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 \'

Answer 1

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 2

Don't name XML file and image file the same name like this:

Answer 3

It's an old question but I just came across the same problem. In my case it was caused by using the android:tint attribute with an selector rather than a color:

<ImageView
    ...
    android:tint="@drawable/some_selector" />

While this works without a problem a SDK 21+ it crashes in older versions...

Switching to AppCompatImageView and to app:tint solved the problem:

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView
    ...
    app:tint="@drawable/some_selector" />

Answer 4

For me , i copy my image to Folder drawable-v24 and compiler didnt find it

Change view of Android studio to project view

and cut and paste your image to folder drawable

Answer 5

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