Binary XML file line #1: invalid drawable tag vector

Question

I have an app that runs perfectly on most devices. However, I'm getting a FATAL exception whenever I try to run my application on devices with API < 21.

Here is the log:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.aceinteract.sleak/com.aceinteract.sleak.activity.LoginRegisterActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #9: Error inflating class EditText
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2262)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2316)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:158)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1296)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5365)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1102)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:869)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #9: Error inflating class EditText
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:710)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:752)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.parseInclude(LayoutInflater.java:846)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:742)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:495)
at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater.inflate(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:60)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:287)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139)
at com.aceinteract.sleak.activity.LoginRegisterActivity.onCreate(LoginRegisterActivity.kt:21)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5326)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1097)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2225)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2316) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:158) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1296) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5365) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1102) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:869) 
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 
Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/ic_person_accent_24dp.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f07006f
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2842)
at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:602)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:1023)
at android.widget.EditText.<init>(EditText.java:76)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText.<init>(AppCompatEditText.java:64)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText.<init>(AppCompatEditText.java:60)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatViewInflater.createView(AppCompatViewInflater.java:112)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.createView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1016)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.onCreateView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1073)
at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater$WrapperFactory2.onCreateView(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:280)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:681)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:752) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.parseInclude(LayoutInflater.java:846) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:742) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:495) 
at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater.inflate(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:60) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353) 
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:287) 
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139) 
at com.aceinteract.sleak.activity.LoginRegisterActivity.onCreate(LoginRegisterActivity.kt:21) 
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5326) 
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1097) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2225) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2316) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:158) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1296) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5365) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1102)at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:869) 
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 
Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #1: invalid drawable tag vector
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:917)
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:858)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2839)
at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:602) 
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:1023) 
at android.widget.EditText.<init>(EditText.java:76) 
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText.<init>(AppCompatEditText.java:64) 
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText.<init>(AppCompatEditText.java:60) 
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatViewInflater.createView(AppCompatViewInflater.java:112) 
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.createView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1016) 
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.onCreateView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1073) 
at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater$WrapperFactory2.onCreateView(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:280) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:681) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:752) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.parseInclude(LayoutInflater.java:846) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:742) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:495) 
at uk.co.chrisjenx.calligraphy.CalligraphyLayoutInflater.inflate(CalligraphyLayoutInflater.java:60) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353) 
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:287) 
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139) 
at com.aceinteract.sleak.activity.LoginRegisterActivity.onCreate(LoginRegisterActivity.kt:21) 
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5326) 
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1097) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2225) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2316) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:158) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1296) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5365) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1102) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:869) 
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 

Here is the layout XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/layout_register"
    android:visibility="gone"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edit_register_full_name"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_person_accent_24dp"
        android:padding="20dp"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:hint="@string/hint_full_name"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:inputType="textPersonName"
        android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_person_accent_24dp" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edit_register_email"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/edit_register_full_name"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_email_accent_24dp"
        android:padding="20dp"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:hint="@string/hint_email"
        android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_email_accent_24dp" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edit_register_password"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/edit_register_email"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_vpn_key_accent_24dp"
        android:padding="20dp"
        android:inputType="textPassword"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:hint="@string/hint_password"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawableRight="@drawable/ic_vpn_key_accent_24dp" />

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/check_register_show_password"
        android:text="@string/desc_show_password"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/edit_register_password"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

And the gradle file:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 27
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.aceinteract.sleak"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 27
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    buildToolsVersion '27.0.2'
}

androidExtensions {
    experimental = true
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre7:$kotlin_version"
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:customtabs:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:animated-vector-drawable:27.0.2'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.1'
    implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:palette-v7:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.0'
    implementation 'com.mikhaellopez:circularimageview:3.0.2'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.3.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.3.0'
    implementation 'uk.co.chrisjenx:calligraphy:2.2.0'
}

I have tried changing to AppComaptEditText, but it still just gives the same error.

Thanks in advance :)

Answer 1

Only need to Change

android:drawableTop - app:drawableTopCompat,

android:drawableBottom - app:drawableBottomCompat,

android:drawableLeft - app:drawableLeftCompat,

android:drawableRight - app:drawableRightCompat.

