Where is Android Studio layout preview

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I installed Android Studio  but when I edit my layout files  I can t find live preview  I just see an XML file  How can I see my layout in graphical view   Update  This is how it looks like in my case

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UPDATE 2  2020-03-16   The newer Android Studio version changed the location of this button  Now if you want to see the layout design preview you will need to press one of the buttons at the top right of your xml  The button that looks like an image icon will open the design dashboard  while the button next to it will open the split view where the design is placed next to the XML code       ORIGINAL  2013-05-21   You should have a Design button next to the Text button under the xml text editor     Or you can use the Preview button in the upper right corner to add a preview window next to the XML code     UPDATE   If you dont have it  then do this  View -  Tool Windows -  Preview

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Navigate to file -  Project structure -  modules -  click on green plus button to add a module   Select new module -  select Application Module in Android option -  give a module name -  next -  next -  finish  Select project that to be include in module -  click apply -  okay  Now you will be able to see the full project structure  then open the module form project window  the left panel   select res then select layout -  your layout name  xml    Now you will be able to see the design view and text view both

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For those struggling in Android Studio 3 6

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Go to File   Settings   Appearance  amp  Behavior   Appearance   Show tool window bars

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I had the same issue and resolved by editing the t file in src main res layout  You can choose between Test and Design mode at the bottom of editor    Quite simple if we know where to look for     spend few hours figuring it out

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I had this problem a couple hours ago when I exported my projects from Eclipse to Android Studio  Unfortunately  the top answers here didn t work for me    Anyway  creating a new project instead of opening an old one did the trick for me as what Thomas Kaliakos mentioned on his comment here          I had to mess around with the project  and at some point it worked  I don t know how though  My guess would be that creating a new project and adding your source code would work every time  Sorry for not being very clear  but honestly I was surprized even myself that it worked       Thomas Kaliakos Oct 15  13 at 4 08

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Go to File- Invalidate Caches   Restart   This will solve the issue

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I am using Android studio 3 3 and this method worked for me  open settings from file settings from the left panel select Editor then layout Editor then from the right panel uncheck third option which is  Hide preview window when editing non-layout files  then hit apply then ok  then go to view tool windows preview is enable now in the design tab of layout XD  Do not forget up vote and marking this answer as the right answer  Happy coding

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Got the same problem after importing my Eclipse ADT project to Android Studio  Text and Desing tabs where missing    Found my Event Log windows reads   Frameworks detected  Android framework is detected in the project Configure   I click the hyperlink provided and everything was fixed  Text and Desing tabs became visible and functional

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In my case  I don t have Design or Preview tab   Try    Configure the proxy rightly to download necessary components Configure the android-sdk path to contains no space character Restart Android Studio in Admin mode

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If you want to see the live preview  in the right part of the screen you should have a button call Preview that show hide the live preview    If what you want is to use the WYSISYG editor mode  in the bottom of the editor there is a tab that switch between XML mode and WYSISYG mode   This works in the same way both in IntelliJ and Android Studio

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Several people seem to have the same problem  The issue is that the IDE only displays the preview if editing a layout file in the res layout  directory of an Android project   In particular  it won t show if editing a file in build res layout  since those are not source directory but output directory  In your case  you are editing a file in the build  directory     The Resource folder is set automatically  and can be viewed  and changed  in Project Structure   Modules    Module name    Android   Resources directory

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If you see a message at the bottom saying something like   Android Framework detected  Click to configure   DO IT   After doing this  my Text and Design bottom-tabs appeared

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first of all after creating the new app  go to java- MainActivity  and open a new tab for it  In the java code click on the index numberings where you can see the code logo  as red circled in picture  left click on it and you will see two options as shown in below picture  click on the first option so that you can preview your app in android studio

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File  setting  Compiler  JavaCompiler At  Project bytecode version leave blank for jdk default    choose your jdk

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The following worked for me   -  file   -  settings   -  plugins   -  disable the android support plugin   -  you will be prompted to restart   -  once restarted re-enable the plugin and other dependency plugins that might have been disabled in the process  -  you will be prompted to restart once again  Hopefully when android studio restarts the second time the preview should render

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In case you want docked mode   it still visible while editing the xml file   and you  by mistake  clicked and unmarked docked mode  In order to get it back you have focus on preview and click Window  gt  Active Tool Window  gt  Docked Mode

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I found 2 quick options to fix this    Just input in search  Preview  and it will show you a single result  Just click on it and preview appears again    Pull the right-side line and window will appear  It s kinda resize      Happy coding

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In case that helps anyone  I had the same issue today where the  design   text  tabs were missing  I had switched to the dark theme and thought maybe that was the issue  so went back to Preferences   Appearance  under IDE settings  switched back to Default Theme  and that reset everything correctly for me  I could also then switch again to Darcula theme and the tabs were still there  so seems like switching themes is a way to reset the IDE windows tabs

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Select MainActivity java file from the left pane  as shown in the red colored rectangle  Left click the XML Tag icon as shown in the red colored circle  Select the  activity main xml layout   option shown highlighted in the below figure

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As etienne said be sure that the XML file you are looking at is in src main res layout  I had the same issue  If you re in a layout file in build directory  you won t see a preview  nor will you have it as an option to enable  I wish Google had a slight warning for it

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Go to File- Invalidate Caches  Restart  After restarting the preview window will come   Still the preview window is not opened  Go to View -  Tool window -  click Preview

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