I have just followed this tutorial ( https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#getting_the_google_maps_android_api_v2 ) to present the Google Maps.

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Asked: June 18, 20262026-06-18T03:03:48+00:00 2026-06-18T03:03:48+00:00

I have just followed this tutorial ( https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#getting_the_google_maps_android_api_v2 ) to present the Google Maps.

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I have just followed this tutorial (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#getting_the_google_maps_android_api_v2) to present the Google Maps. However, when I try to initialize the application in my phone (ZTE V875) I get an error, or better saying a list of errors. Does anyone know why? Thanks in advance.

In my MainActivity.class I have the following code:

package com.example.tutorialgooglemaps;


import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.view.Menu;

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);  
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/map"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment" />

Manifest

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.tutorialgooglemaps"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

        <permission
          android:name="com.example.tutorialgooglemaps.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
          android:protectionLevel="signature"/>

        <uses-permission android:name="com.example.tutorialgooglemaps.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
        <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>

        <uses-feature
            android:glEsVersion= "0x00020000"
            android:required="true"/>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

    <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
        android:value="MYKEY"/>

        <activity
            android:name="com.example.tutorialgooglemaps.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

Error output

01-28 18:21:59.219: I/Process(22828): Sending signal. PID: 22828 SIG: 9
01-28 18:22:23.499: E/ActivityThread(22977): >>> handling: 110
01-28 18:22:23.509: D/ActivityThread(22977): <<< done: 110
01-28 18:22:23.509: E/ActivityThread(22977): >>> handling: 100
01-28 18:22:23.519: D/AndroidRuntime(22977): Shutting down VM
01-28 18:22:23.519: W/dalvikvm(22977): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x2aac4560)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.tutorialgooglemaps/com.example.tutorialgooglemaps.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class fragment
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1745)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1761)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:124)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:947)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3822)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class fragment
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:581)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:623)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:408)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:209)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1657)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at com.example.tutorialgooglemaps.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:11)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1709)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    ... 11 more
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: android.view.fragment in loader dalvik.system.PathClassLoader[/data/app/com.example.tutorialgooglemaps-2.apk]
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.findClass(PathClassLoader.java:240)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:551)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:511)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:471)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:549)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:66)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:568)
01-28 18:22:23.529: E/AndroidRuntime(22977):    ... 20 more

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-18T03:03:49+00:00

If anyone had the same problem, the problem is at the activity_main.xml where a LinearLayout or RelativeLayout is needed. Thanks to everyone

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >


<fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/map"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment" />
</LinearLayout>

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