Answer 2

I had a similar stack trace in my project when running on Android 4.4 devices, even though it worked fine on Android 7 and higher:

12-18 19:44:28.453 6660-6660/com.android.gpstest E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.android.gpstest, PID: 6660
    android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/ic_baseline_location_on_24.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f08009b. If the resource you are trying to use is a vector resource, you may be referencing it in an unsupported way. See AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled() for more info.
        at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2101)
        at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:700)
        at androidx.core.content.ContextCompat.getDrawable(ContextCompat.java:457)
        at com.android.gpstest.dialog.ShareDialogFragment$onCreateDialog$1.onConfigureTab(ShareDialogFragment.kt:62)
        at com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayoutMediator.populateTabsFromPagerAdapter(TabLayoutMediator.java:170)
        at com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayoutMediator.attach(TabLayoutMediator.java:138)
        at com.android.gpstest.dialog.ShareDialogFragment.onCreateDialog(ShareDialogFragment.kt:73)
        at androidx.fragment.app.DialogFragment.onGetLayoutInflater(DialogFragment.java:380)
        at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performGetLayoutInflater(Fragment.java:1412)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:881)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveFragmentToExpectedState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1238)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1303)
        at androidx.fragment.app.BackStackRecord.executeOps(BackStackRecord.java:439)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOps(FragmentManagerImpl.java:2079)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1869)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1824)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1727)
        at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl$2.run(FragmentManagerImpl.java:150)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
        at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #1: invalid drawable tag vector
        at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:933)
        at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:877)
        at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2097)

...when trying to reference drawables for use with ViewPager2 tabs with the TabLayoutMediator:

        viewPager = view.findViewById(R.id.pager)
        viewPager.offscreenPageLimit = 2
        viewPager.adapter = shareCollectionAdapter
        val tabLayout = view.findViewById(R.id.share_tab_layout) as TabLayout
        TabLayoutMediator(tabLayout, viewPager) { tab, position ->
            when (position) {
                0 -> {
                    tab.text = getString(R.string.location)
                    tab.icon = ContextCompat.getDrawable(Application.get(),  R.drawable.ic_baseline_location_on_24)
                }
                1 -> {
                    tab.text = getString(R.string.log)
                    tab.icon = ContextCompat.getDrawable(Application.get(),  R.drawable.ic_baseline_list_alt_24)
                }
                2 -> {
                    tab.text = getString(R.string.device)
                    tab.icon = ContextCompat.getDrawable(Application.get(),  R.drawable.ic_baseline_perm_device_information_24)
                }
            }
        }.attach()

...but none of the above solutions worked.

I ended up fixing this by refencing the resource ID for the drawables directly instead of using ContextCompat to load them as drawables first.

Note that Kotlin doesn't resolve the direct assignment of tab.icon = R.drawable.x directly, so you need to use the setter method tab.setIcon(R.drawable.x) instead.

Here's the fixed code that works:

        viewPager = view.findViewById(R.id.pager)
        viewPager.offscreenPageLimit = 2
        viewPager.adapter = shareCollectionAdapter
        val tabLayout = view.findViewById(R.id.share_tab_layout) as TabLayout
        TabLayoutMediator(tabLayout, viewPager) { tab, position ->
            when (position) {
                0 -> {
                    tab.text = getString(R.string.location)
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_baseline_location_on_24)
                }
                1 -> {
                    tab.text = getString(R.string.log)
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_baseline_list_alt_24)
                }
                2 -> {
                    tab.text = getString(R.string.device)
                    tab.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_baseline_perm_device_information_24)
                }
            }
        }.attach()

Related project issue on GitHub: https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest/issues/463

Commit with the above change that fixed the issue on GitHub: https://github.com/barbeau/gpstest/commit/1f868b8870a01de2e567a8ca7d094c4341cf567a

Answer 3

You can use this solution to get vector drawables before 5.0 :

Drawable drawable = AppCompatResources.getDrawable(mContext, mImageTitleResId);

Answer 4

implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:{current_version}'

If the issue is caused by a drawableLeft or drawableRight then replace TextView with androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView or EditText with androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatEditText.

Then, use one of:

app:drawableLeftCompat
app:drawableStartCompat
app:drawableEndCompat
app:drawableRightCompat

Answer 5

To create vector drawable use:

vector = VectorDrawableCompat.create(context.getResources(), R.drawable.res, null);

Or add AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true) to Application onCreate() method

Note: this solution doesn't work for android:drawableLetf or android:drawableRight but allow to use app:srcCompat

Answer 6

Android 4.4 (API level 20) and lower doesn't support vector drawables.

Remove line vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true from your app/buld.gradle.

edit

implement also line in app/buld.gradle. implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:[version sdk]'

Answer 7

Documentation about Vector Graphics says:

Android 4.4 (API level 20) and lower doesn't support vector drawables.

With Support Library you have backward-compatibility using the attribute app:srcCompat, but it is not backported for android:drawableRight.

The solution is to keep using .PNG files for those cases or try to set it by code.