Using Recyclerview and Cardview WITHOUT Gradle

Question

I am using IntelliJ and have a large number of apps that do not use Gradle .

I would like to start using the RecycleView and Cardview .

What is the best way to add these? I have added in the two modules in a similar way to AppCompat .

However, when I try to run the code and show the RecycleView , I get this error...

android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #8: Error inflating class RecyclerView

Any help greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Since you wanted it to wotk without adding them in gradle dependency navigate to your sdk location from that sdk folder-->extras-->android-->support-->v7

under this you will find recyclerview and cardview folders add them as library pojects respectively and you can proceed normally. THis can be done in eclipse also

Answer 2

Your xml probably looks a bit like this:

<Recyclerview.... 

It needs to look like this:

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView....

Sorry if the formatting is off, posting from my phone!