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

Try doing this,

In function selectItem, change mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList); to mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerLinear); Should work perfectly fine.

Because, the reference should now be your linearLayout, its no longer the listview that you are closing or opening.