title: androidx widget AppCompatImageView with png source wont inflate in Lollipop device?
body: <p>I converted my project to use androidx components. </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>I have an image view that works on android q emulator and Nougat but shows error on lollipop emulator. </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Here's the xml files related portion:</p>
  
  <pre><code>        &lt;androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
              android:id="@+id/appCompatImageView"
              android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
              android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
              android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
              android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
              android:src="@drawable/scalelines" 
              /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The sorce image is in png format. Although it works with android q. Gives error given below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #98: Error inflating class androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:633)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:743)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:806)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:809)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:809)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:504)
      at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414)
      at com.example.e.Fragments.Home.onCreateView(Home.java:93)
      at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performCreateView(Fragment.java:2595)
      at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:881)
      at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveFragmentToExpectedState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1238)
      at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1303)
      at androidx.fragment.app.BackStackRecord.executeOps(BackStackRecord.java:439)
      at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOps(FragmentManagerImpl.java:2076)
      at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.executeOpsTogether(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1866)
      at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.removeRedundantOperationsAndExecute(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1821)
      at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execSingleAction(FragmentManagerImpl.java:1696)
      at androidx.fragment.app.BackStackRecord.commitNowAllowingStateLoss(BackStackRecord.java:299)
      at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentPagerAdapter.finishUpdate(FragmentPagerAdapter.java:230)
      at androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager.populate(ViewPager.java:1244)
      at androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager.populate(ViewPager.java:1092)
      at androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager.onMeasure(ViewPager.java:1622)
      at android.view.View.measure(View.java:17547)
      at android.widget.RelativeLayout.measureChildHorizontal(RelativeLayout.java:727)
      at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onMeasure(RelativeLayout.java:463)
      at android.view.View.measure(View.java:17547)
      at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5535)
      at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onMeasureChild(CoordinatorLayout.java:733)
      at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onMeasure(CoordinatorLayout.java:805)
      at android.view.View.measure(View.java:17547)
      at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5535)
      at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:436)
      at androidx.appcompat.widget.ContentFrameLayout.onMeasure(ContentFrameLayout.java:143)
      at android.view.View.measure(View.java:17547)
      at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5535)
      at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1436)
      at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:722)
      at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:613)
      at android.view.View.measure(View.java:17547)
      at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5535)
      at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:436)
      at android.view.View.measure(View.java:17547)
      at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5535)
      at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1436)
      at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:722)
      at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:613)
      at android.view.View.measure(View.java:17547)
      at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:5535)
      at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:436)
      at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.onMeasure(PhoneWindow.java:2615)
      at android.view.View.measure(View.java:17547)
      at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:2015)
      at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:1173)
      at android.view.View
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I make this work with png image source without crashing in lollipop or older devices?</p>