How to refresh a resource in Android Studio without restarting?

Question

I'm working on resizing and changing background images. However, each time I have to restart Android Studio so the Layout Preview will refresh the image.

Doesn't work:

Changing API level
Changing Preview orientation
Changing theme
Synchronizing project

What else can I do?

On Android Studio 2.2.2, Windows 10 64-bit on AMD A8-6410 with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics, 11 GB of RAM.

Have you tried this(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39646639/android-studio-2-2-layout-editor-refresh-button#39657645)? — Raviraj Subramanian, Nov 03 '16 at 18:32
@RavirajSubramanian It didn't work for me. But I just tried it and it did. Weird. Voting to close as duplicate — Ali Bdeir, Nov 03 '16 at 18:48
@RavirajSubramanian actually, this isn't a duplicate. That link's a different question. — Ali Bdeir, Nov 03 '16 at 18:49
@RavirajSubramanian no, I said **I** voted as a duplicate but then I retracted it. — Ali Bdeir, Nov 04 '16 at 05:21

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

If you're on pre-Android Studio 2.2: just hit the refresh button on the menu bar of the layout editor.

Otherwise:

Go to the layout you're working on. Then, change any resource to an incorrect name.

For example, if you have a button with this attribute:

android:background="@drawable/button"

Replace it with any random false resource:

android:background="@drawable/thisIsSomethingVeryRandomAndDoesntExist"

Then, you'll get something similar to this:

Click the "Refresh" (Sometimes "Clear Cache"), then go and undo the changes you did with the attribute. Voila!

Sometimes even changing the orientation works.

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How to refresh a resource in Android Studio without restarting?

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