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Eli Revah
Eli Revah

Reputation: 3676

android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #4: Error inflating class SwitchPreference

I'm trying to read my app preferences and I get this error:

Settings activity:

public class Settings extends PreferenceActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

        try
        {
            addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.prefs);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Log.e("errorSettings", Log.getStackTraceString(ex));
        }
    }
}

Preferences XML File:

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

    <PreferenceCategory android:title="General">
    <SwitchPreference
        android:title="Downloader"
        android:defaultValue="true"
        android:key="useDownloader"
        android:summary="Enable to use" />
    </PreferenceCategory>

</PreferenceScreen>

and on the application manifest I set this:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="9" android:targetSdkVersion="15" />

and the first error I get is:

android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #4: Error inflating class SwitchPreference

Thanx upfront.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5180

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006759

SwitchPreference was added in API Level 14. You cannot use it on earlier versions of Android. Since you are trying to support back to API Level 9, you can either:

  1. Use different preference XML for earlier versions, using a CheckBoxPreference instead of a SwitchPreference, or

  2. Just use CheckBoxPreference and drop SwitchPreference for now

Upvotes: 14

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