Why do I receive a Java error when opening a GUIDE figure?

I am trying to create a new GUIDE figure. When I run "guide" in the command window and select "GUI with Uicontrols" from the templates, I receive the following error message in the command window:

java.lang.ClassCastException: [D cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.String;
at com.mathworks.toolbox.matlab.guide.LayoutEditor.completed(LayoutEditor.java:2244)
at com.mathworks.toolbox.matlab.guide.LayoutEditor$ReadFigureCompleted.completed(LayoutEditor.java:3089)
at com.mathworks.toolbox.matlab.guide.utils.LayoutWorker.runOnMatlabThread(LayoutWorker.java:55)
at com.mathworks.jmi.MatlabWorker$2.run(MatlabWorker.java:79)
at com.mathworks.jmi.MatlabWorker.start(MatlabWorker.java:248)
at com.mathworks.toolbox.matlab.guide.utils.LayoutWorker.start(LayoutWorker.java:70)
at com.mathworks.toolbox.matlab.guide.utils.LayoutWorker.fevalConsoleOutput(LayoutWorker.java:41)
at com.mathworks.toolbox.matlab.guide.LayoutLooper.readFigure(LayoutLooper.java:713)
at com.mathworks.toolbox.matlab.guide.LayoutEditor.openLayoutEditor(LayoutEditor.java:2026)
at com.mathworks.toolbox.matlab.guide.LayoutEditor.openLayoutEditor(LayoutEditor.java:1989)

Additionally, I receive the following pop-up error starting with "Error using flip Too many input arguments":

How do I fix this issue?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This error is occurring because the builtin MATLAB function "flip" is being shadowed by a user-defined function on the search path. To resolve the issue, first locate this user-defined function file by running "which flip" in the command window. Once the function file is located, rename the function / file to a different name that does not shadow a MATLAB builtin function. After this, the issue should be fixed.