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Android

Neil Gittens
Neil Gittens
1,826 Points
Posted by Neil Gittens
Neil Gittens
1,826 Points

Error on lower devices

I used android studio to create navigation drawer application.

It seems to runs great on devices API 21 and higher but not on lower the app never opens but gives the error Unfortunately, _______ has stopped.

According to my logs the error seems to be on Error inflating class android.support.design.widget.NavigationView

But documentation says this should be backward compatable for versions lower than api 21.

What could possibly be the error??

here is the full error: 

FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: neilgittens.breathoflife, PID: 4539
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{neilgittens.breathoflife/com.example.neilgittens.breathoflife.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #17: Error inflating class android.support.design.widget.NavigationView at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2184)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001)
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:785)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #17: Error inflating class android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:620)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)
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:256)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:109)
at com.example.neilgittens.breathoflife.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:42)
 at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) 
 at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) 
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:785) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) 
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:594)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755) 
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:256) 
                                                                            at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:109) 
                                                                            at com.example.neilgittens.breathoflife.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:42) 
                                                                            at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231) 
                                                                            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087) 
                                                                            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148) 
                                                                            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) 
                                                                            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) 
                                                                            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) 
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:785) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) 
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 

Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Resource is not a Drawable (color or path): TypedValue{t=0x1/d=0x7f020050 a=2 r=0x7f020050}
                                                                            at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2073)
                                                                            at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:700)
                                                                            at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getDrawable(ContextCompat.java:323)
                                                                            at android.support.v7.widget.TintManager.getDrawable(TintManager.java:147)
                                                                            at android.support.v7.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.getIcon(MenuItemImpl.java:421)
                                                                            at android.support.design.internal.NavigationMenuPresenter$NavigationMenuAdapter.prepareMenuItems(NavigationMenuPresenter.java:485)
                                                                            at android.support.design.internal.NavigationMenuPresenter$NavigationMenuAdapter.update(NavigationMenuPresenter.java:426)
                                                                            at android.support.design.internal.NavigationMenuPresenter.updateMenuView(NavigationMenuPresenter.java:113)
                                                                            at android.support.design.widget.NavigationView.inflateMenu(NavigationView.java:233)
                                                                            at android.support.design.widget.NavigationView.<init>(NavigationView.java:168)
                                                                            at android.support.design.widget.NavigationView.<init>(NavigationView.java:94)
                                                                            at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method) 
                                                                            at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) 
                                                                            at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:594) 
                                                                            at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696) 
                                                                            at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755) 
                                                                            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:256) 
                                                                            at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:109) 
                                                                            at com.example.neilgittens.breathoflife.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:42) 
                                                                            at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231) 
                                                                            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087) 
                                                                            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2148) 
                                                                            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2233) 
                                                                            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135) 
                                                                            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196) 
                                                                            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                                                                            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) 
                                                                            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5001) 
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:785) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601) 
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)