Visual assistent doesn't show - android

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.

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I can't see my whole activity in Android Studio

In the Android Studio, when i'm developing the app, I can't see the whole activity... I just see the components that i added to the layout.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/le5Gl.png
I shold see something like this:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/HnoIx.png
I uninstall and install the IDE and nothing...
From your first image, click on the little eye icon on the top left hand of the image.
Select show layout decorations
Hope it helps!
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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?
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Sorry, I know this is a stupid question, but I don't know what I should to do. I already searching for solution over the internet no found nothing on it.
This is what my Android Studio looks like, I don't know what I did before:
I want my Android Studio to look like this:
Please help me.
Go to View menu and enable Toolbar
Edit:
You get your friends layout by clicking on "View" and then check "Toolbar".
What i wrote below this paragraph is all nonsense, but I leave it there anyway, maybe it is still of help.
I believe your friend has the default view. You can try resetting your view by going to "Window" and "Restore Default Layout". If that does not work try "File" and "Settings", and in there "Appearance and Behavior" and "Menus and Toolbars", and in the bottom right you can select "Restore Default".
But careful, it might reset something that you changed somewhere else as well, so be sure it won't be a problem for you.
Go to View > Disable all Toolbars,Status Bars,etc.
Again, go to View > Enable Toolbar,Tool Buttons and Status Bar!
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How to refresh preview on Android Studio 2.2?

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.

Android, drawable editor doesn't show anything, How to activate it?

I have problem with activation of graphical layout. I want to see what I have done in XML, but graphical layout doesn't show any thing.
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How can I activate it?
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I have met the same problem sometimes,but close and reopen the file and it was ok,I just don't know why...
What views are you trying to display in the graphical layout? The graphical layout is meant, in general, for basic android widgets/views (Button, Radio, TextView, etc.), and will not display custom views.
None of the other solutions I have seen so far worked for me.
But, finally discovered this one.
Goto "Palette" dropdown menu and select "Show previews"
after this, I never has this issue again.
I am using ADT 20.0.3

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