How to switch from the default ConstraintLayout to RelativeLayout in Android Studio

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I have the latest android Studio  2 3 beta 3  and it seems ConstraintLayout is the default when creating a project  How can I make Android Studio use the RelativeLayout as the default layout element for new projects

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just do it  in component tree right click on ConstraintLayout and select relativelayout on convert view

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I am answering this for android studio 2 3 1  One of the easiest ways to set RelativeLayout as default layout is going to text mode and editing the XML file as follows   Change this line    lt android support constraint ConstraintLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    To   lt android widget RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android   And do check your ending tag changes to this    lt  android widget RelativeLayout gt   Also  optionally  go ahead and delete this line if it s being shown in grey   xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto   Edit   This is an optional change to make in project  I came across this tip while going through Udacity s Android Developer Course     If the constraint layout is not needed in the project remove the following dependency from build gradle by deleting this line and then doing gradle sync        compile  com android support constraint constraint-layout 1 0 0-beta4

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TO CHANGE ConstraintLayout to RelativeLayout  This will work in Android studio 3 0 1  Change-    lt android support constraint ConstraintLayout      xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    into   lt android widget RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    and-    lt  android support constraint ConstraintLayout gt    nto   lt  android widget RelativeLayout gt

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A very short way to do it is just right click on the activity main xml design background and select convert view then select Relativealayout  Your code in Xml Text will auto  Change  Goodluck

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Try this  It s helped me to change from ConstraintLayout to RelativeLayout

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for android studio 3 1  If you want your default android studio change  just follow bellow steps   first  go to C  Program Files Android Android Studio plugins android lib templates activities common root res layout  i e  the file directory where you have installed android studio   then  copy simple xml from another place just for backup  after that  open simple xml file and replace it s code as bellow   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto  xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools  android layout width  match parent  android layout height  match parent  tools context    packageName    activityClass   gt      lt  RelativeLayout gt    but if you just want to change this project layout  just go to activity main xml and then go to text and post upper code to there

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Android 3 0  In activity main xml  Replace in this tag i e  lt android support constraint ConstraintLayout gt      android support constraint ConstraintLayout   with      RelativeLayout

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The easiest method is to go to your  xml file in text mode  and replace the top line    lt android support constraint ConstraintLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    And then proceed to replace it with    lt android widget RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    If you then go back into design mode  you can see that you now have a relative layout  This also automatically changes the end tag  so no issues there

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None of these solutions worked for me   seemingly until I stumbled across this setting  see image   File   Settings   Editor   Layout Editor   Check  Prefer XML Editor    https   i stack imgur com 9CHe7 png

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The easiest way would be to select Relativelayout from the Pallete  and then use it

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I think u want to change the default settings of android studio  Whenever a layout or Activity in created u want to create  RelativeLayout  by default  In that case  flow the step below   click any folder u used to create layout or Activity then  New   Edit File Templates  then go to  Other  tab select  LayoutResourceFile xml  and  LayoutResourceFile vertical xml  change    ROOT TAG   to  RelativeLayout  click  Ok    you are done

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Well  I saw the answer above and it worked for me too  But  I gave it a shot  and succeded converting my current project to Relative Layout  Do as follows   At activity main xml tab  change it to text  At the top of it  you ll find the following    lt android support constraint ConstraintLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android    Just change all before xmlns to RelativeLayout  Doing so will also change the very bottom line where you would find    lt  android support constraint ConstraintLayout gt    to   lt  RelativeLayout gt    Problem solved  Be happy  P

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Just right click on the ConstrainLayout and select the  convert view  and then  RelativeLayout

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Android studio 3 0  step0   Close android studio  step1   Goto C  Program Files Android Android Studio plugins android lib templates activities common root res layout   step2   Backup simple xml ftl  step3   Change simple xml ftl to code below and save     lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto  xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools  android layout width  match parent  android layout height  match parent  tools context    packageName    activityClass   gt     lt TextView     android id    id textView2      android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android layout alignParentStart  true      android layout alignParentTop  true      android layout marginStart  12dp      android layout marginTop  21dp      android text  don t forget to click useful if this helps  this is my first post at stackoverflow       android textSize  20sp        gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt

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Right click on ConstraintLayout  Select convertview  select  RelativeLayout      For more clarity refer below image

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inefficient solution   Create a new Layout   Go to  res layout folder in Android Studio Right click -  New -  Layout Resource files give it a name and add  xml at the end Erase the Root Element field and type  RelativeLayout

[android] How to switch from the default ConstraintLayout to RelativeLayout in Android Studio

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