I want to see the whole view of my phone instead of just the screen in xml resource layout when designing the UI pane, so as to give me a better idea of how the app will look like on the phone.
A similar Question has been posted a month ago Can't find device screen option in my component tree window but the answer wasn't helpful. In addition, I have tried searching online but no relevent threads/forums related to this could be found. Hence seeking the public's advice on this. Thanks in advance from a Beginner! :D
If your android studio version is between 2.2 - 3.1 you can
1- Click on designer preview window
2 - press F button from your keyboard
Taken from android studio designer preview: how to include device frame?
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I am profiling a new application I am working with. I can see the captured pink circle, I want to find out where the view is ,In which fragment and where the click listener is defined.
Here I can only see the activity information.
It's a big project.
If you are using the latest version of Android Studio, when hovering over the green bar near the top, there should be a tooltip showing the Activity and Fragment.
Regarding how to find out the View, have you tried Android Studio's Layout Inspector? I don't know a single-click way to locate the listener but it may be feasible once you locate the view.
Unlike shown in Introduction to the Layout Editor, my preview window is missing Component Tree and Attributes view:
Where can I enable those?
You are not looking for preview, but design view! Enable it by clicking "Design" button on bottom left of main window.
(I asked and answered this question because I spent half an hour trying to fix what wasn't broken! I even reinstalled Android Studio, only to find out later that I was in the wrong view -- and I don't want others to make the same stupid mistake.)
i installed Android Studio but in the video there was a phoneenter image description here here's the difference, mine:
and his screen:
I'm assuming you want the Design view instead of the Text view. You would want to look to the lower left of the coding window and select Design:
Also I see that you are new to StackOverflow. In the future I suggest you read this: https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask to understand how to ask a good question.
I am new to android development. The mouse pointer on the design page is as shown in the screenshot. I am not able to edit anything like increasing the height and width of the widget on this page. I might be able to do it in XML but I want it done here.
I want a normal mouse pointer where I can edit the widgets.
I tried looking at some of the blogs but it didn't help.
activity.xml - design
It worked after removing the cache files and restarting the android studio
I upgraded my Android Studio and then look has changed. I can no longer see the "Phone View".
This is what I see
And this is what I was seeing (Notice the Blue Bar or the phone interface on the left)
I searched google for Android Studio Design Structures and other terms. I also wen through their tutorails but I coudn't figure it out. been at it for couple of hours now. Hope I am not missing something very simple?
In the UI you have a dropdown with an eye icon for some viewing options. In that dropdown you should enable Show Layout Decorations.