Using LayoutInflater with this XML gives the following error:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:textSize="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:id="@+id/title_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Title View"/>
<TextView
android:textSize="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:id="@+id/author_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Author View"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.android.bookslist, PID: 22347
android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #0: Binary XML file line #0: Error inflating class TextView
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #0: Error inflating class TextView
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Can't convert value at index 2 to dimension: type=0x1
at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDimensionPixelSize(TypedArray.java:723)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:1134)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:751)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView.<init>(AppCompatTextView.java:75)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView.<init>(AppCompatTextView.java:71)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatViewInflater.createView(AppCompatViewInflater.java:103)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.createView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1024)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.onCreateView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1081)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:769)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:727)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:858)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:861)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:821)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:518)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:426)
at com.example.android.bookslist.BookAdapter.getView(BookAdapter.java:29)
at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:2522)
at android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:2017)
at android.widget.ListView.fillDown(ListView.java:721)
at android.widget.ListView.fillFromTop(ListView.java:782)
at android.widget.ListView.layoutChildren(ListView.java:1749)
at android.widget.AbsListView.onLayout(AbsListView.java:2280)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:17841)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5754)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1982)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1826)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1735)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:17841)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5754)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:383)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:321)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:17841)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5754)
at android.support.v7.widget.ActionBarOverlayLayout.onLayout(ActionBarOverlayLayout.java:443)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:17841)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5754)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:383)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:321)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:17841)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5754)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1982)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1826)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1735)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:17841)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5754)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:383)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:321)
at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.onLayout(DecorView.java:751)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:17841)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:5754)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performLayout(ViewRootImpl.java:2712)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:2385)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1463)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:6965)
02-17 09:44:00.352 22347-22347/com.example.android.bookslist E/AndroidRuntime: at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:907)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:709)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:644)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:893)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:836)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:203)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6314)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1063)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:924)