¿Por qué asignar un OnClickListener a AutoCompleteTextView da una excepción NullPointerException?

Cada vez que asigno un atributo android: onClick a AutoCompleteTextView, mi aplicación se bloquea inmediatamente al cargar la actividad. He probado AutoCompleteTextView sin asignar un método onClick y parece funcionar bien, al igual que asignar onClick a otras vistas (incluidos EditText, Spinners, TextViews, Buttons y ImageButtons). He logrado reducir el error específicamente a la línea 24 (setContentView (R.layout.activity_main)). ¿Alguien puede arrojar algo de luz sobre esto?

MainActivity.java

    package com.example.matt.testapp;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    public AutoCompleteTextView actv;
    public String[] continents = {"North America",
            "South America",
            "Antarctica",
            "Europe",
            "Africa",
            "Asia",
            "Australia"
    };


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        actv = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.actv);
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, continents);
        actv.setAdapter(adapter);
    }

    public void actvClick (View view) {}
}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_width="match_parent" >

    <AutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/actv"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:onClick="actvClick" >
    </AutoCompleteTextView>
</LinearLayout>

Logcat

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.matt.testapp/com.example.matt.testapp.MainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class AutoCompleteTextView
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2817)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2892)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1593)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class AutoCompleteTextView
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class AutoCompleteTextView
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to write to field 'android.view.View$OnClickListener android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView$PassThroughClickListener.mWrapped' on a null object reference
at android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView$PassThroughClickListener.-set0(Unknown Source:0)
at android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView.setOnClickListener(AutoCompleteTextView.java:307)
at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:5008)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:824)
at android.widget.EditText.<init>(EditText.java:88)
at android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView.<init>(AutoCompleteTextView.java:220)
at android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView.<init>(AutoCompleteTextView.java:193)
at android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView.<init>(AutoCompleteTextView.java:172)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatAutoCompleteTextView.<init>(AppCompatAutoCompleteTextView.java:68)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatAutoCompleteTextView.<init>(AppCompatAutoCompleteTextView.java:64)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatViewInflater.createView(AppCompatViewInflater.java:130)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.createView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1026)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.onCreateView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:1083)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:772)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:730)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:863)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:824)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:515)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:423)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:374)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:289)
at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:139)
at com.example.matt.testapp.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:24)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6975)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1213)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2770)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2892)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap11(Unknown Source:0)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1593)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:105)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)

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