I'm working on a small android-project, and I want to show the action bar in the XML-preview. Like this:
I've already done some research and found this question: Default toolbar and status bar not showing into xml preview in android studio 3.3. This question provides that you have to use the eye-icon and mark "Show Layout Decorations".
The problem is that I don't have any eye-icon.
I'm using AndroidStudio 3.1.2.
Try updating your Android Studio and If still you face the error then try re-installing hope it will solve your error.
I have a problem since the upgrade of Android studio.
When i try to use a layout it works but when i slide an item on the screen (window design) to see how it's looks like, the item didn't appeared in the window design, just in the window text.
Maybe i need to choose a parameter but i cannot find it.
If you don't know how to fix this, maybe you can explain me how back in the last version
Thanks for help.
The Design view in Android Studio is just blank for me. I've already followed the advice in this link but it doesn't work. If I right click ConstraintLayout and then Convert view it opens a window where I can click RelativeLayout but this doesn't work. Does anyone have any advice?
I had this problem earlier this week. Everything I selected for my ConstraintLayout was invisible for a new project. I ended up selecting a different theme and it woke up after that and started showing the picked views.
Screenshot Attached:
On the right on the API number ["28" in my case]. Click on the theme [NoActionBar in my case]. I think if you try a few different themes they will eventually become visible again.
Now on Android Studio 2.2 on new Preview mode, there are no more refresh button:
Image 1: Preview on Android Studio 2.2 (without refresh button)
Image 2: Preview on Android Studio 2.1 (with refresh button)
Does anyone know how to display it again? Or with shortcut maybe?
Edit: If I change a drawable by example and that the change does not appear in the layout, the only method that works for me is closed and restart the project. If I close the layout and as I re-opens nothing happens. Same result using the "Synchronized" button.
Refresh feature is not removed, it is there; It's pretty simple to refresh:
Click on the preview screen to make sure preview window has the focus and press R. It should display the progress in the right-top corner while refreshing.
If it doesn't work for any reason, switch to design tab and press R, it refreshes the layout instantly.
I think it is a small bug. But I find a hack solution to resolve the problem, you can modify the a resource id to a wrong name, for example, you have a resource named 'ic_launcher', when you input 'ic_launcher1', you can find the interface like that:
next step, click refresh icon(sometimes it is 'clear cache' label). it is works for me.
I have try to change the orientation, but it not works when I replace a exist image file.
May your problem is same as : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39646639/android-studio-2-2-layout-editor-refresh-button
Display again?
I guess you cant. Apparently the refresh functionality has been removed because they think the processing will happen much faster and will auto-refresh the previews real time. The Layout Editor's document has no mention of refresh functionality.
Shortcut?
If you are faster in making changes to your layout than Android-studio refreshes, you could try toggling between the design and blueprint views using the shortcut B
Refer the Layout Editor Official Documentation for other shortcuts you might feel comfortable with or works for you.
So do the Simple Step. When you change your layout then save it and clean your project.
go to menu Build -> Clean Project.
I Hope this will help you.
There is no refresh button in stable version of android studio 2.2 for preview. But there is a work around to do so. By toggling the orientation button in an editor will refreshes the changes!
I too had the same Problem , sometimes changing the Android Version worked
and it'll sure work if you clean/Rebuild the project
Find the double diagonal lines below your preview layout and click them. It will refresh your layout.
I've done some searching but I couldn't find any concrete information about my issue. I have a standard Empty project in Android Studio to which I have added a logout icon in the Action bar. For some reason the icon is only visible when I run the project on a virtual device or on my phone but it's not visible inside the preview screen in Android Studios. Is it a known bug or am I just missing something?
In the design view of a XML File you should try to use a older Render version:
For me, the previewer shows the icon if I add android:showAsAction="ifRoom" within the item's declaration.