Android: Hierarchy Viewer doesn't exist

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I am using Android Studio 2.3 on Mac Sierra and I could not find Hierarchy Viewer when I open Device Monitor. There is no viewer on the perspectives list. Does anybody know why is that?

@keyur9779 I did wrote that there is no hierarchy viewer there. — Bartosz Bialecki, Mar 09 '17 at 09:48
Same here on MacOS Sierra. I looked up in the release notes: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/index.html. But they don't tell anything about the Hierarchy Viewer. Maybe it is because we updated from 2.2. Could you try a new installation? — unlimited101, Mar 09 '17 at 14:26
@unlimited101 no, I didn't do it and I am unable to do it now. — Bartosz Bialecki, Mar 09 '17 at 14:35
[Does Android Studio have a Hierarchy Viewer?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/25390405/6521116) — LF00, Jul 12 '17 at 08:40

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '17 at 20:06

Can't comment, no rep.

After updating to the latest build tools, hierarchy viewer and a bunch of other stuff was removed from the tools directory. I downloaded the tools separately from the Android Studio download page and it included the hierarchy viewer. Not sure what's going on, but it seems updating build tools in Android Studio removes the hierarchy viewer.

Edit: Hierarchy viewer is listed under the deprecated features from Build tools 25.3.0

http://tools.android.com/recent/androidsdktoolsrevision2530feb2017

Hierarchy Viewer was a great tool, and a a lot of function of it is missing from Layout Inspector. It should not have been removed! — bendaf, Apr 22 '17 at 19:21

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '17 at 05:06

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According to google information(http://tools.android.com/recent/androidsdktoolsrevision2530feb2017)，hierarchy view is deprecated，and we should use Layout Inspector now (http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/layout-inspector)

answered Mar 27 '17 at 05:06

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 12 '17 at 08:37

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It's not gone, it's location has changed

Tools > Android > Android Device Monitor > Window > Open perspective > Hierarchy View

answered Jul 12 '17 at 08:37

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It's gone. RIP hierarchy view. – mallaudin May 01 '19 at 13:08

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 10 '18 at 03:46

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The name has changed and the location also has changed,

Tools > layout inspector

edited Aug 10 '18 at 03:46

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answered Aug 10 '18 at 03:10

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Android: Hierarchy Viewer doesn't exist

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