When I open MainActivity.xml file in my layout folder of android project and click on graphical layout I can see only a gray blank screen. The android UI is not visible in my eclipse. When I searched google and stackoverflow I found I should open the .xml file with android layout editor but this option is not available in my eclipse. And when I tried to add this option from preference I don't find this option.
Go to Preferences -> General- >Editors->File Associations.
If Android layout editor is missing click on Add as shown,
After clicking on Add select Android Layout Editor and then click on OK.
Close Eclipse and restart. Otherwise this will not work.
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I am seeing a strange problem with my Eclipse IDE for Android development.
Autocompletion does not work when I hit Ctrl + Space in the main.xml file for my layouts. In the bottom left, I get a message saying for example "LinearLayout not found".
I also have the correct namespace specified in my file.
It does work though for other xml files, such as my strings.xml which I find strange.
This is an annoyance as I'd like to easily see all the options available for a View or Layout.
Anyone got any ideas on how to resolve this?
Check that the file is being opened in the Android XML Layout editor (not just the "plain" XML editor). Right-click the file, choose Open With, and select Android Layout Editor.
It seems like an eclipse XML editor issue.
If you declare the xmlns in other than "xmlns:android" you loose the autocompletion.
for example if you say:
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:.... //AUTOCOMPLETES
if you say
xmlns:android1="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android1:... //DOES NOT AUTOCOMPLETE
Open eclipse and go to the following:
Window > preferences > XML > editor > content assist > advanced
Select all checkboxes and click ok. After that, restart eclipse.
Try this as suggested powder366
Or you can set the default editor in Eclipse Preferences, used Android Common XML Editor. You find it in Eclipse Preferences, General, Editors, File Associations. Click on .xml, choose "Add" "Android Common XML Editor". Select it and press the Default button.
OPEN YOUR FILE WITH GENERIC TEXT EDITOR
Right-click on XML File, select Open with GENERIC TEXT EDITOR
Check that the file is being opened in the Generic text editor.If not then, Right-click the file, choose Open With, and select Generic text Editor.
I have just reinstall Eclipse, and have got 1 problem: when I click on layout.xml file, designer(Graphical Layout) design isn't showed! Instead designer I see table with columns "Note/Content", without set of items and visual editor on "Design" tab; "Source" tab contains source code. How can i enabled visual designer?
Go to
Window → Preferences → General → Editors → File Associations
and select *.xml and then press Default on the Android Layout Editor entry in the list of associated editors.
I've run into the same problem and had to right-click on a layout xml and then choose Open With|Android Layout Editor
I don't know how to fix it permanently when I reinstalled everything again the porblem has gone until that I right-clicked as above
Right click the file, then select Open With -> Android Layout Editor
Until today (I have no idea what I did to cause this), if I double-clicked an android XML file, then the correct editor would appear.
For example, double-clicking a layout file would open a Graphical Layout tab and a tab with the XML contents for direct editing (named as the file being edited). Now all I get is a Design and a Source tab!
I am unable to preview the layouts I am editing (this is the same as here: Graphical Layout tab does not appear for some layout files into Eclipse)
That link also gives a 'workaround' in that I can right-click the file and open with the right editor, but this isn't a solution!
How can I sort this permenantly? I have re-installed fresh Eclipse, ADT to no avail (haven't used fresh SDK... will that matter??).
** Note this happens to all Android XML files, not just layout ones I mentioned above! **
Yes this may be a permanent solution:
Select any XML layout file
click on Window->Preferences menu.
Follow steps as mentioned in attached image.
What I had to end up doing was selecting the Legacy Android Xml Resources Editor from the same list that Paresh is showing and setting it as the default. I had to choose it from the list that appears when you click the add button. After that I restarted eclipse and everything was fine.
when I open my layout xml files its opening with default xml editor how to change it to Android Layout Editor without right click and open with option.
problem happens when I try to updated my android sdk and eclipse plugins to iceCream Sandwitch(ICS).
Go to Window->Preferences->General->Editors->File Associations and set your default editor there.
This happened with my ADT plugin (version v21.1.0-569685). I found that there were two tabs underneath the XML. The tab with text "filename.xml" was selected, and when I selected the "Graphical Layout" tab, this brought me back to the layout editor.
I dont know what happend, but i lost the Graphical Layout Window of the XML Layout that we are using in Eclipce to design the Android Application.
I want that Design window back.
I can see the xml code and every thing. . . But i want the Design Editor that is available as by default in the Eclipse after integration of the Android in it.
So how to get it back ???
No one has answered my question, but by searching on Eclipse I got the answer:
I have to right click on the XML code layout and then select Open With Layout Editor. It will show me the Graphical Layout Editor for my Application and now I am able to see the graphical view on the XML layout files.
Do you not see the "Graphical Layout" tab on the bottom of the open xml file?
Just follow this pattern : Package Explorer ---> res --> Layout ---> activity_main.XML Open activity_main.XML
if you are using the dark juno color theme the tabs at the bottom don't show up.
change back to one of the original color themes and poof they're back.
In Eclipse,just click check for updates and after that it will restart the eclipse and now u can see the graphical layout,the problem was in ADT plugin only.
If you want to open all the xml files in layout editor, go to Preferences->general->editor->FIle associations
Change the default editor in the selections
For me, after reading endless non-viable solutions (including remove and re-import the project, click the 'open with...' menu and the like) the solution was stupidly simple. I was opening the project with the standard Eclipse studio. The solution was to open Eclipse via the ADT bundle directory, that is the version of the Eclipse studio packaged and installed with the Android ADT. Using THAT shortcut to Eclipse, an Android project opens and runs (and edits) as a native Android project using appropriate Android tools.
The answer is to right-click and select open DEFAULT Editor...Then on bottom of editor two tabs will change on the lower right. Click on Graphical Editor.
Resolved installation ADT http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html
This contain all preview layout and XML editor
You can also, in the project explorer on the left, go to res, layout and double click on activity_main.xml