'Android App crashes on older devices

My app works perfectly on my phone. On some older devices it crashes though:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.blub.bla/com.blub.bla.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #0: Binary XML file line #0: Error inflating class ImageButton
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2572)
...
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #0: Error inflating class ImageButton
    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:782)
    at 
...
Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/ic_google_plus_icon.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f0700ab
    at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawableForCookie(Resources.java:2872)
...
Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: Binary XML file line #0: invalid color state list tag gradient
    at android.content.res.ColorStateList.createFromXmlInner(ColorStateList.java:217)
    at 
...

I checked other posts and most of the time it had something to do with gradle, and I can say that i have vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true set.

Gradle file:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 27


    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.blub.bla"
        vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
        minSdkVersion 19
        targetSdkVersion 27

        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }

    android {
        lintOptions {
            disable 'RestrictedApi'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    androidTestImplementation('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-login:[4,5)'
    implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-share:[4,5)'
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.1'
    implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.0.1'
    implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.0.1'

    implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.4.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp-urlconnection:2.2.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:10.+'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:10.+'
    implementation 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.4+'

    implementation 'eu.the4thfloor.volley:com.android.volley:2015.05.28'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

Edit: activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    tools:openDrawer="start">
    <include
        layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nav_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:background="@drawable/bg"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"
        app:itemIconTint="@color/white"
        app:itemTextColor="@color/white"
        app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer">
        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">
            <RelativeLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:paddingBottom="10dp"
                android:paddingLeft="20dp"
                android:paddingRight="20dp"
                >
                <com.facebook.share.widget.ShareButton
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                    android:id="@+id/fb_share_button"/>
                <ImageButton
                    android:id="@+id/sm_twitter"
                    android:layout_width="30dp"
                    android:layout_height="30dp"
                    android:scaleType="fitXY"
                    app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_twitter_bird_logo"
                    android:background="@color/transparent"
                    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                    />
                <ImageButton
                    android:id="@+id/sm_facebook"
                    android:layout_width="30dp"
                    android:layout_height="30dp"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                    android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
                    android:scaleType="fitXY"
                    app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_f_icon_color"
                    android:background="@color/transparent"
                    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                    android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/sm_twitter"
                    />
                <ImageButton
                    android:id="@+id/sm_gplus"
                    android:layout_width="30dp"
                    android:layout_height="30dp"
                    android:scaleType="fitXY"
                    app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_google_plus_icon"
                    android:background="@color/transparent"
                    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                    android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/sm_facebook"
                    />
            </RelativeLayout >
        </RelativeLayout>
    </android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>>
    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nav_view_right"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="end"
        android:background="@drawable/bg"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_filter"
        app:itemIconTint="@color/white"
        app:itemTextColor="@color/white">
        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_marginTop="175dp"
            android:orientation="horizontal">
            <include
                layout="@layout/filter_layout"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                />
        </RelativeLayout>
    </android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Does anyone know how to fix that? :(

android gradle

Solution 1:^[1]

First Problem: I had some resources in drawable/v21 instead of drawable (not easy to see, since it's showing the same folder in Android studio, just with a (21) next to the file name

Second Problem: Use app:srcCompat instead of android:background or android:res

Solution 2:^[2]

You can't use gradients in vector drawables until 24 API.

About android:fillColor, for example, from here https://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.html:

Specifies the color used to fill the path. May be a color or, for SDK 24+, a color state list or a gradient color

Solution 3:^[3]

That happens when you try to show an SVG in an Android version under 21, you can use AppCompatImageButton instead of ImageButton or AppCompatImageView with app: srcCompat

Solution 4:^[4]

For providing a general solution, IMO (and in my case), older versions are more strict about checking null data,resources,etc... and newer api versions seem more tolerant in contrast. Here is a good article about how to deal with null values. Avoid Check for Null Statement in Java

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