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

to work with google maps in addition to use the tag

in the tag, use another tag

inside the tag and you are done.

But remember you should run this application in the AVD compatible with Google Inc. API but not with Android API.

Another important thing is, be sure that you are using the MD5 API key instead of SHA1 or any other protocol API Key.