{"record":{"id":"fb5abd53f3dc91b9","repo":"material-components/material-components-android","slug":"the-layout-of-this-snackbar-does-not-include-a-clo","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The layout of this snackbar does not include a close MaterialButton. This might be because the context's theme is not a Material 3 or later theme or because the Snackbar's layout has been replaced with a custom layout.","messagePattern":"The layout of this snackbar does not include a close MaterialButton\\. This might be because the context's theme is not a Material 3 or later theme or because the Snackbar's layout has been replaced with a custom layout\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"IllegalStateException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/java/com/google/android/material/snackbar/Snackbar.java","lineNumber":640,"sourceCode":" }\n }\n\n private TextView getMessageView() {\n return getContentLayout().getMessageView();\n }\n\n private Button getActionView() {\n return getContentLayout().getActionView();\n }\n\n private SnackbarContentLayout getContentLayout() {\n return (SnackbarContentLayout) view.getChildAt(0);\n }\n\n @NonNull\n private MaterialButton getCloseViewOrThrow() {\n if (!(getContentLayout().getCloseView() instanceof MaterialButton)) {\n throw new IllegalStateException(\n \"The layout of this snackbar does not include a close MaterialButton. This might be\"\n + \" because the context's theme is not a Material 3 or later theme or because the\"\n + \" Snackbar's layout has been replaced with a custom layout.\");\n }\n return (MaterialButton) getContentLayout().getCloseView();\n }\n\n private SnackbarBaseLayout getSnackbarLayout() {\n return view;\n }\n}\n","sourceCodeStart":622,"sourceCodeEnd":652,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/blob/ac7e18efeefb331850c561faf9ab8bf81d27ba68/lib/java/com/google/android/material/snackbar/Snackbar.java#L622-L652","documentation":"Material 3 Snackbars can show a close (dismiss) icon button, and APIs that configure it call getCloseViewOrThrow(). That method expects the inflated snackbar content layout to contain a close MaterialButton, which only happens with a Material 3 theme (or an M3-styled snackbar layout). If the context theme is Material Components (M2) or the layout has been swapped for a custom one without a close button, it throws IllegalStateException.","triggerScenarios":"Calling close-icon APIs such as setCloseIconVisible()/setCloseIcon() (or setAnchorView-adjacent M3 APIs that touch the close view) on a Snackbar created with a non-M3 activity theme, or after overriding the snackbar layout with a custom design_layout_snackbar.","commonSituations":"App theme is Theme.MaterialComponents.* while the code uses M3 snackbar APIs; snackbar layout replaced via theme overlays or reflection; library upgrade where new M3 methods were called on old themes.","solutions":["Make the hosting activity/fragment theme a Material 3 theme (Theme.Material3.*) or apply an M3 snackbar overlay.","If you must stay on M2, do not call close-icon APIs; remove setCloseIcon* calls.","If using a custom snackbar layout, include a close MaterialButton or stop calling these APIs."],"exampleFix":"// before\n