title: Android Google Map error android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #6: error initiating class fragment
body: <p>So after going through about 15 different stack overflow questions on the same error, I have another question about the unable to start activity ComponentInfo.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.example.hauntingongrounds"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0" &gt;
  
  
      &lt;permission
          android:name="com.example.hauntingongrounds.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
          android:protectionLevel="signature" /&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="com.example.hauntingongrounds.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE" /&gt;
  
      &lt;uses-sdk
          android:minSdkVersion="12"
          android:targetSdkVersion="18" /&gt;
  
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" /&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" /&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /&gt;
  
      &lt;!-- Required to show current location --&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /&gt;
      &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /&gt;
  
      &lt;uses-feature
      android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
      android:required="true" /&gt;
  
      &lt;application
          android:allowBackup="true"
          android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:theme="@style/AppTheme" &gt;
          &lt;activity
              android:name="com.example.hauntingongrounds.MainActivity"
              android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
              &lt;intent-filter&gt;
                  &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
  
                  &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
              &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
          &lt;/activity&gt;
          &lt;meta-data
              android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
              android:value="AIzaSyAI********************-EhL8Ys" /&gt;
      &lt;/application&gt;
  
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Above is the Manifest. Below are the XML and the Main Activity.</p>
  
  <pre><code>import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.MapFragment;
  import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
  import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
  
      // Google Map
      private GoogleMap googleMap;
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  
          try {
              // Loading map
              initializeMap();
  
          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
  
      }
  
      /**
       * function to load map. If map is not created it will create it for you
       * */
      private void initializeMap() {
          if (googleMap == null) {
              googleMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap();
              // check if map is created successfully or not
              if (googleMap == null) {
                  Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                          "Sorry! unable to create maps", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                          .show();
              }
          }
      }
  
      @Override
      protected void onResume() {
          super.onResume();
          initializeMap();
      }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>XML File</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:layout_width="fill_parent"
      android:layout_height="fill_parent" &gt;
  
      &lt;fragment
          android:id="@+id/map"
          class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="match_parent"/&gt;
  
  &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Finally the LogCat</p>
  
  <pre><code>11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.hauntingongrounds/com.example.hauntingongrounds.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #6: Error inflating class fragment
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2180)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2230)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:141)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1234)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5041)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #6: Error inflating class fragment
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:704)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:270)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1881)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.example.hauntingongrounds.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:21)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5104)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1080)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2144)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    ... 11 more
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The meta-data tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml does not have the right value.  Expected 4030500 but found 0.  You must have the following declaration within the &lt;application&gt; element:     &lt;meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /&gt;
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.n(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.maps.internal.q.v(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.maps.internal.q.u(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.maps.MapsInitializer.initialize(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment$b.cE(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment$b.a(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.dynamic.a.a(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.dynamic.a.onInflate(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment.onInflate(Unknown Source)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.onCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:290)
  11-24 14:30:44.293: E/AndroidRuntime(17980):    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:676)
  </code></pre>