Android support v23.1.0 update breaks NavigationView get/find header

Question

I have been using the v23.0.1 support library until now with no problems. Now when I switch to the new v23.1.0 library I am getting a null

Answer 1

It appears attaching the header view to the navigation drawer using xml is currently broken. The solution is to inflate and attach the view manually.

activity layout

    app:menu="@menu/drawer_items" />

Then in your code inflate and attach the header by doing the following.

NavigationView navigationView = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.navigation_view);
View drawerHeader = navigationView.inflateHeaderView(R.layout.drawer_header);

TextView username = (TextView) drawerHeader.findViewById(R.id.username_textView);