Android Mapbox Inflating Error. Didn't Find Class Mapview

When I launch android app with MapBox library I get exception: 'android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #9: Error inflating class com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.views.MapView'

Solution 1:

I also faced this problem but when add this library to my dependencies

implementation 'com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-navigation-ui:0.23.0'

Give this exeptions

Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #0: Error inflating class com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView

Even if i do not use navigation!! Then i realize i must initialize Mapbox before setContentView

So just move up like this

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    //first initialize Mapbox
    Mapbox.getInstance(this, YOUR_MAPBOX_KEY);
    //then setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}

And my problem solved

Solution 2:

Your XML for the MapView needs to be com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.MapView not com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.views.MapView

Other things that might help when using the latest Mapbox Android SDK version which is:

    implementation ('com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-sdk:8.4.0@aar'){
        transitive=true
    }

make sure to include all the required permissions as well as Telemetry service:

<serviceandroid:name="com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.telemetry.TelemetryService" />

To control the MapView in 8.4.0 there is a new method called getMapAsync which listens for when the map is ready. Once it is, you can add markers, change the camera position, etc.

This is how to ask for the permission:

Mapbox.getInstance(this, ACCESS_TOKEN);

Your onCreate method should look something like this:

StringACCESS_TOKEN="ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE"@OverrideprotectedvoidonCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        // Be sure to call this setContentView
        Mapbox.getInstance(this, ACCESS_TOKEN);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapview);
        mapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        mapView.getMapAsync(newOnMapReadyCallback() {
            @OverridepublicvoidonMapReady(MapboxMap mapboxMap) {

                // add markers, change camera position, etc. here!

            }

    ... 

Lastly, make sure you include all the mapView methods within your activities lifecycle. It will look like this:

// Activity lifecycle methods@OverrideprotectedvoidonStart() {
        super.onStart();
        mapView.onStart();
    }

    @OverridepublicvoidonResume() {
        super.onResume();
        mapView.onResume();
    }

    @OverridepublicvoidonPause() {
        super.onPause();
        mapView.onPause();
    }

    @OverrideprotectedvoidonStop() {
        super.onStop();
        mapView.onStop();
    }

    @OverrideprotectedvoidonDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        mapView.onDestroy();
    }

    @OverridepublicvoidonLowMemory() {
        super.onLowMemory();
        mapView.onLowMemory();
    }

    @OverrideprotectedvoidonSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
        mapView.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    }