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wasp256

Reputation: 6242

Android Studio rendering problems

I'm using Android Studio 0.2.3 and when opened an activity layout normally, the preview should appear on the right side, so that I can switch between Text and Design mode, which should again show the preview of the layout.

But no preview is shown not on the right side neither when I'm in text mode nor in the design mode. I just get the error rendering problems...

When I compile everything and install the app on my device, it works without any errors. For developing and experimenting with the layout, it would still be nice if I could get the preview to work.

I have also tried to switch between different devices in the studio, but no success.

Does anyone know how solve this?

Upvotes: 196

Views: 426334

Answers (18)

Beatle Refractor
Beatle Refractor

Reputation: 659

Maybe You need to put right preview code for rendering in compose

@Compose
method(){}


@Preview
@Composable
fun PreviewSomeDialogContent() {
        Box(
            modifier = Modifier
                .fillMaxSize()
                .padding(20.dp),
            contentAlignment = Alignment.Center,
        ) {
            method()
        }
}

Upvotes: 0

Elvin Aghammadzada
Elvin Aghammadzada

Reputation: 881

this issue is probably derived from the connection of the laptop to software products like AnyConnect. Killing the remote connection works for me.

Upvotes: 0

Jin
Jin

Reputation: 166

When I set that android:autofillHints="" /> in .xml file, I met the issue, Android Studio rendering problems, so I set that android:autofillHints="testHint" />, this issue is gone.

Upvotes: 11

Pravin Ghorle
Pravin Ghorle

Reputation: 690

Open your activity_main.xml . Switch to Design view if you are in text view. Look for the android version,with the android robo icon. Change the android version. Problem solved.

Upvotes: 0

Maryam Azhdari
Maryam Azhdari

Reputation: 1319

All you had to do is go to styles.xml file and replace your parent theme from 

 Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar 
to 
 Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar

Upvotes: 0

quant
quant

Reputation: 512

In build.gradle below dependencies add:

configurations.all {
    resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
        def requested = details.requested
        if (requested.group == "com.android.support") {
            if (!requested.name.startsWith("multidex")) {
                details.useVersion "27.+"
            }
        }
    }
}

This worked for me, I found it on stack, addressed as the "Theme Error solution": Theme Error - how to fix?

Upvotes: 1

KRIPA SHANKAR JHA
KRIPA SHANKAR JHA

Reputation: 441

In the Latest Android Studio 3.1.3, Dependency:

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha3'

or

Even in latest by 27th of Aug 18 ie

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-rc01' facing similar issue

Change it to

    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha1

This will solve your problem of Preview.

UPDATE

Still, in beta01 there is a preview problem for latest appcompact v7 library make the above change as changing it to alpha01 for solving rendering problem

Upvotes: 11

user5842257
user5842257

Reputation:

Best Solution is go to File -> Sync Project With Gradle Files

I hope this helped

Upvotes: 0

Arpit Patel
Arpit Patel

Reputation: 8067

In new update android studio 2.2 facing rendering issue then follow this steps.

I fixed it - in styles.xml file I changed

"Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"

to

"Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"

It's some kind of hack I came across a long time ago to solve similar rendering problems in previous Android Studio versions.

Upvotes: 25

patel135
patel135

Reputation: 927

Make sure your designer version and targetSdkVersion both is same. Example : If your targetSdkVersion is 22 then change your designer version also 22, so this problem do not occur.

Upvotes: 0

Adiyat Mubarak
Adiyat Mubarak

Reputation: 10539

Change your android version on your designer preview into your current version depend on your Manifest. rendering problem caused your designer preview used higher API level than your current android API level.

Adjust with your current API Level

Adjust with your current API Level. If the API level isn't in the list, you'll need to install it via the SDK Manager.

Upvotes: 530

Angel
Angel

Reputation: 970

it still happens in Android Studio 1.5.1. on Ubuntu and you can solve it simply changing a setting from Gradle:

1) on app/build.gradle dependencies change from:

compile 'com.android.support:design:23.2.0'

to:

compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.0'

2) rebuild project

3) refresh view

Best regards,

/Angel

Upvotes: 2

Ryde
Ryde

Reputation: 714

Just download minimum prefered SDK from SDK Manager, then build. Works for me.

Upvotes: 0

MartyIX
MartyIX

Reputation: 28676

Rendering didn't work for me too. I had <null> value on the right side of the android icon. I ran

sudo apt-get install gradle

I restarted Android studio then and <null> value changed to 23.

Voila, it renders now! :)

enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

Andrew
Andrew

Reputation: 38029

  1. Open AndroidManifest.xml

  2. Change:

    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"

    to something like:

    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light"
  3. Hit "refresh" button in the "Previev" tab.

Upvotes: 18

John
John

Reputation: 1407

I had the same problem, current update, but rendering failed because I need to update.

Try changing the update version you are on. The default is Stable, but there are 3 more options, Canary being the newest and potentially least stable. I chose to check for updates from the Dev Channel, which is a little more stable than Canary build. It fixed the problem and seems to work fine.

To change the version, Check for Updates, then click the Updates link on the popup that says you already have the latest version.

Upvotes: 1

user2798692
user2798692

Reputation: 173

I was able to fix this in Android Studio 0.2.0 by changing API from API 18: Android 4.3 to API 17: Android 4.2.2

This is under the Android icon menu in the top right of the design window.

This was a solution from http://www.hankcs.com/program/mobiledev/idea-this-version-of-the-rendering-library-is-more-recent-than-your-version-of-intellij-idea-please-update-intellij-idea.html.This required a Google translation into English since it was in another language.

Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 14

Sajidkhan
Sajidkhan

Reputation: 618

I have solved the Problem by changing style.xml

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
     <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>

this was an awesom solution.

Upvotes: 7

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