I keep getting the inflateException

[Sruthi1498]

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.newsapplication, PID: 15115
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.newsapplication/com.example.newsapp.ui.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #25 in com.example.newsapplication:layout/activity_main: Binary XML file line #25 in com.example.newsapplication:layout/activity_main: Error inflating class fragment
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3449)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3601)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:85)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2066)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7656)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #25 in com.example.newsapplication:layout/activity_main: Binary XML file line #25 in com.example.newsapplication:layout/activity_main: Error inflating class fragment
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #25 in com.example.newsapplication:layout/activity_main: Error inflating class fragment
Caused by: kotlin.UninitializedPropertyAccessException: lateinit property viewModel has not been initialized
at com.example.newsapp.ui.MainActivity.getViewModel(MainActivity.kt:14)
at com.example.newsapp.ui.fragments.ArticleFragment.onViewCreated(ArticleFragment.kt:16)
at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performViewCreated(Fragment.java:2987)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.createView(FragmentStateManager.java:546)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:282)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStore.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStore.java:112)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.moveToState(FragmentManager.java:1647)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.dispatchStateChange(FragmentManager.java:3128)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager.dispatchViewCreated(FragmentManager.java:3065)
at androidx.fragment.app.Fragment.performViewCreated(Fragment.java:2988)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.ensureInflatedView(FragmentStateManager.java:392)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentStateManager.moveToExpectedState(FragmentStateManager.java:281)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentLayoutInflaterFactory.onCreateView(FragmentLayoutInflaterFactory.java:140)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentController.onCreateView(FragmentController.java:135)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.dispatchFragmentsOnCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:319)
at androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity.onCreateView(FragmentActivity.java:298)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.tryCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:1067)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:995)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:959)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:1121)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:1082)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:1124)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:1082)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:680)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:532)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:479)
at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:699)
E/AndroidRuntime: at androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:195)
at com.example.newsapp.ui.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.kt:17)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8000)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7984)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1309)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3422)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3601)
at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:85)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2066)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7656)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)

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<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.example.newsapp.ui.MainActivity">

<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/flFragment"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/bottomNavigationView"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">

    <fragment
        android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:id="@+id/navHostFragment"
        app:defaultNavHost="true"
        app:navGraph="@navigation/news_nav_graph"/>

</FrameLayout>

<com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
    android:id="@+id/bottomNavigationView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="56dp"
    app:backgroundTint="@color/grey"
    app:menu="@menu/bottom_navigation_menu"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"/>

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>`