Android - android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #8: Error inflating class fragment

So if it crashes after opening the fragment second time. All you need is this in OnDestroy

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    getFragmentManager().beginTransaction().remove(mapfragmentnamehere).commit();
}

Make what changes you need if you're using support fragment

My experiences made with fragments added by xml-tag

<fragment>...</fragment>.

Those fragments are normally nested and do not destroy when the parent fragment gets destroyed. Once you try to inflate them again, you get the exception which basically complains of having this fragment already inflated. Therefore I destroy my nested fragments manually once the parent fragment gets destroyed. Simply use the following snipped and adjust it to your needs. This code resides in the parent fragment which has the nested fragment as xml-tag.

@Override
public void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    final FragmentManager fragManager = this.getFragmentManager();
    final Fragment fragment = fragManager.findFragmentById(/*id of fragment*/);
    if(fragment!=null){
        fragManager.beginTransaction().remove(fragment).commit();
    }
}

With dynamically created fragments there are no problems at all. Dynamically means: You have no fragment-xml-tag used

Hope this helps! Good programming!

I put this in my fragment

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();

    getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
            .remove(mMapFragment)
            .commit();
}

It working without replacing to the MapView.

Change this

googleMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.howtoreach_map)).getMap();

to

googleMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.howtoreach_map)).getMap();

In Your Class

    View mTrackView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.mylayout, container, false);
    SupportMapFragment mSupportMapFragment = SupportMapFragment.newInstance();
    FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = getChildFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
    fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.mapwhere, mSupportMapFragment);
    fragmentTransaction.commit();

    if(mSupportMapFragment!=null){

        googleMap = mSupportMapFragment.getMap();
        if(googleMap!=null){
        googleMap.setMapType(GoogleMap.MAP_TYPE_NORMAL);
        googleMap.getUiSettings().setMyLocationButtonEnabled(false);
        googleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(false);
        if (mgpr_tracker.canGetLocation())
            CURREN_POSITION = new LatLng(mgpr_tracker.getLatitude(),
                    mgpr_tracker.getLongitude());

        CameraUpdate cameraUpdate = CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLngZoom(
                CURREN_POSITION, ZOOM_LEVEL);
        googleMap.animateCamera(cameraUpdate);
          }
        }

mylayout.xml

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
 <FrameLayout
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="0dp"
   android:layout_weight="1.03"

   android:id="@+id/mapwhere" />


  <TextView
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</LinearLayout>

As you are telling first time your code is working so i think when you again call your map your googlemap object is not null and you have not handled it properly try to Implement like this in your code

if (googleMap == null) {
// Your code 
} else if(googleMap != null) {
     marker = googleMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(18.520897, 73.772396)).title("DSK Ranwara Road"));
}

Check out that whether you have the exact manifest permission. I had not included the below permission in manifest, and it were giving this error.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

Please include some of the following permission in your manifest file

<!-- - THIS IS THE USER PERMISSION FOR GETTING LATITUDE AND LONGTITUDE FROM INTERNET -->      
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION" /> 
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" /> 
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS"/>
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE"/>

I put this in my fragment when I have a viewpager:

@Override
public void onPause() {
    Fragment fragment = (getChildFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.fragment_map_map));
    FragmentTransaction ft = getActivity().getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
    ft.remove(fragment);
    ft.commit();
    super.onPause();
}

For Google API v2 to work (I am also using SupportMapFragment), you must include these permissions

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" android:required="true"/>

I hope this will help you guys.

P.S I used these permissions for adding a simple map in my app. There are certain other permissions which this link suggests as well.

I got the same error message:

The cause for me was simple: re-creating a view

public View onCreateView(
        LayoutInflater inflater,
        ViewGroup container,
        Bundle savedInstanceState){
    super.onCreateView(inflater,container,savedInstanceState);
    self_view=inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_player,container,false);
    return self_view;
    }

onCreateView may be called more than once.

When that happens, the above code creates a new view for the fragment while the old one is still around.

The error pops up with some adapter and does not with another; in my case FragmentStatePagerAdapter was happy and FragmentPagerAdapter was murderous because the former destroyed its fragments and the latter reused them.

How i fixed my issue after searching alot, Put these lines inside fragment onPause Method.

@Override
public void onPause() {
    super.onPause();

    final FragmentManager fragManager = this.getChildFragmentManager();
    final Fragment fragment = fragManager.findFragmentById(R.id.map);
    if(fragment!=null){
        fragManager.beginTransaction().remove(fragment).commit();
        googleMap=null;
    }
}

It is compulsory to null googlemap. There is no need to use MapView, you can do it without using MapView