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8,334 PointsError casting to design view
Hi,
I get the error "Exception raised during rendering: android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText cannot be cast to android.view.ViewGroup"
Details:
java.lang.ClassCastException: android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText cannot be cast to android.view.ViewGroup at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate_Original(LayoutInflater.java:859) at android.view.LayoutInflater_Delegate.rInflate(LayoutInflater_Delegate.java:70) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:834) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:518) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397) at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:324) at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:429) at com.android.ide.common.rendering.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:368) at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:567) at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:549) at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:863) at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.createRenderSession(RenderTask.java:549) at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.lambda$inflate$1(RenderTask.java:680) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
XML Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<EditText
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"
tools:context="com.katedoughertywriter.interactivestory.MainActivity">
<ImageView
android:contentDescription="Signals from Mars title image"
android:id="@+id/titleImageView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="0dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="@drawable/main_title"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/startButton"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="0dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
android:text="START YOUR ADVENTURE"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"/>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/nameEditText"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
android:ems="10"
android:hint="Enter your name"
android:inputType="textCapWords|textPersonName"
android:maxLength="30"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/startButton"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
1 Answer
Kate Dougherty
8,334 PointsI actually fixed this by downloading the project files and matching up the code. I think the problem was that I updated to a new version of Android Studio in the middle of the project, and it ended up mis-matching a couple of tags.
Ben Deitch
Treehouse TeacherBen Deitch
Treehouse TeacherHey Kate! Can you share your Activity code as well?