How can I change the default preview device in Android Studio?

Question

When I'm creating a new project, the default preview device appears as Nexus 4. Is there a way to change it to some other device?

Answer 1

Recently I had the same issue. It seems that you cannot use a device from the "virtual device" category. That way only the selected layout will be shown inside the chosen device.

In order to change the default device for all layouts you have to choose from some of the other categories (the ones inside the red rectangle):

I have chosen "6.0 1440 x 2560" from "Phone" and all my other layouts changed to this device (before I was selecting "Nexus6_API_29_Android" which was my virtual device, and I had to change it on every layout manually)

Answer 2

1. Change the preview device>>for example: nexus5x or others.
2. File--Export Setting, then choose a dictionary to save it. For example, I save it on my desktop, next you will see a settings.jar on your desktop.
3. File-Import Setting, choose the settings.jar.
4. Android Studio will want to restart itself, click OK

My English is very poor. I'm so sorry. Maybe it works well. I'm not sure. You can try it.