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java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.ImageView cannot be cast to android.view.ViewGroup

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An uncaught Exception occurred on "main" thread.
com.tns.NativeScriptException: 
Calling js method finishUpdate failed

Error: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.ImageView cannot be cast to android.view.ViewGroup
    android.app.BackStackRecord.configureTransitions(BackStackRecord.java:1303)
    android.app.BackStackRecord.beginTransition(BackStackRecord.java:1016)
    android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:729)
    android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execSingleAction(FragmentManager.java:1539)
    android.app.BackStackRecord.commitNowAllowingStateLoss(BackStackRecord.java:688)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodNative(Native Method)
    com.tns.Runtime.dispatchCallJSMethodNative(Runtime.java:1100)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodImpl(Runtime.java:982)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:969)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:953)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:945)
    com.tns.gen.android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter_view_69_32_FragmentPagerAdapter.finishUpdate(PagerAdapter_view_69_32_FragmentPagerAdapter.java:92)
    android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.dataSetChanged(ViewPager.java:1062)
    android.support.v4.view.ViewPager$PagerObserver.onChanged(ViewPager.java:3089)
    android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged(PagerAdapter.java:284)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodNative(Native Method)
    com.tns.Runtime.dispatchCallJSMethodNative(Runtime.java:1100)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodImpl(Runtime.java:982)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:969)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:953)
    com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:945)
    com.tns.gen.java.lang.Runnable.run(Runnable.java:15)
    android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
    android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
    android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
    android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119)
    java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886)
    com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)
File: "file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.js, line: 158, column: 41

StackTrace: 
	Frame: function:'FragmentPagerAdapter.finishUpdate', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.js', line: 158, column: 42
	Frame: function:'TabView.setAdapterItems', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.js', line: 448, column: 36
	Frame: function:'TabView.onUnloaded', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.js', line: 401, column: 14
	Frame: function:'', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 315, column: 92
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.callFunctionWithSuper', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 304, column: 9
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.callUnloaded', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 315, column: 14
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.unloadView', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 444, column: 18
	Frame: function:'', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 246, column: 19
	Frame: function:'LayoutBaseCommon.eachChildView', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base-common.js', line: 125, column: 26
	Frame: function:'ViewCommon.eachChild', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.js', line: 868, column: 14
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.onUnloaded', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 245, column: 14
	Frame: function:'View.onUnloaded', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.js', line: 218, column: 37
	Frame: function:'', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 315, column: 92
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.callFunctionWithSuper', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 304, column: 9
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.callUnloaded', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 315, column: 14
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.unloadView', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 444, column: 18
	Frame: function:'', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 246, column: 19
	Frame: function:'ContentView.eachChildView', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/content-view/content-view.js', line: 70, column: 13
	Frame: function:'PageBase.eachChildView', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page-common.js', line: 120, column: 40
	Frame: function:'ViewCommon.eachChild', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.js', line: 868, column: 14
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.onUnloaded', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 245, column: 14
	Frame: function:'View.onUnloaded', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.js', line: 218, column: 37
	Frame: function:'', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 315, column: 92
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.callFunctionWithSuper', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 304, column: 9
	Frame: function:'ViewBase.callUnloaded', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base/view-base.js', line: 315, column: 14
	Frame: function:'FrameBase.raiseCurrentPageNavigatedEvents', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame-common.js', line: 172, column: 22
	Frame: function:'FrameBase._updateBackstack', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame-common.js', line: 148, column: 14
	Frame: function:'Frame.setCurrent', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.js', line: 186, column: 18
	Frame: function:'', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/fragment.transitions.js', line: 578, column: 53
	Frame: function:'ZoneDelegate.invokeTask', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/nativescript-angular/zone-js/dist/zone-nativescript.js', line: 398, column: 31
	Frame: function:'Zone.runTask', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/nativescript-angular/zone-js/dist/zone-nativescript.js', line: 165, column: 47
	Frame: function:'ZoneTask.invoke', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/nativescript-angular/zone-js/dist/zone-nativescript.js', line: 460, column: 38
	Frame: function:'timer', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/nativescript-angular/zone-js/dist/zone-nativescript.js', line: 1636, column: 29
	Frame: function:'invoke', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/timer/timer.js', line: 19, column: 48
	Frame: function:'ZoneDelegate.invoke', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/nativescript-angular/zone-js/dist/zone-nativescript.js', line: 365, column: 26
	Frame: function:'Zone.runGuarded', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/nativescript-angular/zone-js/dist/zone-nativescript.js', line: 138, column: 47
	Frame: function:'', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/nativescript-angular/zone-js/dist/zone-nativescript.js', line: 116, column: 29
	Frame: function:'run', file:'file:///data/data/org.nativescript.angularnativescript/files/app/tns_modules/tns-core-modules/timer/timer.js', line: 23, column: 13


	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodNative(Native Method)
	at com.tns.Runtime.dispatchCallJSMethodNative(Runtime.java:1100)
	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodImpl(Runtime.java:982)
	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:969)
	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:953)
	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:945)
	at com.tns.gen.android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter_view_69_32_FragmentPagerAdapter.finishUpdate(PagerAdapter_view_69_32_FragmentPagerAdapter.java:92)
	at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager.dataSetChanged(ViewPager.java:1062)
	at android.support.v4.view.ViewPager$PagerObserver.onChanged(ViewPager.java:3089)
	at android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged(PagerAdapter.java:284)
	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodNative(Native Method)
	at com.tns.Runtime.dispatchCallJSMethodNative(Runtime.java:1100)
	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethodImpl(Runtime.java:982)
	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:969)
	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:953)
	at com.tns.Runtime.callJSMethod(Runtime.java:945)
	at com.tns.gen.java.lang.Runnable.run(Runnable.java:15)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6119)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:886)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:776)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.ImageView cannot be cast to android.view.ViewGroup
	at android.app.BackStackRecord.configureTransitions(BackStackRecord.java:1303)
	at android.app.BackStackRecord.beginTransition(BackStackRecord.java:1016)
	at android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java:729)
	at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execSingleAction(FragmentManager.java:1539)
	at android.app.BackStackRecord.commitNowAllowingStateLoss(BackStackRecord.java:688)
	... 24 more

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