Android: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{/com.}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line Error inflating class fragment

android, exception, google-maps, google-maps-android-api-2, xml

Solution

If you are running your code for API level <11, use `FragmentActivity` instead of extending `Activity` and in XML, use `"com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"`

Also check this : Google Maps Fragment doesn't load

Problem

I created first version of my application using Google Maps Android v1 API. But now When I released my application for second version, Google map stopped working. I think it's because of it's deprecated. So now I'm trying to create sample Android application to use Google Map using link ``` https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#getting_the_google_maps_android_api_v2 ``` But I'm getting below force close error ``` FATAL EXCEPTION: main java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.testmap/com.example.testmap.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #16: Error inflating class fragment at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1651) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1667) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:935) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:867) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:625) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #16: Error inflating class fragment at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:581) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:623) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:408) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276) at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:209) at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1657) at com.example.testmap.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:12) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1615) ... 11 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: android.view.fragment in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.example.testmap-1.apk] at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.findClass(PathClassLoader.java:240) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:551) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:511) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:471) at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:549) at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:66) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:568) ... 20 more ``` My Activity code is ``` package com.example.testmap; import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.view.Menu; public class MainActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); return true; } } ``` My xml file code is ``` <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity" > <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/hello_world" /> <fragment android:id="@+id/map" android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" /> ``` My manifest file is ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.testmap" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="9" android:targetSdkVersion="17" /> <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true" /> <permission android:name="android.os.Bundle.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" android:protectionLevel="signature" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" /> <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="com.example.mapdemo.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" /> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > <activity android:name="com.example.testmap.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY" android:value="AIzaSyCdAP9Sa6lOBZkvn6yOuoEc7JeqM3nPY" /> </application> ``` Please help me, I'm not able to run a simple application using this new Google Map API

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