Is there a way to show a preview of a RecyclerView's contents in the Android Studio editor?

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nclarkclt picture nclarkclt · Apr 28, 2015 · Viewed 83.5k times · Source

When I add the RecyclerView to the layout, it shows up as a blank screen. Is there a way, such as through the tools namespace, to show a preview of the content of the RecyclerView?

Answer

Philippe David picture Philippe David · Sep 24, 2015

@oRRs is right !

I'm using Android Studio 1.4 RC2 and you can now specify any custom layout.

I tried a custom CardView and it works.

tools:listitem="@android:layout/simple_list_item_checked"

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