android.view.inflateexception binary xml file line #1 error inflating class android.widget.relativeLayout

Question

I am new in android.
I just made a new layout with one text bar and 2 buttons but it didn\'t work, I am posting the stack trace and my relative layout file any idea about th

Answer 1

I had the same problem - but in a activity that had no background image.

I found out that the GUI editor (when using Eclipse - I don't know about Android Studio) sometimes adds the buggy property without any reason:

android:background="@layout/activity_main"

I'm not sure why the editor does so - maybe it is a bug or simply a usage error.

However if the activity does not have a background image the entire property simply has to be deleted!