Adding a linear layout to Navigation drawer (ends up crashing with a ClassCastException)

Question

I am trying to add a vertical linear layout (having a title, image, menu title, listview and an icon at the bottom)to the navigation drawer. However the app crashes displayi

Answer 1

This error is coming because of wrong import. Add a proper import for Layout params.

This import "android.widget.LinearLayout.LayoutParams" is getting mixed with Drawerlayout library declaration of LayoutParams ie "android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout$LayoutParams" resulting in ClassCast excption.