Facebook login button on Android causing ExceptionInInitializerError -


i using facebook's android sdk. if add facebook's loginbutton xml layout. receive runtime error: exceptionininitializererror.

<relativelayout 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:paddingleft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingright="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingtop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingbottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".mainactivity">  <com.facebook.login.widget.loginbutton     android:id="@+id/login_button"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"     android:layout_margintop="30dp"     android:layout_marginbottom="30dp" />  </relativelayout> 

my mainactivity:

@override protected void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {     super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);      setcontentview(r.layout.activity_main);      facebooksdk.sdkinitialize(getapplicationcontext()); } 

here stack trace:

java.lang.exceptionininitializererror             @ java.lang.reflect.constructor.newinstance(native method)             @ java.lang.reflect.constructor.newinstance(constructor.java:288)             @ android.view.layoutinflater.createview(layoutinflater.java:607)             @ android.view.layoutinflater.createviewfromtag(layoutinflater.java:743)             @ android.view.layoutinflater.rinflate(layoutinflater.java:806)             @ android.view.layoutinflater.inflate(layoutinflater.java:504)             @ android.view.layoutinflater.inflate(layoutinflater.java:414)             @ android.view.layoutinflater.inflate(layoutinflater.java:365)             @ com.android.internal.policy.impl.phonewindow.setcontentview(phonewindow.java:378)             @ android.app.activity.setcontentview(activity.java:2145)             @ com.dupls.wedding.mainactivity.oncreate(mainactivity.java:25)             @ android.app.activity.performcreate(activity.java:5990)             @ android.app.instrumentation.callactivityoncreate(instrumentation.java:1106)             @ android.app.activitythread.performlaunchactivity(activitythread.java:2278)             @ android.app.activitythread.handlelaunchactivity(activitythread.java:2387)             @ android.app.activitythread.access$800(activitythread.java:151)             @ android.app.activitythread$h.handlemessage(activitythread.java:1303)             @ android.os.handler.dispatchmessage(handler.java:102)             @ android.os.looper.loop(looper.java:135)             @ android.app.activitythread.main(activitythread.java:5254)             @ java.lang.reflect.method.invoke(native method)             @ java.lang.reflect.method.invoke(method.java:372)             @ com.android.internal.os.zygoteinit$methodandargscaller.run(zygoteinit.java:903)             @ com.android.internal.os.zygoteinit.main(zygoteinit.java:698)      caused by: null             @ com.facebook.internal.validate.sdkinitialized(validate.java:99)             @ com.facebook.facebooksdk.getcallbackrequestcodeoffset(facebooksdk.java:735)             @ com.facebook.internal.callbackmanagerimpl$requestcodeoffset.torequestcode(callbackmanagerimpl.java:109)             @ com.facebook.login.widget.loginbutton.<clinit>(loginbutton.java:58)             at java.lang.reflect.constructor.newinstance(native method)             at java.lang.reflect.constructor.newinstance(constructor.java:288)             at android.view.layoutinflater.createview(layoutinflater.java:607)             at android.view.layoutinflater.createviewfromtag(layoutinflater.java:743)             at android.view.layoutinflater.rinflate(layoutinflater.java:806)             at android.view.layoutinflater.inflate(layoutinflater.java:504)             at android.view.layoutinflater.inflate(layoutinflater.java:414)             at android.view.layoutinflater.inflate(layoutinflater.java:365)             at com.android.internal.policy.impl.phonewindow.setcontentview(phonewindow.java:378)             at android.app.activity.setcontentview(activity.java:2145)             at com.dupls.wedding.mainactivity.oncreate(mainactivity.java:25)             at android.app.activity.performcreate(activity.java:5990)             at android.app.instrumentation.callactivityoncreate(instrumentation.java:1106)             at android.app.activitythread.performlaunchactivity(activitythread.java:2278)             at android.app.activitythread.handlelaunchactivity(activitythread.java:2387)             at android.app.activitythread.access$800(activitythread.java:151)             at android.app.activitythread$h.handlemessage(activitythread.java:1303)             at android.os.handler.dispatchmessage(handler.java:102)             at android.os.looper.loop(looper.java:135)             at android.app.activitythread.main(activitythread.java:5254)             at java.lang.reflect.method.invoke(native method)             at java.lang.reflect.method.invoke(method.java:372)             at com.android.internal.os.zygoteinit$methodandargscaller.run(zygoteinit.java:903)             at com.android.internal.os.zygoteinit.main(zygoteinit.java:698) 

build.gradle (module: app)

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'  android {     compilesdkversion 22     buildtoolsversion "22.0.1"      defaultconfig {         applicationid "com.dupls.wedding"         minsdkversion 21         targetsdkversion 22         versioncode 1         versionname "1.0"     }     buildtypes {         release {             minifyenabled false             proguardfiles getdefaultproguardfile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'         }     } }  dependencies {     compile filetree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])     compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.0.0' } 

build.gradle (project):

// top-level build file can add configuration options common sub-projects/modules.  buildscript {     repositories {         jcenter()     }     dependencies {         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.1.0'          // note: not place application dependencies here; belong         // in individual module build.gradle files     } }  allprojects {     repositories {         jcenter()         mavencentral()     } } 

i haven't been able find determine cause of exception is. can instantiate facebook sdk objects, can't seem add loginbutton ui. ideas? thanks.

public void oncreate(final bundle savedinstancesate) {     super.oncreate(savedinstancesate);     **facebooksdk.sdkinitialize(this.getapplicationcontext());**     setcontentview(r.layout.activity_main);        } 

initialize facebooksdk before setcontentview in class.