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On a new Android SDK installation, the Eclipse Graphical Layout is blank, rather than showing the rendering of the layout. Eclipse displays this message:

This version of the rendering library is more recent than your version of ADT plug-in. Please update ADT plug-in.

The bug report Eclipse reports rendering library more recent than ADT plug-in lists the steps to reproduce. How do I fix this?

Peter Mortensen
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  1. Click Help > Install New Software.
  2. In the Work with field, enter: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
  3. Select Developer Tools / Android Development Tools.
  4. Click Next and complete the wizard.
Edward Brey
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    Do not use SDK Manager. Do the steps above for it to work. Most (like me) confuse between SDK Manager and Install New Software – taxeeta Sep 19 '13 at 10:09
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    Also it's better to enter the `https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/` url manually rather than use the possible existing version without `https`. Might result in repository not found errors. – Jason Axelson Sep 26 '13 at 04:08
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    +1. sometimes i wonder how does the world work before google and stackoverflow. (Am I somehow supposed to innately know those steps and the url.) – justinkoh Oct 04 '13 at 09:43
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    For me it show nothing to update, but still layout doesn't render and showing the same message... any idea? – Hussain KMR Behestee Oct 09 '13 at 08:39
  • I am getting this error `An error occurred while collecting items to be installed session context was:(profile=profile, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Collect, operand=, action=). No repository found containing: osgi.bundle,com.android.ide.eclipse.adt,22.3.0.v201310242005-887826` – Sébastien Dec 07 '13 at 18:47
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    Update: I solved my problem by unchecking `Contact all update sites during install to find required software` – Sébastien Dec 10 '13 at 18:47
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    i prefer the quicker Shubh's solution. Updating Eclipse often caused me problems and made me loose a lot of time – j.c Jan 11 '15 at 10:14
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    `https` did not work, for me this worked - `http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/` – abdulH Feb 22 '15 at 06:24
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    "All items are installed" thats why no next button appears! – Umit Kaya Jul 11 '15 at 06:50
  • Here I was blaming myself when it was Google's fault. – Damien Dec 10 '15 at 05:13
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    `Cannot perform operation. Computing alternate solutions, May take a while: 1/15` ... and then when finished: `Cannot complete the request. See the error log for details. "Android Development Tools" will be ignored because it is already installed.` – dsdsdsdsd Apr 25 '16 at 16:48
  • Also uncheck `contact all update sites during install to find required software` – winterlight May 26 '16 at 13:41
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    After ADT 23.7 there is no update for ADT, google stopped supporting eclipse as their platform. now we will be unable to use adt from android version 6 – Iftikar Urrhman Khan Jun 25 '16 at 12:35
  • To the people saying that they can't click the `Next` button in the Install window, I suggest unchecking the box that says `Hide items that are already installed` – Chris Gong Jul 13 '16 at 19:25
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Change android version while rendering layout.

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Change in API version 18 to 17 work for me.

Edit: Solution worked for Android Studio too.

CoDe
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    This is a good solution if you don't want to update Eclipse/ADT. The downside is your layout will not be rendered on the latest tools, which is not a big deal. I recommend trying it before updating Eclipse/ADT as it is very quick to try and would confirm that updating would also fix the problem. – fishjd Feb 05 '14 at 18:53
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    very quick to try and would confirm that updating would also fix the problem – Shirish Herwade Apr 24 '14 at 12:48
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    This was the only thing that worked for me ...updating ADT is telling me there are dependancy conflicts...just hate eclipse and +5 for you – P-RAD Jul 09 '14 at 05:14
  • if it still not working ,then open up SDK manager and install a lower api sdk , and restart eclipse – P-RAD Jul 23 '14 at 12:32
  • This looks more like a workaround than a solution, IMHO. – Niki Romagnoli May 04 '15 at 16:47
  • This solution coupled with the update from above by Edward Brey worked for me. Thank you! – Brandon Jun 24 '15 at 14:45
  • This is the actual problem! – Iharob Al Asimi Jul 13 '15 at 21:43
  • I have the latest ADT and still it seems that rendering the API `22: Android M (Preview)` is not supported by ADT (API `22: Android 5.1.1` renders ok). Google tells the Android Studio is the official tool, and not Eclipse with ADT. Is the solution to migrate to Android Studio? – Eugene Gr. Philippov Aug 07 '15 at 09:23
  • I checked with Studio and Eclipse both and it worked great. What is min API version update you have in you SDK. You can go either of lower version then 22. – CoDe Aug 07 '15 at 13:34
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    Yoooo!!! After spending 2 hour. Finally it worked just by changing rendering layout. Thanks man. – Umar Sid Aug 16 '15 at 08:41
  • @fishjd - Updating didn't fix the problem for me (possible because the editor was defaulting to the 'developer preview' SDK, and there's not a corresponding ADT update available through the Eclipse site yet?), but this answer did. – aroth Jul 01 '16 at 05:57
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The Reason for Warning is your using Old ADT (Android development tools), so Update your ADT by following the procedures below

Procedure 1:

  1. Inside Eclipse Click Help menu
  2. Choose Check for Updates
  3. It will show Required Updates in that window choose All options using Check box or else choose ADT Updated.

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Procedure 2:

Click Help > Install New Software. In the Work with field, enter: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ Select Developer Tools / Android Development Tools. Click Next and complete the wizard.

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  • Interestingly, the check for updates kept failing on some egit crap that got left behind, but the install new worked great. – William T. Mallard Nov 12 '13 at 19:00
  • +1 I had similar experience as @WilliamT.Mallard. Check for updates said everything was up to date. Install New worked. – PeteH May 07 '16 at 07:40
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Am i change API version 17, 19, 21, & 23 in xml layoutside

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Updated Android Development Tools 23.0.7 but still can't render layout proper so am i updated Android DDMS 23.0.7 it's works perfect..!!!

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Please try once uninstalling from Help-->Installation details

and try again installing using http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

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Change the Target version to new updates you have. Otherwise, change what SDK version you have in the Android manifest file.

android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="18"
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