Android fragment InflateException can't parse xml

Question

In my app I'm trying to create a fragment activity with a listview to the left and a detail view to the right.

When running te intent I get an exception:

10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{be.pxl.minecraftguide/be.pxl.minecraftguide.Commands}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class fragment
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2100)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2125)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:140)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1227)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at  android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4898)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1008)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:775)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class fragment
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:704)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:308)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1924)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at be.pxl.minecraftguide.Commands.onCreate(Commands.java:12)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5206)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2064)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    ... 11 more
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at java.util.Arrays$ArrayList.<init>(Arrays.java:38)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at java.util.Arrays.asList(Arrays.java:154)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.widget.ArrayAdapter.<init>(ArrayAdapter.java:128)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at be.pxl.minecraftguide.CommandsList.onCreateView(CommandsList.java:26)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:1478)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:900)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1082)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.addFragment(FragmentManager.java:1184)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:285)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:676)
10-29 17:25:56.025: E/AndroidRuntime(19344):    ... 21 more

This is my xml file where the exception is thrown:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:baselineAligned="false"
    android:id="@+id/commandsLayout"
    tools:context=".Commands" >

    <fragment //Exception here
            android:name="be.pxl.minecraftguide.CommandsList"
            android:id="@+id/commandslist"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            tools:layout="@layout/commandslist" />
    <fragment android:name="be.pxl.minecraftguide.CommandDetails"
            android:id="@+id/commanddetails"
            android:layout_weight="2"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            tools:layout="@layout/commanddetails" />

</LinearLayout>

This is my Commands class:

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;

public class Commands extends FragmentActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(arg0);
        setContentView(R.layout.commands);
    }
}

This is the first fragment xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ListView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/list"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/minecraft_portrait"
    android:transcriptMode="alwaysScroll" >

</ListView>

This is the second fragment xml:

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

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/txtFragCommandID"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/txtFragCommandDesc"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/txtFragCommandID"
        android:layout_below="@+id/txtFragCommandID"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

</RelativeLayout>

This is the first fragment class:

import java.util.List;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ListFragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;
import be.pxl.minecraftguide.model.Command;

//FragmentActivity van support libraries
public class CommandsList extends ListFragment {
    private List<Command> commands;
    private String[] listValues;
    private String[][] detailValues;

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        //Bron: http://wptrafficanalyzer.in/blog/a-listfragment-application-in-android/
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(inflater.getContext(), R.layout.commandslist, listValues);

        setListAdapter(adapter);
        setListShown(true);

        getListView().setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View fragmentView, int rowIndex, long arg3) {
                View detailView = fragmentView.findViewById(R.layout.commanddetails);
                TextView title = (TextView)detailView.findViewById(R.id.txtFragCommandID);
                TextView description = (TextView)detailView.findViewById(R.id.txtFragCommandDesc);
                title.setText(detailValues[rowIndex][0]);
                description.setText(detailValues[rowIndex][0]);
            }

        });

        return super.onCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);
    }

    @Override
    public void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
    }

