The following classes could not be created: android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
I have a basic layout with constraint and textview using Android Studio 3 Canary 4 and the newest Gradle 4
SDK: 26
supportLibrary: 26.0.0-beta2
gradle
implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextureView
android:id="@+id/textureView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="190dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="232dp"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
styles.xml
<style name="AppThemeWhite" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">@color/white</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/main_color_500</item>
<item name="colorAccent">@color/white</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">@color/main_color_500</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="android:windowLightStatusBar" tools:targetApi="m">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppThemeWhite.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"/>
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay.white" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="android:textColor">@color/black</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/black</item>
<item name="colorAccent">@color/black</item>
</style>
<!-- ToolBar -->
<style name="ToolBaWhiterStyle" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">@android:color/black</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">@android:color/black</item>
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">@android:color/black</item>
</style>
v21 / styles.xml
<resources>
<style name="AppThemeWhite" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:windowActionBarOverlay">true</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
</style>
<style name="AppThemeWhite.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
</style>
</resources>
Mistake:
The following classes cannot be instantiated: - android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout (Open Class, Show Exception, Clear Cache) Tip. Use View.isInEditMode () in custom views to step through code or show sample data when shown in the IDE.
Exception details java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: ConstraintLayout_Layout in android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout.init (ConstraintLayout.java:440) in android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout. (ConstraintLayout.java:420) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance (Constructor.java:423) at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag (LayoutInflater.java:733) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate (LayoutInflater.inflate. java: 495) to android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate (LayoutInflater.java:397) Copy stack to clipboard
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I have been trying to get my Android Studio renderer to display ContraintLayout for the last 2 days. Finding solutions was to import various packages, dependencies and update everything.
The solution above did fix the problem.
To rollback go to File -> Project Structure Click Dependencies, remove the AppCompat that is there. Click the + sign and add the library. Find "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-beta1" Resync and rebuild.
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