I have created a project in Android Studio 2.1 from the Navigation Drawer template. I made no changes to the project files but only one XML layout will show in the Preview: nav_header_main.xml.
The other layouts, activity_main.xml, app_bar_main.xml, content_main.xml all show this:
Shouldn't the built-in templates work out of the box? What setting am I missing?
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I have just installed Android Studio and I can't see the layout editor. There is no Palette, component tree, design editor, and Attributes. What could be the problem as my computer has the minimum requirement for Android Studio?
If you are using Android Studio 3.6.1, and when you edit your layout you just see the XML, look for the toolstrip at the top of the editor:
Click the little toolbar button with the "image" icon (mountains on a square, highlighted with the arrow in the above screenshot). That will switch you to the graphical layout editor:
I know that is possible to preview xml drawables in Android Studio but I wonder if there is a way to preview them in Visual Studio instead of going back and forth between Android Studio and Visual Studio. Any tips?
There is no way right now to view XML drawables directly by themselves in Visual Studio for now.
But, since you can view Android AXML Layout files in Visual Studio, so you can view the usage of those XML drawables in your layout files. For example, I am able to see drawables I created for circles around numbers within my layout AXML file
Where can I find the button to Create Landscape Variation?
In the version of Android Studio that I'm using there is a button to rotate the screen but not to add a variation. I'm using Android Studio 2.2 Preview 7
ANSWERED:
The button that I was looking for was hidden by the 'Properties' view.
well, some answer might not be the answer for latest android version (chipmunk).
here i found it:
android chipmunk:
In Android Studio 3.0 and higher the option to create a layout variant has been brought under the "Orientation in Editor" button. There is no longer a separate button for "Layout Variants". See image link below. I've already created a landscape variant hence only the option for an xlarge variation shows up
Create Layout Variation
Android Studio Chipmunk has changed the location of the menu option to create a landscape variation. While in Design mode, click the activity XML toolbar button and select Create Landscape Qualifier from the menu.
Typically I do this by right clicking on the res directory and then clicking new -> Android resource directory. Choose "Orientation" and name the Directory "Landscape". Then make sure to set the resource type to Layout.
Android Studio: Creating landscape layouts
In android 2.0, there is also a button available above the design preview.
My Android Studio version is Android Studio 2.3.3
built on June 6, 2017,
And here is the Create Landscape Variation Button in the Design Section.
I am working on navigation drawer and have Android studio 1.4. I have read that in 1.4 we don't require fragment java files and can use " onNavigationItemSelected" in MainActivity file itself and trigger action on the basis of menu selected. Now my doubt is do i require the corresponding layout files for these menus and same task can be done in the header content xml file created by android studio itself??
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Navin
I am using Android studio 130.677228. Everything is OK and installed and my project has been built successfully. But I do not have Preview tab for layouts and there is no “Preview” menu in “Tool Windows”
Why? How can I solve this?
I have read:
Where is Android Studio layout preview?
Select target API in the Android Studio layout design preview
How do I show the rich layout editor in Android Studio?
But my answer is not there.
From what I can see you are editing a Menu resource file, not a Layout resource file. The Layout preview is only available when editing a Layout resource.
Once you are editing an actual resource file, which should be stored in it '/layout/' folder, you will see the editor preview on the far right side, below Maven Projects.
To see the menu preview you have to lower the API level to 16 or lower and it will show you on the device in top right corner. On higher API levels only a blank white screen is shown.
At least in Android studio 1.2.2 (Possibly others?) your menu can be shown even if its not a layout. You just have to choose AppTheme via appropriate button on preview screen of Android studio.
Chose for example Holo.CompactMenu with lets say nexus 5 set as device.
It will roughly show you the menu elements.