside of including support-v4 when upgrading? This is my reference: https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/features.html#v4

Note: Prior to Support Library revision 24.2.0, there was a single v4 support library. That library was divided into multiple modules to improve efficiency. For backwards compatibility, if you list support-v4 in your Gradle script, your APK will include all of the v4 modules.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

I get the exact same exception after upgrading to support library revision 24.2.0 and build tools 24.0.2 when trying to inflate a layout that includes a TextInputLayout that does NOT have an EditText inside of it.

If I comment out the TextInputLayout without the EditText inside it, the exception goes away. If this is not possible, I would recommend rolling back to the previous version of the support library until this is resolved.