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.
Also in res/layout, I right clicked on each XML files then went to "Open with/Legacy android drawable editor". Still nothing!
How can I activate it?
Thanks
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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in my Eclipse installation I've lost the palette toolbar from where was possible to drag&drop widget on the Layout.
I'm currently opening layouts in Graphical Layout and can see everything (Structure browser, properties of widget) but no palette.
I've closed it for a mistake but now I'm no more able to open it again.
I tried to close and open Eclipse many times, I searched around in options but nothing.
What should I do? I'd like avoid to reinstall everything!
Thanks
You can try one of the following
1) Enlarge your Graphical Layout
2) Is your computer system language set to English? If not, switch it to English.
3) From the paleltte, click on the arrow pointing downwards and select "Refresh Preview"
How do I remove the android emulator's Status Bar inside Eclipse's Graphical Layout? My application is set to run in full screen mode, but I'm having a hard time in layouting because the status bar is present in the graphical layout of Eclipse.
You can just change the theme in the drop-down list (or perhaps better said in Android terminology: Spinner :)) at the top right corner in the layout editor to one of the *.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen options.
Edit: added screenshot.
By the way, if you have a hard time creating layouts that properly scale with or without the titlebar/actionbar, you may have to rethink if you're going down the right path. If you're developing for a specific (number of) device(s), then I haven't said anything.
you can select the theme spinner and select the "Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen".
Using code:-
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
above written code placed in oncreate method
I had the same problem. In debugging process, my graphical layout was perfect on the Eclipse but not correct on my phisycal device because of the statu bar at the bottom of the graphical layout on Eclipse.
I resolved this problem modifying the Theme of the layout inside eclipe and choosing "SearchBar", as shown in the pictures below. I hope to solve this question.
See the setting on Eclipse
I'm not sure what happened exactly, but when I started up eclipse, there are no widgets in the graphical layout palette, as in the folders show nothing in them. It has worked before. Is there any way to fix this?
Got the same problem, just enlarge your Graphical Layout and it works.
Switch your computer system language from your country language to English! The widget folders in palette cannot read your country language; only English.
This fixed it for me.
I experienced a similar problem, where some of the widgets such as TextView and EditText were missing from the paleltte.
Here is what I did - from the paleltte, click on the arrow pointing downwards and select "Refresh Preview", here is a picture of what I'm talking about:
right click on palette then select DOCK ON then select left
It will not show if there is not enough space on your screen fr some reason. You need to minimize a window to open up your working space and it will show.
The same thing happened to me.
After trying everything, I changed the theme of the project. And oddly, the widgets reappeared.
The themes can be changed in the top bar of the design window.
I have updated my Eclipse and some of my projects have stopped showing in the Layout Design(and instead shows a basic XML design),
What I have found, in order to open the Layout file I need to right click and go to Open with and then selecting the Show in Layout Editor
I have a big Project I just can't keep on doing this, has anyone come across such problem? and a possible solution for the same
This problem has already been addressed.Apparently, this problem happens in certain versions of ADT.Please check the marked answers from
No Graphical layout editor in Android and
I cannot find the graphical layout tab for xml on eclipse
I had tghis to but
after several times performing this action the layout editor was set to default
I'm fairly new to eclipse and android development, and I'm having what must be a pretty simple error to fix. I've done some development on my laptop and never encountered these errors. (I currently only have access to public computers, and have eclipse and the SDK installed on a USB drive.)
The first strange thing I noticed when editing the main layout was that there is no properties window to allow easy editing of various layouts and objects. (There was on my old computer) I have not been able to figure out how to get this window to appear.
So after adding one textView and modifying its properties by hand, I receive the following two errors when I attempt to run the program. (No code has even been added yet, just one textView)
http://i.stack.imgur.com/9VGT0.png (Link to screenshot of error, only have 6 rep)
All I've done is change the textView to have center gravity, fill_parent layout width, and a textSize of 22sp. I've tried googling the errors to figure out what I'm doing wrong but have been unsuccessful. Anybody encounter this before? Also, if anybody knows how to make the properties window appear it would be a great help.
Thanks in advance
When compiling Android stuff in Eclipse, you have to press the "Run" button with a .java file open, not with .xml file open. No idea why, but the glitch is there and you'll soon remember to avoid it.
To fix the current state, delete the 'main.out.xml' file (it was automatically created on compile). Then in the 'Problems' tab (the one on your screenshot), manually delete each problem it shows you. After that, press Run again with a .java file open and it should solve whatever is there now.
You get the properties window back from the "Show View" dialog, which is accessible from the "Window" -> "Show View" -> "Other ..." menu.
Once the dialog is open, look in the "General" folder for "Properties".
right click the .xml file and go to Open With... there are many ways to open it. I prefer the xml editor but there is also a layout editor available.
Your XML is not well-formed, e.g. mismatched elements, mismatched quotes, etc. Show your XML for more specific assistance.