Error inflating class fragment

Question

I get the Error

Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{de.androidbuch.activiti/de.androidbuch.activiti.task.Activity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class fragment

when I switch via the portrait and the landscape mode. I'm using fragments. My xml is:

 <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/mainLayout"
               android:orientation="horizontal"
               android:layout_width="fill_parent"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content" >

    <ListView android:id="@+id/android:list"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"/> 

    <fragment android:id="@+id/fragmentDetails"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              class="de.androidbuch.activiti.task.TaskDetailsFragment"/> 
</LinearLayout>

If I switch via landscape and portrait mode everything works fine. But when I click on my fragment (and I can see my fragment) and then switch to the other mode I get the error. Any idea how I can solve it? Found some answers here but none of these helped me out...

06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity         
ComponentInfo{de.androidbuch.activiti/de.androidbuch.activiti.task.Activity}:   android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class fragment
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1736)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1752)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3097)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1600(ActivityThread.java:123)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:997)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:126)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3998)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:841)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:599)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class fragment
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:688)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:724)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:727)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:479)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:391)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:347)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:227)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1771)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at de.androidbuch.activiti.task.TaskActivity.onCreate(TaskActivity.java:83)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1048)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1700)
06-21 14:55:05.600: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(7636):     ... 12 more

Answer 1

Just had this same error. The reason for mine was the visibility of my fragment class. It was set to default, should be public.

Answer 2

I got this error when using a ListFragment but the list view id was listView1 instead of list.

'Your content must have a ListView whose id attribute is 'android.R.id.list''

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ListFragment.html

Answer 3

I was receiving this error in android studio the problem was that my fragment had a relative layout while the code on the OnCreateView function was

mDrawerListView = (ListView) inflater.inflate(
                R.layout.fragment_navigation_drawer, container, false);

is your code doing the same thing?

Answer 4

The exception android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line: #... Error inflating class fragment might happen if you manipulate with getActivity() inside your fragment before onActivityCreated() get called. In such case you receive a wrong activity reference and can't rely on that.

For instance the next pattern is wrong:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, 
        Bundle savedInstanceState) 
{
    final View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout..., container, false);

    Button button = getActivity().findViewById(R.id...);
    button.setOnClickListener(...); - another problem: button is null

    return view;
}

Correct pattern #1

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, 
        Bundle savedInstanceState) 
{
    final View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout..., container, false);

    Button button = view.findViewById(R.id...);
    button.setOnClickListener(...);

    return view;
}

Correct pattern #2

@Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);

    Button button = getActivity().findViewById(R.id...);
    button.setOnClickListener(...);
}

Answer 5

After one day struggle i found some scenario check may be you are facing same,

If everything is woking same as google code then please check manifest file in my case i added geo key and map key that's why exception occurs,

Note - do not add two keys in manifest file remove map key

meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
        android:value="@string/google_maps_key"/>

above code and add this code.

 <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
        android:value="@string/auto_location"/>

 <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
        android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version"/>

Answer 6

If you are adding Fragment statically that is, in xml, then you might have missed to implement OnFragmentInteractionListener in your Activity class. Then the interface implementation would solve the problem. If you are adding Fragment dynamically, that is, in java class then this is not the solution. Because IDE itself will not allow you to proceed without implementing required interfaces.