I have been following Udacity's "Developing Android Apps" course and I have stumbled upon a problem. In the tutorials, I am asked to create an XML file called forecastfragment.xml, which is below:
<menu 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"
tools:context="com.example.android.sunshine.app.MainActivity"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<item
android:id="@+id/action_refresh"
android:title="@string/action_refresh"
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
And I am told to inflate it into a fragment from a class called ForecastFragment.java, a process which happens on this line:
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.forecastfragment, container, false);
My problem is that, when I try running the app, I get this error:
05-24 21:40:02.848 11882-11882/com.example.android.sunshine.app E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.android.sunshine.app, PID: 11882
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.android.sunshine.app/com.example.android.sunshine.app.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #1: Error inflating class menu
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2379)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2431)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1342)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5335)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:828)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:644)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #1: Error inflating class menu
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:707)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:469)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
at com.example.android.sunshine.app.ForecastFragment.onCreateView(ForecastFragment.java:34)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1974)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1036)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1230)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.addFragment(FragmentManager.java:1332)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.onCreateView(FragmentManager.java:2288)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.onCreateView(FragmentController.java:120)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.dispatchFragmentsOnCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:356)
at android.support.v4.app.BaseFragmentActivityHoneycomb.onCreateView(BaseFragmentActivityHoneycomb.java:31)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:79)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:689)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.parseInclude(LayoutInflater.java:816)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:745)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:280)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:140)
at com.example.android.sunshine.app.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:17)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5343)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1088)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2331)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2431)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1342)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5335)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:828)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:644)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "android.view.menu" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.example.android.sunshine.app-2.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app-lib/com.example.android.sunshine.app-2, /vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:497)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:457)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:559)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:652)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:66)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:669)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:694)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:469)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
at com.example.android.sunshine.app.ForecastFragment.onCreateView(ForecastFragment.java:34)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1974)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1036)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1230)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.addFragment(FragmentManager.java:1332)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.onCreateView(FragmentManager.java:2288)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.onCreateView(FragmentController.java:120)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.dispatchFragmentsOnCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:356)
at android.support.v4.app.BaseFragmentActivityHoneycomb.onCreateView(BaseFragmentActivityHoneycomb.java:31)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:79)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:689)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.parseInclude(LayoutInflater.java:816)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:745)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:280)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:140)
at com.example.android.sunshine.app.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:17)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5343)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1088)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2331)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2431)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1342)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5335)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
From the line:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.android.sunshine.app/com.example.android.sunshine.app.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #1: Error inflating class menu
I am guessing that the problem is within the XML file, but I don't understand what could be wrong, as no errors are thrown. I'm thinking that, since I am new at this, it may be a simple error. Does anyone know why? Thank you so much in advance
The above mentioned xml file is a menu file. It is for adding menu items to you action bar.
So it cannot be inflated as your fragment layout file. First of all you need to create a layout file for your fragment.
Then you need to inflate forecastfragment.xml as menu for your action bar.
Follow below steps:
1.Create a normal layout xml file say sample.xml inside /res/layout/ and inflate it for your fragment by writing below line of code in onCreateView:
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.sample, container, false);
2. Then override the function: onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) , inside that you will inflate your forecastfragment.xml like this:
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.forecastfragment, menu);
return true;
Also add below line of code in your fragment's onCreate method:
setHasOptionsMenu(true);
One more thing: Place your forecastfragment.xml inside /res/menu folder.