Android Studio Refresh Layout without Rebuilding Project

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I cannot find how to refresh my project without rebuilding it in Android Studio. I have seen this popup near the logcat in the past and used it, it was wonderful for layout updates.

Is this refreshing just a layout change not available in Android Studio?

What I mean here is, restarting my activity without code changes, only layout changes... — jasonflaherty, Jan 14 '16 at 20:48
Try http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39646639/android-studio-2-2-layout-editor-refresh-button which will also refresh updated drawable images. — Mr-IDE, Jan 17 '17 at 19:50

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '19 at 19:09

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Because the answer isn't stated anywhere in this thread even though it's marked as accepted:

Click on your preview and press R

Source: How to refresh preview on Android Studio 2.2?

answered Nov 24 '19 at 19:09

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This should be the accepted answer since the question was about refreshing the layout without rebuilding the project, thanks man! – Amira May 05 '22 at 11:49

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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According to: Android Studio: How to 'Refresh' after adding file?

There is no refresh option for do that on AndroidStudio

There is only an option for Make project in Build -> Build Project.

But, i think this option will do the refresh option:

File->Synchronize. Or equivalently, Ctrl+Alt+Y or the little circle with arrows menu button.

Update: In the new Android Studio, This feature is available. Thanks to jason.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Jan 14 '16 at 20:04

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Thanks for the reply. This isn't it... but great to know! It allowed me to restart my app, with XML changes, but not code changes. – jasonflaherty Jan 14 '16 at 20:40
Yw, but i think this is not possible or perhaps you are looking for something weird :) – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Jan 14 '16 at 20:43
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This is possible with an update to the android studio version... I somehow had and older version running?! – jasonflaherty Nov 30 '16 at 21:11
@jasonflaherty I've updated the answer. Thank you for mentioning about it. – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Dec 01 '16 at 03:08
New features, You know :) – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Dec 01 '16 at 03:08
I have Android Studio 2.3.3 and get this error when when viewing a layout in design mode. Android studio says 'try and refresh layout' but there is no way to do that. Rebuilding does not take care of the error. Same message. – Brian Reinhold Sep 27 '17 at 09:50
@BrianReinhold Updating to the last version will help maybe? – ʍѳђઽ૯ท Feb 07 '18 at 23:21

Android Studio Refresh Layout without Rebuilding Project

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