IntelliJ IDEA Render error

Question

I'm trying to set up IntelliJ IDEA for programming android but I can't render the main.xml.

org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.RenderingException: This version of the rendering library is more recent than your version of IntelliJ IDEA. Please update IntelliJ IDEA at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.RenderServiceFactory.loadLibrary(RenderServiceFactory.java:158) at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.RenderServiceFactory.create(RenderServiceFactory.java:73) at org.jetbrains.android.sdk.AndroidTargetData.getRenderServiceFactory(AndroidTargetData.java:132) at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.RenderUtil.renderLayout(RenderUtil.java:105) at com.intellij.android.designer.designSurface.AndroidDesignerEditorPanel$8.run(AndroidDesignerEditorPanel.java:346) at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.execute(MergingUpdateQueue.java:320) at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.execute(MergingUpdateQueue.java:310) at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue$2.run(MergingUpdateQueue.java:254) at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.flush(MergingUpdateQueue.java:269) at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.flush(MergingUpdateQueue.java:227) at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.run(M ergingUpdateQueue.java:217) at com.intellij.util.Alarm$Request$1.run(Alarm.java:289) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)

This is the exception I get when I try to open the main.xml with the Android GUI Designer (IntelliJ Utility). I have the latest IDE version so I don't know what's happening here.

Answer 1

IDEA does not have a render version for 4.3 yet. Try select version of Android that is less than 4.3 in the dropdown in the preview. It works for me.

Answer 2

In the preview tab simply open the last drop-down list and pick the lower Android SDK. In my case, I picked Android 4.4.2 and the preview appeared instantly.

Answer 3

There seems to be an incompatibility between IDEA and the latest release of the Android SDK Build-tools (18.1). Installing the slightly older version 18.0.1 should fix the problem.

Answer 4

In the preview tab simply open the last drop-down list and pick the lower Android SDK. In my case, I picked Android 4.4.2 and the preview appeared instantly.

it works for me