Apps Help with Android Studio Rendering Problems

[Adrian Moreno]

So I'm a game designer and I'm just starting out in the development stuff in Android Studio for Mac.
So here's the thing I've just installed Android Studio, I have updated it, I have updated all SDK tools and the Java SDK , even reinstalled Android Studio several times and every time I open a new project I get rendering errors on all preview APIS:

On API 23

android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: Unable to find resource ID #0x1080029
at android.content.res.Resources.getResourceName(Resources.java:2235)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawableForCookie(Resources.java:2602)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2540)
at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:806)
at android.content.Context.getDrawable(Context.java:458)
at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompatApi21.getDrawable(ContextCompatApi21.java:26)
at android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getDrawable(ContextCompat.java:321)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager.getDrawable(AppCompatDrawableManager.java:180)
at android.support.v7.widget.TintTypedArray.getDrawableIfKnown(TintTypedArray.java:70)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageHelper.loadFromAttributes(AppCompatImageHelper.java:39)
at android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageButton.<init>(AppCompatImageButton.java:65)
at android.support.design.widget.VisibilityAwareImageButton.<init>(VisibilityAwareImageButton.java:37)
at android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton.<init>(FloatingActionButton.java:109)
at android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton.<init>(FloatingActionButton.java:105)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.ViewLoader.createNewInstance(ViewLoader.java:458)
at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.ViewLoader.loadClass(ViewLoader.java:170)
at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.ViewLoader.loadView(ViewLoader.java:103)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.LayoutlibCallbackImpl.loadView(LayoutlibCallbackImpl.java:168)
at android.view.BridgeInflater.loadCustomView(BridgeInflater.java:247)
at android.view.BridgeInflater.createViewFromTag(BridgeInflater.java:171)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:704)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate_Original(LayoutInflater.java:835)
at android.view.LayoutInflater_Delegate.rInflate(LayoutInflater_Delegate.java:70)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:811)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflateChildren(LayoutInflater.java:798)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:515)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:394)
at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:223)
at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:426)
at com.android.ide.common.rendering.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:350)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:510)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:498)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:888)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.createRenderSession(RenderTask.java:498)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.access$600(RenderTask.java:72)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$3.call(RenderTask.java:610)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$3.call(RenderTask.java:607)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderService.runRenderAction(RenderService.java:362)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.render(RenderTask.java:607)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.render(RenderTask.java:629)
at com.intellij.android.designer.designSurface.AndroidDesignerEditorPanel$6.run(AndroidDesignerEditorPanel.java:480)
at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.execute(MergingUpdateQueue.java:320)
at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.execute(MergingUpdateQueue.java:310)
at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue$2.run(MergingUpdateQueue.java:254)
at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.flush(MergingUpdateQueue.java:269)
at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.flush(MergingUpdateQueue.java:227)
at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.run(MergingUpdateQueue.java:217)
at com.intellij.util.concurrency.QueueProcessor.runSafely(QueueProcessor.java:238)
at com.intellij.util.Alarm$Request$1.run(Alarm.java:351)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:439)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695)

On API 18

Rendering Problems
Invalid drawable tag vector

An the list goes on... It wont even let me drag textviews, buttons, etc to my activity screen on design mode.

 

[HeavensSentSword]

I had the same problem some times. Is there a rendering problem? Then it wont let you do anything because there is usally a circular redundancy in the code.
But for now try just rebuilding the file and see how that works.
Could you post the code?

 

[Adrian Moreno]

Sure what code exactly you want me to post? the activity_main xml file on the layout folder? I'm serious when I say I'm new to this hehe

 

[HeavensSentSword]

Yes post the xml file as well as the java code that is using it.
Also you may need to update your Gradle too that sometimes gives you rendering issues.
Look at the lower part of the ide and look for a tab that says gradle and then see if there are any issues with the build.

 

[Adrian Moreno]

Ok I took screenshots so it's easier to look at the code. BTW Thanks for taking your time to help me, even if you don't solve my issue thanks a lot.

 

[Deleted User]

Your rendering problems are I think related to the FloatingActionButton in your activity_main layout.
For some reason the ic_dialog_email image resource can not be located by the system.

 

[Adrian Moreno]

Can't believe I have such a problem when just starting on this development stuff..... I haven't even written a single line of code and this happens.

 

[Deleted User]

I can understand your frustration, but I think you may have got something fundamentally wrong with the install of your Android development tools. In Android Studio, check the Gradle Console window. Does it report any build errors or problems in your environment?

 

[Adrian Moreno]

Do you mean this one? Cause everything seems to be working correctly

 

[GuyMeredith]

Hi Adrian - did you ever get this rendering issue resolved? I have the same issue, and am equally frustrated! Any advice you can give would be appreciated.

 

[steve]

Just my few cents... you can add a extra src to only display in the tools. This will solve your issue if the vector is somehow causing the rendering issues.

For example:

<ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/btn_example"
        android:layout_width="@dimen/comment_actions_height"
        android:layout_height="@dimen/comment_actions_height"
        android:src="@drawable/vector_causing_render_issues"
        android:background="?android:selectableItemBackground"
        android:visibility="visible"
        tools:src="@drawable/vector_or_drawable_for_tools_only"/>