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

Putting image in drawable NOT as "v-24" worked for me and I stopped get the crash.

Answer 2

For me the problem was that the svg-file was to big.

Answer 3

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 4

I had the same issue, because I copied my png files to drawables while on Android view, and it automatically copied to drawable-v24, but you need to copy your files to drawable, you can navigate to your project and then res/drawables and paste it manually, or change your view to project view the past it in the drawable folder

Answer 5

The error during inflation might come from drawable used in the ImageView, in this case:

android:background="@drawable/timeline_image_border"
android:src="@drawable/timeline_image_dummy"

To get rid of it, replace all the existing images trying a different drawable.

Answer 6

For me, inside one of my layout.xml files, I had

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/row_1_col_0"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@string/default_picture_location">
</ImageView>

and inside strings.xml, I had

<string name="default_picture_location">"@mipmap/tile"</string>

and so it was showing this in Android Studio:

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/row_1_col_0"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@mipmap/tile">
</ImageView>

I thought everything would work because there were no errors and the application compiled and ran. However, there was a run time error that said "android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7:Error inflating class ImageView".

Once I changed android:background from

android:background="@string/default_picture_location"

to

android:background="@mipmap/tile"

everything worked.