ListView tools:listitem not working in android studio 2.2 stable channel

Question

Steps to Reproduce:

• Open Layout editor
• Add a ListItem
• Specify tools:listitem property with a valid row_layout

What should happen:

It should use the layout from tools:listitem to render list items.

Actual result:

Nothing changes, it still shows the default list with generic views

Bug Report

I could see this bug was already filed on Jul 5, 2016 Bug Report Link

Are there any work around available to render list?

Answer 1

One thing to notice: it's tools:listitem not tools:listItem which is somewhat confusing. Took me some time to figure that out, since Android Studio currently doesn't provide autocompletion for that.

Answer 2

You must define an id i.e. android:id="@+id/list_view" to your list