android.view.InflateException: Error inflating class androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout

Question

I have a very frustrating error that I cannot explain. I created an Android application that uses Androidx AppCompat to make it compatible with older versions. Here is my main activity layout file: {Androidx}.

here is my java file:

public class SplashScreen extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_splash_screen);
    Handler handler = new Handler();
    handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            startActivity(new Intent(SplashScreen.this, MainActivity.class));
            finish();
        }
    }, 1500);
}

here is my xml file:

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@drawable/splash_screen"
tools:context=".Activities.SplashScreen">

here is my gradle file

android {
compileSdkVersion 29
buildToolsVersion "29.0.3"
defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.bloodbank"
    minSdkVersion 15
    targetSdkVersion 29
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
    testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

} dependencies in gradle file

dependencies {
implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'

}

The main problem is my app says that unfortunately app has stopped. here is the details in the run tab

D/skia: --- allocation failed for scaled bitmap D/AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: com.example.bloodbank, PID: 3542 java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.bloodbank/com.example.bloodbank.Activities.SplashScreen}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2325) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698) Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:633) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:743) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:482) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:365) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:555) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:161) at com.example.bloodbank.Activities.SplashScreen.onCreate(SplashScreen.java:16) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5990) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1106) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2278) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698) Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:288) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:607) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:743) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:482) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:365) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:555) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:161) at com.example.bloodbank.Activities.SplashScreen.onCreate(SplashScreen.java:16) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5990) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1106) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2278) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698) Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Failed to allocate a 711998476 byte allocation with 1048576 free bytes and 383MB until OOM at dalvik.system.VMRuntime.newNonMovableArray(Native Method) at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method) at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:609) at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:444) at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:988) at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawableForCookie(Resources.java:2474) at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2381) at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:749) at android.view.View.(View.java:3737) at android.view.ViewGroup.(ViewGroup.java:497) at android.view.ViewGroup.(ViewGroup.java:493) at android.view.ViewGroup.(ViewGroup.java:489) at androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout.(ConstraintLayout.java:575) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:288) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:607) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:743) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:482) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:365) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:555) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:161) at com.example.bloodbank.Activities.SplashScreen.onCreate(SplashScreen.java:16) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5990) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1106) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2278) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:151) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1303) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698) Process 3542 terminated.

it shows error in 16th line of splashcreen.java please help me in clearing this error .

Thanks

please add gradle file where you are defining constraint layout dependency — Wahdat Jan
Your code looks ok though please check if end tag of your androidx.constraintlayout is correct. it should end with /> — Prashant.J
end tag is closed correctly . there is no syntax kind of errors. build finished correctly but while running app it crashes.(i missed my end tag for that code while posting question. sorry for that ) — LAKSHMINARAYANAN
You might some special character that can't be seen in an editor. Error is straight forward: InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class — Anton Novopashin

momt99 momt99 · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-15T16:22:43

You are actually getting a OutOfMemoryException. It happens when you put a high-resolution image directly in your view. In your case, probably @drawable/splash_screen.

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