I'm trying to use the "tools" namespace feature in Android Studio.
I'm trying to populate the ListView
with dummy list items, for design purposes. The link here says the tools:listitem="@android:layout/<filename>"
should do.
But for some reason, Android Studio keeps showing Layout android:<filename> does not exist.
I'm trying to find a solution for it, so I don't have to run my app again and again with dummy values for testing.
I might be overlooking something very foolish, so forgive me. Here is what I have for now:
<ListView
android:id="@+id/controllerProfiles"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
tools:listitem="@android:layout/profiles_list_item"/>
And I have a file profiles_list_item.xml
under res/layout.
Any suggestions or alternatives?
tools:listitem / tools:listheader / tools:listfooterThese attributes specify which layout to show in the layout preview for a list's items, header, and footer. Any data fields in the layout are filled with numeric contents such as "Item 1" so that the list items are not repetitive.
tools:ignore="UselessParent" disables that check in the specified element and its children in case you want to suppress the lint message.
tools:context is such an attribute that is defined in any root view and declares which activity or fragment the layout is associated with. This declaration helps in enabling various features in the layout preview which demands the knowledge of the activity such as automatically choosing the necessary theme for preview.
MATCH_PARENT means that the view wants to be as big as its parent, minus the parent's padding, if any. Introduced in API Level 8.
you should change the following line :
tools:listitem="@android:layout/profiles_list_item"
to this :
tools:listitem="@layout/profiles_list_item"
with @android
you say that you want to use a layout from android resources but your layout is in your own project files.
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