    public void createCommands() {
        commands.add(new Command(1, "Chat commands", "melp, ? [page, commandname]",
                "Shows a list of available commands per page or further information to the commandname." +
                "\r\nNote: the multiplayer-only commands are not listed in single-player games, even when open to LAN players."));
        commands.add(new Command(2, "Chat commands", "me <actiontext>",
                "Similar to the /emote or /action, and the same as the /me commands in IRC clients, the /me command sends a narrative message to the other players in the form of * Yourname actiontext (e.g., * Notch sneezes. or * Notch exploded. )."));
        commands.add(new Command(3, "Chat commands", "msg, tell, w <playername>", 
                "Used to send a private message to a player on the server. Very useful on servers if you need to ask/tell something from/to another player without other players seeing."));
        commands.add(new Command(4, "Player commands", "achievement give <achievement> [playername]",
                "Gives a player an achievement, and all prerequisite achievements."));
        commands.add(new Command(5, "Player commands", "effect <playername> <effect> [seconds] [amplifier]",
                "Gives the targeted player the specified effect for the specified time (default is 30 seconds)." +
                "\r\nEffects have a limit of 1,000,000 seconds, and the amplifier field has a limit of 255."));
        commands.add(new Command(6, "Player commands", "effect <playername> clear",
                "Clears all effects on playername."));
        commands.add(new Command(7, "Player commands", "enchant <playername> <enchantment ID> [enchantment level]",
                "Enchants the item that the player is currently holding, according to enchantment ID."));
        commands.add(new Command(8, "Player commands", "give <playername> <item> [amount] [metadata] [dataTag]",
                "Spawns amount (defaults to 1) of the item defined by item with the specified metadata (defaults to 0) at playername's location."));
        commands.add(new Command(9, "Player commands", "kill <playername>",
                "Inflicts 1000 (Heart.svg × 500) damage to the playername, killing them. (Even an extreme Resistance /effect doesn't protect)."));
        commands.add(new Command(10, "Server commands", "debug true|false",
                "Starts a new debug profiling session or stops the session currently running." +
                "\r\nIt notifies about potential performance bottlenecks in the console when active and creates a profiler results file in the folder debug when stopped."));
        commands.add(new Command(11, "Server commands", "defaultgamemode survival | creative | adventure",
                "Sets the default game mode that is shown on the world selection menu. New players that join the world will be put into the default game mode."));
        commands.add(new Command(12, "Server commands", "difficulty peaceful | easy | normal | hard",
                "Changes the difficulty. The difficulties can be abbreviated to p/e/n/h or 0/1/2/3 respectively."));
        commands.add(new Command(13, "Server commands", "gamerule <rulename> [true | false]",
                "Activates or deactivates the rulename. If true/false is not given, displays the current status of rulename. Available rules are:" +
                "\r\n- commandBlockOutput - Whether command blocks should notify admins when they perform commands." +
                "\r\ndoFireTick - Whether fire should spread." +
                "\r\ndoMobLoot - Whether mobs should drop items." +
                "\r\ndoMobSpawning - Whether mobs should naturally spawn." +
                "\r\ndoTileDrops - Whether blocks should have drops." +
                "\r\nkeepInventory - Whether the player should keep items in their inventory if they die." +
                "\r\nmobGriefing - Whether creepers, endermen, ghasts, and withers should be able to change blocks, or zombies, skeletons, and zombie pigmen can pick up items." +
                "\r\nnaturalRegeneration - Whether the player can regenerate health naturally if their hunger is at a regenerable state." +
                "\r\ndoDaylightCycle - Whether the day/night cycle is in effect or not."));
        commands.add(new Command(14, "Environment commands", "time set <number | day | night>",
                "Sets the world time. Number is an integer between 0 and 24000, inclusive, where 0 is dawn, 6000 midday, 12000 dusk and 18000 midnight."));
        commands.add(new Command(15, "Environment commands", "time add <number>",
                "Increments the world time. Number is an integer between 0 and 24000."));
        commands.add(new Command(16, "Environment Commands", "toggledownfall",
                "Toggles rain and snow."));
        commands.add(new Command(17, "Environment commands", "weather (clear | rain | thunder) [seconds]",
                "Changes the weather for the specified duration."));

        listValues = new String[commands.size()];
        detailValues = new String[commands.size()][2];

        for (int counter = 0; counter < commands.size(); counter++) {
            Command command = commands.get(counter);
            listValues[counter] = command.getCommandCategory();
            detailValues[counter][0] = command.getCommandTitle();
            detailValues[counter][1] = command.getCommandDescription();
        }
    }
}

This is the second fragment class:

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

public class CommandDetails extends Fragment {

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.commanddetails, container, false);
    }

}

I've seen more questions like this and I confirmed that I am extending the correct class (FragmentActivity) This is my project explorer:

Answer 1

Your variable listValues is not initialized when you use it in onCreateView in your CommandsList class, hence the NullPointer. The problem is at this line :

ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(inflater.getContext(), R.layout.commandslist, listValues);

At that point the String[] does not yet exist ... You need to call createCommands() first and also initialize the String[] variable in that method before you add values to it, like so :

listValues = new String[commands.size()];