Android Studio 2.0 (Preview 3b) layout xml changes not updated in apk?

Question

When I do changes to a layout resource file it's not updated/reflected when the apk file is buildt and installed from Android Studio 2.0 (Preview 3b).

Example: I had a EditText and I added a TextInputLayout like this:

<android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout
    android:id="@+id/input_layout_new_password"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="8dp">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edit_text_new_password"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="@string/hint_your_new_password"
        android:inputType="textPassword"
        android:saveEnabled="false" />

</android.support.design.widget.TextInputLayout>

The result after updating the app is the same as before I added the TextInputLayout, just the EditText without TextInputLayout.

What I've tried:

• Build/Clean Project
• Build/Rebuild Project
• File/Invalidate Caches / Restart..
• Uninstall app first
• Turn off Instant Run

I suspect this is probably a bug with the Preview 3b version of Android Studio 2.0 causing this. Any ideas? Maybe it's just a settings/configuration?

Answer 1

Temporary solution: If you make a copy of the layout file and inflate it instead. Then the changes are updated in the app? But this is not ideally the best solution!

Answer 2

Also make sure you make the changes in the layout-v<target-api> folder if you have set specific layout for specific api level. For example layout-v23 in mine case.