I have a layout with a Button on it: <Button android:id=@+id/myapp_new style=@style/header_button android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content

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Asked: June 15, 20262026-06-15T02:44:30+00:00 2026-06-15T02:44:30+00:00

I have a layout with a Button on it: <Button android:id=@+id/myapp_new style=@style/header_button android:layout_width=wrap_content android:layout_height=wrap_content

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I have a layout with a Button on it:

<Button
    android:id="@+id/myapp_new"
    style="@style/header_button"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:background="@drawable/header_button"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:text="new" />

The style for the button is defined as such:

<style name="header_button" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Medium">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/white</item>
    <item name="android:textSize">16sp</item>
</style>

When I open this Activity on my phone, I receive a crash. The crash happens during the line that sets the content view:

setContentView(R.layout.layout_tags);

If I remove the android:background parameter, the crash goes away. I don’t understand because the drawable is included in the app and it works fine on other devices, including the emulator.

I will post the error log at the bottom of this thread.

As I said, this crash is only happening on 1 of my devices (I have 2 + emulator). It is occurring on an older phone running Android 2.2.1, but is not occurring on my emulator (running 2.2) or my newer phone (running 4.1.2).

The biggest difference is my device with the crash has a low screen resolution. I have no images in the ldpi folder. I was under the impression that Android would automatically choose the image from the next folder up. Also, I have lots of other images that load just fine.

I’d really like to release my app into the Google Play store, but this is holding me up. I worry that this crash will happen on other people’s phones even though I can only reproduce it on one device. Does anyone have any ideas? I’m lost.

11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.myapp.app/com.myapp.app.activity.ActivityTags}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #65: Error inflating class android.widget.Button
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2663)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2679)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:125)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #65: Error inflating class android.widget.Button
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:513)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:563)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:618)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:621)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:621)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:621)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:621)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:407)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:198)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1647)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at com.myapp.app.activity.ActivityTags.onCreate(ActivityTags.java:75)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2627)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     ... 11 more
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.widget.Button.<init>(Button.java:65)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:446)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:500)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     ... 26 more
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800): Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.StateListDrawable$StateListState.<init>(StateListDrawable.java:255)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.StateListDrawable.<init>(StateListDrawable.java:301)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.StateListDrawable.<init>(StateListDrawable.java:68)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:750)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:729)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1694)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:581)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.StateListDrawable.inflate(StateListDrawable.java:160)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:788)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:729)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1694)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:581)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.StateListDrawable.inflate(StateListDrawable.java:160)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:788)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:729)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1694)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:581)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.StateListDrawable.inflate(StateListDrawable.java:160)
11-26 12:03:04.740: E/AndroidRuntime(2800):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createF

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-15T02:44:31+00:00

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2026-06-15T02:44:31+00:00Added an answer on June 15, 2026 at 2:44 am

The StackOverflowError exception makes me think that your header_button background depends on itself, so it’s recursively loading the same file until it dies.

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