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Why DrawerLayout makes app Crash


i was working with Drawer Layout,and it was working perfect, it worked in api>14 before, but currently only works in my android Lollipop, i have not changed my gradle file, and when i run in a non lollipop device, it crash, the logcat is:

10-06 17:46:57.336  22668-22668/com.estratek.postreet E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.estratek.postreet/com.estratek.postreet.postreet_lib.activities.Home}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #1: Error inflating class android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2059)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
        at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
 Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #1: Error inflating class android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:613)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:687)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:466)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)
        at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:256)
      at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1867)
        at com.estratek.postreet.postreet_lib.activities.Home.onCreate(Home.java:65)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5008)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1079)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2023)

            

at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)

could you help me, i am missing something, my gradle file has the support libraries such as:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:+'

EDIT. And my XML layout is:

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
style="@style/postreet_theme"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
tools:context=".activities.Home" >

<!-- Framelayout to display Fragments -->
   <!-- style="@style/global_layout" -->

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/frame_container"
    style="@style/home_frame"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" />

<!-- Listview to display slider menu -->

<ListView
    android:id="@+id/list_slidermenu"
    style="@style/offcanvas_areas"
    android:layout_width="240dp"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
    android:divider="@color/blue_light" />

Edit 2.

app gradle dependencies:

dependencies {
     compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
     compile 'com.parse.bolts:bolts-android:1.+'
     compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
     compile 'com.astuetz:pagerslidingtabstrip:+'
     compile project(':backgroundmaillibrary')
     compile project(':filechooser');
     compile project(':snackbar');
     compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:+'
     compile "com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:7.8.0"
     compile 'com.google.guava:guava:14.0.1'
     compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.0.0'
     compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.0.0'
     compile 'com.squareup.okio:okio:1.0.1'
     compile 'uk.co.chrisjenx:calligraphy:2.1.0'
     compile 'com.github.ksoichiro:simplealertdialog:1.2.1@aar'
     compile 'com.netflix.rxjava:rxjava-android:0.16.1'
     compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'
     compile 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:7.0.1'
     androidTestCompile 'com.jayway.android.robotium:robotium-solo:5.2.1'
     compile 'ch.acra:acra:4.6.2'
}

And in my Background library gradle file i have this:

dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.0'
}

Solution

  • Finally i found a solution, that i want to share.

    I was using my custom Application, but as i was using some libraries that was using android support libraries with diferent versions, so i have to use muldiDexEnabled.

    So the solution was to use MultiDexApplication.

    So to enable this i have to do this:

    app gradle

    android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.0"
    
    defaultConfig {
        ...
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 21
        ...
        // Enabling multidex support.
        multiDexEnabled true
    }
    
    }
    
     dependencies {
        compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
     }
    

    and your android Manifest:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     package="com.example.android.multidex.myapplication">
         <application
          android:name="android.support.multidex.MultiDexApplication">
         </application>
    </manifest>
    

    Or if you are already using your custom Application, just be sure to extends to MultiDexApplication

    With that you can support multiDex Applications/libraries

    More info: MultiDex Android Official Site