Render error in Android Studio 3.0 Layout Editor

Question

I just started learning Kotlin for android development and started an empty project and added an activity. I have added the required gradle dependencies as said in Kotlin do

Answer 1

Well, check your gradle , have you added support:appcompat dependency in app/build.gradle file ? also appcompat:design dependency

Answer 2

There is problem with version 25.4.0 of support libraries by me. I returned to version 25.3.1 and the layout render works.

Answer 3

I solved this issue by change the support design version to the same appcompat version. This is my sample dependencies

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'  
    compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'
}

Previously i used

compile 'com.android.support:design:25.4.0

'

Answer 4

If none of the above works the try this:

• Go to Tools > Android > SDK Manager
• Inside Appearance & Behavior > System Settings > Android SDK select the SDK Tools tab.
• update the Android SDK Build-Tools to 26.0.1 or the latest available.

This answer will most probably solve the issue.

Answer 5

This solution may help you. Modify style.xml from:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
</style>

to:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
</style>