Error inflating class pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifImageView

[asmaaRashad93]

I am using android studio and added compile 'pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable:1.2.2' in dependencies , it works well for Kitkat+ versions but after adding this in gradle i have inflating error for only kitkat version:

compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.6.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-tagmanager:9.6.1'

this is my stackTrace:

android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #10: Error inflating class pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifImageView
 at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2385)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2436)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:157)
 at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1374)
 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110)
 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5398)
   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:940)
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:756)
 at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
 Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #10: Error inflating class pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifImageView
 at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:707)
 at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755)
 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492)
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:284)
  at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:140)
 at com.example.mmido.asfarandroid.AsfarApp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:51)
  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5264)
 at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1088)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2349)
 at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2436) 
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:157) 
 at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1374) 
 at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110) 
 at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193) 
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5398) 
 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:940) 
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:756) 
 at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifImageView" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.moreholydays.asfartours-2.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app-lib/com.moreholydays.asfartours-2, /vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
  at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:497)
  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:457)
  at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:559)
 at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:696)
 at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:755) 
 at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:492) 
 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:284) 
 at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:140) 
at com.example.mmido.asfarandroid.AsfarApp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:51) 
 at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5264) 
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1088) 
 at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2349) 
 at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2436) 
   at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:157) 
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1374) 
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:110) 
  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193) 
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5398) 
  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:940) 
 at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:756) 
 at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 

[koral--]

It may be caused by multidex misconfiguration: see #320
Let me know if that is the issue in your case.

[asmaaRashad93]

multidex is enabled and i am using compile 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.0'
May i upgrade multidex version?

[koral--]

Are you using MultiDexApplication or MultiDex#install() as described here https://developer.android.com/studio/build/multidex.html#mdex-gradle?
If you have followed all steps there and issue is still present you can try upgrading multidex and build tools to the latest stable versions.

[asmaaRashad93]

i followed all steps and it works now
Thank you very much

[koral--]

OK.
Similar issues related to multidex are reported time to time. I'll add README section about that. Here is the first known multidex issue: #224

[atif-afridi]

i have used the same as described in the documentation u shared but have received a crash on fabric

[solaymanislamjahid]

Heya..,
I use minimum api 17 in my project,
i used GifImageView in my project.
well, i try to run my app in android version 4.4.4 , 5.0 and 6.0
but i see error in logcat but app install in the device .
but when i try to open app It crashes and say. "Unfortunately My App has been stoped."
when i removed GifImageView code, it run well.

And when i run it android version 9. it run smoothly.

i'm not use multidex.
err.txt

[koral--]

Could you attach home_img file?

[solaymanislamjahid]

yes.

and my app smoothly run in my phone (xiaomi note 5, android version 9),
but i can't run in others devices.

please help me sir,

[solaymanislamjahid]

Hlw sir,
please help me..

[solaymanislamjahid]

sir,
this is a simple project.
please check this..

https://github.com/solaymanislamjahid/test-app

[koral--]

@solaymanislamjahid sorry for the delay and thanks for the sample project. I'll check that.

[xiaogu-space]

does it support androidx ?

[koral--]

Not sure if I fully understand what do you mean by supporting AndroidX here.
However, the only part of AndroidX used now are annotations which can be considered supported.

[xiaogu-space]

Not sure if I fully understand what do you mean by supporting AndroidX here.
However, the only part of AndroidX used now are annotations which can be considered supported.

OK,get it

[burakkarabekir]

Hi @koral--,

I'm in the same situation as @solaymanislamjahid. Can you please provide some fixes?
I really need your help. Thanks.

[gyh124]

