Error Inflating class com.google.android.maps.MapView

Question

i am just following a simple map tutorial http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/views/hello-mapview.html but getting this error . I am new to android i tried to f

Answer 1

I had the same problem and about 3 hours of searching this is what I did to fix it, All in the manifest.

1) In my manifest this code was not in the right place

it should be here, under

like this

    
      ...
      
        
        ...
      
      ...
    

2) I lost a period somewhere in my manifest

3) I didn't specify min sdk version which goes under

code:

4) to get the map to work through eclipse in debug mode follow these directions in your cmd or terminal http://www.buzztouch.com/resources/Obtaining_a_Google_Maps_API_Key_v1.0.pdf

I hope this helps someone