Bad notification posted - Couldn't expand RemoteViews for: StatusBarNotification

Question

I am trying to post a notification with a custom view in the notification area from an IntentService, and getting the Couldn\'t expand RemoteView e

Answer 1

Be careful when using Vector drawables. On pre-Lollipop devices setting an icon through NotificationCompat.Builder methods, like setSmallIcon, will cause this crash. You'll get same crash if using Vector drawables in your custom view.