I am using Android Studio 2.3.3 . but it appears a little different from others. It look like:
But I want that it look like this:
Please suggest what to do?
Look for the red circle. It has a settings icon, click on that and select the option, "Include Device Frame (If Available)" and you will have the black overlay around the device, which you want.
However for the Palette to look the way you want, you have to downgrade your Android Studio to at least '2.1.2'. Because for your version that is the way the palette will look.
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I don't know what's the reasons every time i try to design the screen become black i cant do any thing ( i used android studio 2021 dolphin )
i try to fix sdk tools and i done but i am not sure that the gradle file in its position in c desk
"One or more layouts are missing the layout_width or layout_height attributes" seems pretty intuitive, but if you still don't know how to fix that:
press on "Code" and copy all of the XML layout, then update your question with the code
I'd like to be able to see a suggestion that will allow me to see what colour belongs to which colour name/number when using Android studio.
Please note that "Show quick documentation on mouse move" has been activated in my Android studio general settings.
This is what my screen looks like when my mouse is on "blueGrey"
This is how i'd like my screen to look like when my mouse is on "blueGrey"
I sometimes have the same issue. For me, when I open the Quick Documentation with CTRL Q (Command J on Mac), then it shows the color swatches like on your second picture.
In previous versions Android Studio I could see the device's skin at layout editor, now (Android Studio 2.3.3) i cant see it , is there any way to look my device's skin on layout editor?
That isn't matter but i wanna see it.
Excuse my english!
Click anywhere inside the Preview frame and press your keyboard's F key.
I was using android studio for layers theme and it was easy to theme with android studio as i can see the colors in studio itself on left side check the screenshot what i was referring
but in CM13 template i dont know whats wrong its not showing colors. i am new to android studio is there something wrong?
happened to me in my Mac:
go to File uncheck powersaver mode if u have kept it checked.
Goto Preferences->Appearances and enable Show CSS color preview as background.
That should do the trick.
The background around the Layout Editor in Android Studio is dark grey. I think it used to be white. Anyway, I would like to make it white again, but I can't find the setting. The reason I want to change it is so that I can make nicer looking print screen images to use on StackOverflow or app descriptions.
Note: I'm not talking about changing the theme or the code editor colors. These questions have already been answered here:
How to change or add theme to Android Studio?
How do I change Android Studio editor's background color?
how to change Android Studio terminal background color
Updated Answer
Android Studio 3.0 has a Screenshot menu item. Right click the design area and choose Save Screenshot.
From there you can make a screenshot with a transparent background.