android - Activities and fragments -

here's deal, have simple application in u user log in , view reports. basic architecture of these reports consists of header fragment display user login info, table layout hold report content , footer fragment in have created option menu report providing. now, have different activities each report , start/launch these activites onoptionsitemselected() follows:

getactivity().startactivity(intent);

the first report, menu , items load perfectly. when select menu item menu app stops giving following exception:

04-04 18:29:49.670: e/androidruntime(1123): java.lang.runtimeexception:  unable start activity componentinfo{com.example/com.example.report2}:  android.view.inflateexception: binary xml file line #10: error inflating class fragment 

i guessing happening because next activity contains fragments(header , footer). approach wrong? looking on net, loads of info leaves me confused @ end. appreciated!

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layout xml report 1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <linearlayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:baselinealigned="false"     android:gravity="center"     android:orientation="vertical">      <fragment         android:name="com.example.headerfragment"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="0dp"         android:layout_gravity="center"         android:layout_weight="1"         android:gravity="center_horizontal"         tools:layout="@layout/header_fragment" />      <tablelayout         android:id="@+id/tblsummrep"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="0dp"         android:layout_weight="4"         android:padding="5dip">      </tablelayout>     <fragment         android:name="com.example.footerfragment"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="0dp"         android:layout_gravity="center"         android:layout_weight="1"         android:gravity="center_horizontal"         tools:layout="@layout/footer_fragment" />     </linearlayout> 

the above layout same reports

the code routing menu itmes(in class footer fragment) follows :

@override     public boolean onoptionsitemselected(menuitem item) {         // handle item selection         int switchto = mm.routemenu(item, con);         switch (switchto) {         case 2:             intent = new intent(con, report2.class);             isact = "y";             break;         case 3:             intent = new intent(con, report3.class);             isact = "y";             break;         case 4:             intent = new intent(con, report4.class);             isact = "y";             break;         case 5:             intent = new intent(con, report5.class);             isact = "y";             break;         case 6:             intent = new intent(con, report6.class);             isact = "y";             break;         default:             super.onoptionsitemselected(item);         }         if(isact.touppercase().equals("y")){             if(login.lstlogin != null){                 getactivity().startactivity(intent);             }         }         return true;     } 

mm.routemenu() in in different class handles things fetching items diplayed database.

also, con activity.getapplicationcontext(); in onattach() event