Questions tagged [layout-editor]
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This view is not constrained vertically. At runtime it will jump to the left unless you add a vertical constraint
New Layout editor in Android Studio 2.2 keeps showing this error on views like EditText and Buttons. kindly help.Also, any links that help in onboarding with the new constraint layout would be appreciated.
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Android Studio 2.2 Preview all screen sizes missing
Android studio before 2.2 version at the xml design screen there was a view like "Preview all screen sizes" (check the image) but I cannot find that in Android Studio 2.2 Beta 2.
My Android Studio version is:
Android Studio 2.2 Beta 2
Build…

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How to display graphical layout previews for different user selected display font sizes
BACKGROUND:
The ADT (ver 21) allows preview thumbnails for various displays.
Android allows the user to select a small/normal/large/huge font size in Settings->Display.
The Android setting may affect the display setting, requiring additional design…

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Android Layout Editor. memory leaks
I've been having problems with the editor layouts in android eclipse. When I start editing a layout, I see that the memory starts to shoot until you get to about 1GB and freeze the eclipse,
I edit normalment for 10 / 15 minutes until it starts to…

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How to remove back button and others from layout editor
In Android Studio layout editor, how can I remove the bar at bottom of screen which contains back button and task switcher ( check attached image), so I can preview whole page?
I need this just for preview while I am designing app, not in run time.

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elements are not showing in the design editor android studio
Elements are not showing in the design editor android studio.
I have added image views in the layout editor but it is showing up in the editor. I have also tried to change theme types but still it's not working. I have also tryed changing the…

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Issues with AppCompat in Android Studio Affecting Layout Editor
So I just installed Android Studio and started following the "Build your first app" Guide on Android's Developer Site. I followed there guide by creating a simple, empty app, with nothing but "Hello World" text in the middle of the screen.
While…

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Inflating View into LinearLayout and editing cmponents in this view
I am trying to add multiple LinearLayouts into one declared in xml. Everyone has 3 textView which will be edited in code. My problem is, when i am inflating xml layout to View object in code, all margins are ignored. My second question:
How can i…

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Android Studio 2.2: Android studio 2.2 stable release missing Preview all screen sizes feature
I download and update my android studio to 2.2 stable version and now i found that it missing the feature of preview all screen sizes. so now how to preview
all screen sizes in android studio 2.2? is it possible through android studio 2.2?

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