[Android] NoSuchMethodError - removeOnGlobalLayoutListener

07-15 15:19:04.680: E/AndroidRuntime(9733): java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: android.view.ViewTreeObserver.removeOnGlobalLayoutListener

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There are two methods in ViewTreeObserver with almost the same name.

removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener victim)

(on then global) is a method that was added in API 16. It replaces

removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener victim)

(global then on) which has existed since API 1, but which is now deprecated. Compatibility libraries can cause confusion about these two methods; it can appear present at compile-time but fail subsequently.

This code thwarts the error:

try {
    thing.removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(victim);
} catch (NoSuchMethodError x) {
    thing.removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(victim);
}

So does this code:

if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
    thing.removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(victim);
} else {
    thing.removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(victim);
}

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