"android.view.View cannot be cast to android.view.ViewGroup" exception

android, android-layout

Solution

I think you should use

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imgTile"
        android:src="@drawable/tile_background"
        android:contentDescription="@string/CD_TILE_BACKGROUND_IMAGE"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">
    </ImageView>

</LinearLayout >

as View does not have any function like add(other_view) you can add a view in ViewGorup ....

Problem

I am working on an android application and I added a xml layout file that should be a fragment later: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <View xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" > <ImageView android:id="@+id/imgTile" android:src="@drawable/tile_background" android:contentDescription="@string/CD_TILE_BACKGROUND_IMAGE" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"> </ImageView> </View> ``` When I try to move back to the graphical layout in `Eclipse`, I get this exception in the error log: ``` java.lang.ClassCastException: android.view.View cannot be cast to android.view.ViewGroup at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate_Original(LayoutInflater.java:740) at android.view.LayoutInflater_Delegate.rInflate(LayoutInflater_Delegate.java:64) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:711) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:372) at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:321) at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:324) at com.android.ide.common.rendering.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:325) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.RenderService.createRenderSession(RenderService.java:372) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.renderWithBridge(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1361) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.recomputeLayout(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1115) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.activated(GraphicalEditorPart.java:941) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.LayoutEditorDelegate.delegatePageChange(LayoutEditorDelegate.java:450) at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.common.CommonXmlEditor.pageChange(CommonXmlEditor.java:358) at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart$2.widgetSelected(MultiPageEditorPart.java:290) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:240) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4128) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1457) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1480) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1465) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:1270) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.setSelection(CTabFolder.java:2746) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.onMouse(CTabFolder.java:1433) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder$1.handleEvent(CTabFolder.java:257) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4128) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1457) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1480) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1465) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:1270) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3974) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3613) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2701) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2665) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2499) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:679) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:668) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:123) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410) ``` Can anyone help me with this exception?

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