Crash with AppCompatImageView in balloon_layout_body.xml on some devices

[guahirah]

• Library Version 1.5.2

Crash log on Firebase

Fatal Exception: android.view.InflateException
Binary XML file line #67 in xxx.xxx.xxx:layout/balloon_layout_body: Binary XML file line #67 in xxx.xxx.xxx:layout/balloon_layout_body: Error inflating class androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView

[Jaewoong Eum]

Hey @guahirah, could you please check does your app theme is based on AppCompat or Material?

For example. I'm also wondering if you're using it in a Jetpack Compose project.

  <style name="Theme.ChatGPTAndroid" parent="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:statusBarColor">@color/green_darker</item>
  </style>

[guahirah]

Hey @skydoves
I'm not using Jetpack Compose, my app theme is based on Material3.

<style name="App.Theme" parent="Theme.Material3.DayNight.NoActionBar"/>

AppCompat version: androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0-alpha01

I can't reproduce the crash with my device or the emulator. It only happened to some users, catch by Firebase.
Thank you

[Radhika Saliya]

Any update on this @skydoves? I'm facing the same issue.

[Jaewoong Eum]

Hey @guahirah , @cp-radhika-s, would you guys can check if your app module project's gradle allows vector resource like the below? https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/graphics/vector-drawable-resources

vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true

The default source of the arrow is a vector image.

[guahirah]

Hey @skydoves, I don't use it since my app minSdkVersion 21

I'm also using a vector image with src, and it works fine. I think the problem is with srcCompat

[guahirah]

Also, i'm hide the arrow

setArrowSize(0)
setIsVisibleArrow(false)

[Yahor]

The same issue on some devices:

Fatal Exception: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #67: Binary XML file line #67: Error inflating class androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView

I use Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.NoActionBar with full Compose app.

Souce: https://github.com/egorikftp/GrodnoRoads
Ballow usage: https://github.com/egorikftp/GrodnoRoads/blob/release/features/map/map-ui/src/main/kotlin/com/egoriku/grodnoroads/map/foundation/UsersCount.kt

[Jaewoong Eum]

Thanks for providing the crash messages! I will increment the min sdk of Balloon to 21 because version 21 supports most devices. Then we don't need to use AppCompatImageView and 'srcCompat' to support under SDK version 21.

[Jaewoong Eum]

Balloon 1.5.3 has been released!