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Every time I open an activity layout in order to view its design, I can't see anything, and there's a "Loading configuration" message. How to solve it?

Looks like this is related to the following issue: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=56691&q=%22Loading%20Configuration%22&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars

Ilya Kogan
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    I gave the Android studio a try and it does not seem to be production ready in some cases. Eclipse ADT is a better choice in my humble opinion. – Deepak Bala Aug 11 '13 at 04:18
  • Update: IntelliJ IDEA seems the best right now. – Ilya Kogan Apr 27 '14 at 23:57
  • Possible Duplicate: [layout-preview-not-working-in-android-studio](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17365015/layout-preview-not-working-in-android-studio) – damn_c Jun 10 '15 at 03:15

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I had the same issue and it got solved by using the menu item: File->Invalidate Caches/Restart

spacebiker
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Try to delete the build folder.

Here are the details:

Yesterday(2015/6/10) I faced to the same problem, and I solved it by using beyond compare:

  • This problem occured after a forced upgrade.
  • I have 2 projects, one worked(newly created) and one doesn't.
  • So I used beyond compare to compare the 2 projects' folders.
  • Luckily I found build folder of the not-worked never changed even though I clear cache, restart and rebuild it several times.
  • build folder deleted and everything worked fine now.
damn_c
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I've had this issue before, and it was usually not long after an error had come up.

Check the Event Log for errors. Usually a restart of the IDE fixed it for me though I appreciate that's not ideal. The errors weren't anything specific I think just teething issues with Android Studio - tis just preview software after all.

Karl
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