Android Studio 3.0 Layout Preview render issues

Question

I just updated my Android Studio to latest 3.0 and then the Layout Preview is not working anymore. I have tried open up different projects and they all have the same render

Answer 1

OK, I tried to explore every possible solution but no work. I finally figured it out by changing the deployment SDK/Version. I changed all to 26 and it fixed my problems. As I tested version lower and higher, it seems only ver 26 can work.

android {
 compileSdkVersion 26
 buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'
...
 defaultConfig {
  targetSdkVersion 26
...
 }
}
...
dependencies {
  compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0'
  compile 'com.android.support:design:26.0.0'
  compile 'com.android.support:support-v13:26.0.0'
  compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.0.0'
  compile 'com.android.support:palette-v7:26.0.0'
...
}

So if the solution at Render error in Android Studio 3.0 Layout Editor does not work for you. You can try 26. Let me know.