Exception raised during rendering: Unable to locate mode 0

Question

After update BuildTools to version 25.0.0.

compileSdkVersion 25
buildToolsVersion "25"

I have problem with android layout preview. Now it show error:

Exception raised during rendering: Unable to locate mode 0

I tried to Clean & Rebuild project, but it doesn't work. Before update everything was good.

I know that I can go back to previous versions of BuildTools, but I want to know why it doesn't work on version 25.0.0?

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Seems like it is a problem with RecyclerView

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to locate mode 0
at android.view.DisplayInfo.findMode(DisplayInfo.java:458)
at android.view.DisplayInfo.getMode(DisplayInfo.java:445)
at android.view.Display.getRefreshRate(Display.java:648)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.onAttachedToWindow(RecyclerView.java:2392)
at android.view.View.dispatchAttachedToWindow(View.java:15392)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2953)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.AttachInfo_Accessor.setAttachInfo(AttachInfo_Accessor.java:42)
at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:333)
at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:429)
at com.android.ide.common.rendering.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:389)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:548)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:533)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:966)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.createRenderSession(RenderTask.java:533)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.lambda$inflate$53(RenderTask.java:659)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Answer 1

This issue has been resolved, update the support library to

compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.0.1'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.0.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.0.1'

Answer 2

It's an Annoying bug of version 25.. A Temporary solution is to downgrade your project,

 compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.1'
 compile 'com.android.support:design:24.2.1'
 compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.2.1'

Answer 3

Another temporary solution is to replace <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView with <RecyclerView so you can see the rendered View. When compiling, change it back to <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView

Answer 4

The Android Support Library provides backward-compatible utility functions. Apps can use these utility functions to provide an appropriate user experience across a wide range of Android system versions.

It's a bug issue and should be fixed in the future Release of the support-design library.

• Rendering Problems - Exception raised during rendering: Unable to locate mode 0

You should downgrade your version for Temporary Solutions .

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.0.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:v7:25.0.1' 
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.0.1'