Graphical Layout tab does not appear for some layout files into Eclipse

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Guilherme picture Guilherme · Apr 19, 2011 · Viewed 17.7k times · Source

I'm facing a problem when developing layout files for Android with Eclipse ADT Plugin. Some of my files, when opened, does not show the Graphical layout tab, just as below:

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The others (actually, the older ones), instead, show it correctly.

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Does anyone knows what can be done in this case?

Thanks in advance!

Answer

2bard picture 2bard · Apr 19, 2011

Have you tried right clicking one of the layout files in the Package Explorer view and clicking

Open With -> Android Layout Editor

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