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I'm unable to switch to the graphic editor in Android Studio. I have only then XML editor (no preview or palette pane). How can I find this editor?

Michael Petrotta
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Activities aren't attached to graphic editors. If you're talking about the design view you have to click the "Design" tab that is to the left of the Text tab, at the bottom of the editor window. Take a look to the attached screenshot.

Screenshot

This is a closer look to that tab
Tab

Anyway if you are in the "text" view you can view a preview of the layout, by clicking the "preview" panel that it's placed at the top right of the screen, take a look to the next screenshot.
preview tab

Finally this is a general view with those panels expanded, hope it helps:
All options expanded

Imanol
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  • If you solved the problem, please, mark the question as answered :) – Imanol May 24 '13 at 07:34
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    As solange points out in the following post, you might not be able to see these two bottom tabs, "Design" and "Text", if you're using the darker Dracula theme. Switch back to the Default theme and see if they are there. (http://stackoverflow.com/a/18736057/293280) – Joshua Pinter Sep 19 '13 at 01:51
  • It also helps to click on the *.xml file under the "res" folder in the file overview panel – Roland Jul 29 '20 at 18:24