Android Studio . Design unable to see anything on design

Question

I just installed android studio on my new windows 10. I was previously using on windows 8 and it was working fine. The Issue I'm facing is quite basic yet very important. I cannot see the layout design components. Please view the image it will help you understand better.

let me guess, you're using SDK 28? try changing to SDK 27, and see if you get the preview. — Jacob Celestine, Aug 17 '18 at 10:57
you can refer this once: https://stackoverflow.com/a/51686210/5870824 — Parth Patel, Aug 17 '18 at 11:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '18 at 11:07

You need to set Constraint position in parent view

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout 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="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:id="@+id/ConstraintLayout">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        android:text="hello World"
        />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '18 at 11:09

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In the editor click skyblue colored icon,you will get Force refresh layout option at last.

click it .it will refresh the layout.

if wont work

change the device and themes.
clean and rebuild project then open the xml file.

answered Aug 17 '18 at 11:09

sasikumar

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 17 '18 at 14:46

Well it seems like bug in AppCompat latest version.

Change AppCompat library version in Gradle :

At Design Time

From

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

To

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'

At Build

Change AppCompat Version back to :

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

by doing this previews will be available for the design and at build you will be using the latest sdk. :)

Android Studio . Design unable to see anything on design

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