In the new android studio 3.0. I am getting this exception with the shimmerlayout

[guruprasad757]

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: app.geniestation.com.corporate, PID: 24049
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{app.geniestation.com.corporate/app.geniestation.com.corporate.activities.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #29: Binary XML file line #43: Error inflating class com.facebook.shimmer.ShimmerFrameLayout
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2817)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2892)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1593)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #29: Binary XML file line #43: Error inflating class com.facebook.shimmer.ShimmerFrameLayout
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #43: Error inflating class com.facebook.shimmer.ShimmerFrameLayout
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:334)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:647)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:790)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:730)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:863)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:824)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:866)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:824)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:866)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:824)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:866)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:824)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.parseInclude(LayoutInflater.java:995)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:859)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:824)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:515)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:423)
at app.geniestation.com.corporate.fragments.MainFragment.onCreateView(MainFragment.java:67)
at android.support.v4.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:2261)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1419)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveFragmentToExpectedState(FragmentManager.java:1750)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1819)
at android.support.v4.app.BackStackRecord.executeOps(BackStackRecord.java:797)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOps(FragmentManager.java:2590)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManager.java:2377)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManager.java:2332)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java:2239)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.dispatchStateChange(FragmentManager.java:3231)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentManagerImpl.dispatchActivityCreated(FragmentManager.java:3181)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentController.dispatchActivityCreated(FragmentController.java:192)
at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onStart(FragmentActivity.java:572)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.onStart(AppCompatActivity.java:177)
10-26 16:23:34.234 24049-24049/app.geniestation.com.corporate E/AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnStart(Instrumentation.java:1333)
at android.app.Activity.performStart(Activity.java:6992)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2780)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2892)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1593)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ".6"
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:597)
at com.android.internal.util.XmlUtils.convertValueToInt(XmlUtils.java:133)
at android.content.res.TypedArray.getInt(TypedArray.java:375)
at com.facebook.shimmer.ShimmerFrameLayout.(ShimmerFrameLayout.java:175)
at com.facebook.shimmer.ShimmerFrameLayout.(ShimmerFrameLayout.java:147)
... 45 more

[aperfilyev]

As a workaround, remove app:base_alpha="0.6" from your layout xml and set it at runtime using com.facebook.shimmer.ShimmerFrameLayout#setBaseAlpha

[patrickmuhi]

Had the same issue, it's because it's targeting old android v21. i did this.

• Download the library, change all gradle files buildToolsVersion, compileSdkVersion to latest version like 26,
• Run and add it to your project.

PS: if you get "shape" error, duplicate style.e.t.c... rename the style.

[xiphirx]

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