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.huimin.ordersystem, PID: 15188
android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #434 in com.huimin.ordersystem:layout/fragment_shopcar1: Binary XML file line #434 in com.huimin.ordersystem:layout/fragment_shopcar1: Error inflating class pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifImageView
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #434 in com.huimin.ordersystem:layout/fragment_shopcar1: Error inflating class pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifImageView
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:343)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:881)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:1033)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:988)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:1150)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:1111)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:709)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:547)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:485)
at com.huimin.ordersystem.fragment.ShopCarFragment1.onCreateView(ShopCarFragment1.java:239)
at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:2963)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.createView(FragmentStateManager.java:518)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:282)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManager.java:2189)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManager.java:2100)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.execSingleAction(FragmentManager.java:1971)
at androidx.fragment.app.BackStackRecord.commitNowAllowingStateLoss(BackStackRecord.java:311)
at com.huimin.ordersystem.activity.MainActivity.changeTabNew(MainActivity.java:582)
at com.huimin.ordersystem.activity.MainActivity.onClick(MainActivity.java:631)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:7753)
at android.view.View.performClickInternal(View.java:7730)
at android.view.View.access$3700(View.java:861)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:29136)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:210)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:299)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8105)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:556)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1045)
Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifDrawable.(GifDrawable.java:161)
at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifDrawable.(GifDrawable.java:96)
at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifViewUtils.setResource(GifViewUtils.java:55)
at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifViewUtils$GifImageViewAttributes.getResourceId(GifViewUtils.java:138)
at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifViewUtils$GifImageViewAttributes.(GifViewUtils.java:124)
at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifViewUtils.initImageView(GifViewUtils.java:29)
at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifImageView.(GifImageView.java:41)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Native Method) 
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:343) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:881) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:1033) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:988) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:1150) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:1111) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:709) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:547) 
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:485) 
at com.huimin.ordersystem.fragment.ShopCarFragment1.onCreateView(ShopCarFragment1.java:239) 
at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:2963) 
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.createView(FragmentStateManager.java:518) 
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:282) 
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManager.java:2189) 
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManager.java:2100) 
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.execSingleAction(FragmentManager.java:1971) 
at androidx.fragment.app.BackStackRecord.commitNowAllowingStateLoss(BackStackRecord.java:311) 
at com.huimin.ordersystem.activity.MainActivity.changeTabNew(MainActivity.java:582) 
at com.huimin.ordersystem.activity.MainActivity.onClick(MainActivity.java:631) 
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:7753) 
at android.view.View.performClickInternal(View.java:7730) 
at android.view.View.access$3700(View.java:861) 
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:29136) 
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:210) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:299) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8105) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:556) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1045) 
Caused by: pl.droidsonroids.relinker.MissingLibraryException: Could not find 'libpl_droidsonroids_gif.so'. Looked for: [arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, armeabi], but only found: [].
at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ApkLibraryInstaller.installLibrary(ApkLibraryInstaller.java:173)
at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ReLinkerInstance.loadLibraryInternal(ReLinkerInstance.java:180)
at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ReLinkerInstance.loadLibrary(ReLinkerInstance.java:136)
at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ReLinker.loadLibrary(ReLinker.java:70)
at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ReLinker.loadLibrary(ReLinker.java:51)
2022-09-26 11:33:20.937 15188-15188/com.huimin.ordersystem E/AndroidRuntime: at pl.droidsonroids.gif.LibraryLoader.loadLibrary(LibraryLoader.java:52)
at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifInfoHandle.(GifInfoHandle.java:27)
... 39 more

[DimiVlachos]

Hi @koral-- I got the following crash randomly on several devices on my published app. It looks like app is unable to find the native library libpl_droidsonroids_gif.so, which is required by the pl.droidsonroids.relinker library.
Tried to look for a pattern here but couldn't find any! Do you have any suggestions? Thanks in advance...

• minSdk 29
• targetSdk 33

Caused by pl.droidsonroids.relinker.MissingLibraryException: Could not find 'libpl_droidsonroids_gif.so'. Looked for: [arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, armeabi], but only found: []. at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ApkLibraryInstaller.installLibrary(ApkLibraryInstaller.java:173) at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ReLinkerInstance.loadLibraryInternal(ReLinkerInstance.java:180) at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ReLinkerInstance.loadLibrary(ReLinkerInstance.java:136) at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ReLinker.loadLibrary(ReLinker.java:70) at pl.droidsonroids.relinker.ReLinker.loadLibrary(ReLinker.java:51) at pl.droidsonroids.gif.LibraryLoader.loadLibrary(LibraryLoader.java:53) at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifInfoHandle.<clinit>(GifInfoHandle.java:27) at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifDrawable.<init>(GifDrawable.java:161) at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifDrawable.<init>(GifDrawable.java:96) at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifViewUtils.setResource(GifViewUtils.java:55) at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifViewUtils$GifImageViewAttributes.getResourceId(GifViewUtils.java:138) at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifViewUtils$GifImageViewAttributes.<init>(GifViewUtils.java:124) at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifViewUtils.initImageView(GifViewUtils.java:29) at pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifImageView.<init>(GifImageView.java:41) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Constructor.java) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:343) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:858) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:1010) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:965) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:1127) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:1088) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:686) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:538) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:485) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:775) at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:197) at com.tapforce.parsnip.Home.SplashMainLoadingActivity.onCreate(SplashMainLoadingActivity.java:55) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8290) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8270) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1329) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4009) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:4201) at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:103) at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135) at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2438) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106) at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8669) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:571) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1135).

[koral--]

Are you using APK or AAB as an installation medium?
What device models and Android versions?

[DimiVlachos]

I'm using AAB as installation medium. Device models varies... seen it on Samsung A21s, Huawei Enjoy 9s, Redmi Note 11 Pro and a few other with Android versions 11, 12.

[koral--]

Sorry for the delay. It looks like the same issue as: https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/issues/778#issuecomment-1179550565