For others who have this problem and have inflated a layout in ArrayAdapter's getView, set the parent parameter to null, as in view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.mylayout, null);

Rule of thumb

You should always try to pass in a parent while inflating a View, else the framework will not be able to identify what layout params to use for that inflated view.

The correct way of handling the exception is by passing false as third parameter, this flag indicates if a view should be added directly to the passed container or not.

In the case of an adapter, the adapter itself will add the view after you returned the view from you getview method:

view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.mylayout, parent, **false**);

BaseAdapter sample, comes from just-for-us DevBytes:

@Overridepublic View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {    View result = convertView;    if (result == null) {        result = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.grid_item, parent, false);    }    // Try to get view cache or create a new one if needed    ViewCache viewCache = (ViewCache) result.getTag();    if (viewCache == null) {        viewCache = new ViewCache(result);        result.setTag(viewCache);    }    // Fetch item    Coupon coupon = getItem(position);    // Bind the data    viewCache.mTitleView.setText(coupon.mTitle);    viewCache.mSubtitleView.setText(coupon.mSubtitle);    viewCache.mImageView.setImageURI(coupon.mImageUri);    return result;}

CursorAdapter sample:

@Overridepublic View newView(final Context context, final Cursor cursor, final ViewGroup root)          {    return mInflater.inflate(R.layout.list_item_ticket, root, false);}

More information about view inflation can be found in this article.

When creating an ArrayAdapter like yours, the ArrayAdapter needs a layout resource containing just a TextView.Try changing your ArrayAdapter creation with:

setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,       android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,       this.directoryEntries));

and see if it works.