How to switch from the default ConstraintLayout to RelativeLayout in Android Studio

Question

I have the latest android Studio (2.3 beta 3) and it seems ConstraintLayout is the default when creating a project. How can I make Android Studio use the RelativeLayout as t

Answer 1

The easiest method is to go to your .xml file in text mode, and replace the top line:

And then proceed to replace it with:

If you then go back into design mode, you can see that you now have a relative layout. This also automatically changes the end tag, so no issues there.