Quick question about Android Preview

I'll have a look next time I fire the laptop up :)

Hi Darel,

I think I may have worked it out. I went into SDK manager and SDK Tools tab and it showed that only Android 6.0 Marshmallow was installed. I'm downloading all the ones available now. Hopefully that means if I get rendering problems now I'll be able to select the appropriate API to continue the project I'm working on.

All I know is I downloaded every package and prerequisite update AS told me to :)

I had an issue downloading the Atom x64 package but was able to resolve that. I've been at the program for hours.

It has helped to a degree but I'm still lost in rendering problems and can pick down to API level 21. I think in this case though I'll just keep restarting the project until I get enough experience and knowhow to deal with them :)

Do you think Rendering problems could also be caused by a case of trying to use components used for relative layout but you're actually in component layout?

I've started the "Story app" for the 4th time yesterday and I'm finally moving forward with it. I found myself having to choose the right "activities" when creating new classes or creating projects. When using relative layouts a lot of problems seemed to disappear. It helps, of course I have all the API's now but there are so many differences to be aware of because the Android courses are 2 or 3 years old now. :-)

Having a look at the file now :)

At least i know now if i have a rendering problem I can simply switch the theme back. Too many times in my earliest days i've ended up getting lost in rendering problems and errors in my Java classes I've had no idea how to fix.

The automatic build passed off okay.

This is the contents of my build.gradle gile

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 25
    buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "uk.co.jonniegrieve.interactivestory"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 25
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:25.1.1'
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}