Text/Design Tab Missing New Android Project on Android Studio IDE

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How can I enable the text/design Tab on the a src/main/res/layout folder on the activity_main.xml file that was created automatically during create new project? If i do right click and create xml file on the said folder, the design/text tab exist. Any suggestion? Thanks.

No Text/Design Tab on the Bottom Part of the Android Studio

Creating a new XML in the Res/Layout Folder, the design/text tab is now present.

Any help? this is super weird guys...

I had this problem from a fresh install and new project created by the wizard. No tabs. Close file, re-open (wasn't in recent files!) from project pane, and now it has Design/Text tabs. Buggier than Eclipse! — Nick Westgate, Oct 11 '13 at 23:33

Darush · Answer 1 · 2020-04-13T07:20:22.623

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In Android Studio 3.6 use these three buttons (Code | Split | Design), on top right, to switch between views.

edited Apr 13 '20 at 07:20

answered Feb 11 '20 at 05:09

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Thank you! Would have been nice if they let you know that after the upgrade. – DannyP Feb 25 '20 at 16:26
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This would be the answer most people are looking for now, when they start the program after 3.6 – Liggliluff Mar 13 '20 at 11:46
Wow, not liking the new design. Agree, a heads up would've been nice. – schv09 Apr 27 '20 at 18:59
I really want to move that icons to previous place – Saeed Arianmanesh May 19 '20 at 17:17
This fixed my issue as well. Thanks – Charles Feb 19 '21 at 19:51

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 16 '13 at 21:31

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I had the same problem, restarting the IDE did make that tab appear again.

answered Sep 16 '13 at 21:31

NoPinky

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It did appear again.. So this is a bug and not a setup problem. – The One Sep 16 '13 at 23:09
@The you should consider accepting [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/60162354/10147399) answer instead. – Aykhan Hagverdili Jun 09 '20 at 22:34

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 15 '20 at 20:12

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On Android Studio 3.6.1 Top Right corner under the main toolbar you have three different icons (Code, Split, Design).

answered Apr 15 '20 at 20:12

Pablo Cruz

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score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 23 '16 at 17:25

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View -> Tool windows -> Preview .

Output view:

edited Jan 23 '16 at 17:25

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answered Jan 23 '16 at 16:55

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 25 '20 at 06:45

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use the three buttons (Code|Split|Design)on top right hand side to switch between views.

answered Feb 25 '20 at 06:45

mayor

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 21 '16 at 16:02

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I also had this problem after upgrading to 1.5. None of the above suggestions worked for me. I noticed that the default relative layout xml has changed with a third xmlns line and an app behavior line. I opened an older project and copied the old relative layout header to replace the new. Instantly the preview function was restored.

answered Feb 21 '16 at 16:02

JonSides

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I am using the latest version 2.3.3 ... but this problem occured. – Ahamadullah Saikat Oct 23 '17 at 08:50

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 25 '20 at 07:03

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You can also Move between Design / Text tabs in layout’s view with simple shortcut: (Mac) : control + shift + ← / → (Windows / Linux): alt + shift + ← / →

answered Feb 25 '20 at 07:03

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score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 11 '20 at 17:21

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On the top right corner of the activity_main.xml file view, there are 3 icons representing "Code", "Split" and "Design". Click on the leftmost icon of the three ("Code") for the text tab.

answered Apr 11 '20 at 17:21

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Amit Kumar · Answer 9 · 2019-12-04T12:28:52.310

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In the android Studio window, at the left side there are two options available(Project and Resource Manager). Go to resource and there you will see an ADD Module option, click on that. After this you will see your text and design option will get enabled, you can go to your work area by Project Name->app ->src ->main->res ->layout.

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answered Dec 04 '19 at 07:56

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 25 '13 at 10:40

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Yes, Even I had the same problem. For the first time... I think It wont show, restarting the IDE did make that tab appear again.

answered Sep 25 '13 at 10:40

Eshwar Medagam

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 21 '14 at 05:47

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I had this problem too, I deleted all the preference files, such as the AndroidStudioPreview folder & com.google.android.studio.plist, then restarted android studio, it worked.

answered Feb 21 '14 at 05:47

MonkLiu

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Feb 22 '14 at 04:09

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You do not need to restart an IDE. All you need is to close an xml file that does not get a tab and reopen it within an editor. It is a little bug.

answered Feb 22 '14 at 04:09

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 22 '17 at 11:50

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Navigate to activity_main.xml tab then Design and Text tab appears. It doesn't appear in MainActivity.java tab. You do not need to restart IDE.

answered Apr 22 '17 at 11:50

Niranjan Soni

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Oct 13 '20 at 07:03

If text/design tab is missing in new android studio, this can solve by two methods. You have re-install android studio. And don't forget to delete android studio related all files from temp and local. Or you can re-install SDK (software development kit) according to your device.

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