Error inflating class and android.support.v7.widget.CardView

Question

I want to use CardView in my project, but when I run my application, I get the following error. I\'m using Eclipse.

Error: Error inflating clas         


        

Answer 1

A related note: if you're using the support libraries, you're pretty sure your dependencies are correct, and you got here via a search for "Error inflating class CardView," then make sure your XML layout is using and not just !

The two errors are pretty similar and it took me a few minutes to facepalm when I realized that I wasn't paying attention to the full class name in the error message and I was using the non-support in my layout without realizing it.