Eclipse Layout Designer Cannot Open XML File Created by IntelliJ

Question

Having understood why Eclipse does not want to open XMl files in its Layout designer, I hope that we can solve this problem here.

In any case, after creating a project in InteliJ IDEA, export it in Eclipse format, open it in Eclipse, I understand that Eclipse Layout Designer does not recognize such an XML file, and the layout designer cannot load its contents into the right panel of the designer. This is how the constructor looks after I try to load the XML file created by InteliJ.

In fact, I can load Android layout elements after installing Designer to fix the Android OS version (drop-down list, elements are displayed in the left pane of the designer), but the content of the XML file itself is never loaded in the right pane of the Designer.

After studying the STRUCTURE of a project created in Eclipse and a project created in IntelliJ, I realized that Eclipse does NOT generate Java files in the / gen directory and does not import a fixed Android library after importing a project created by IntelliJ. Look at the image.

The top project is created in Eclipse, and it has both Android R files and the Android library. The project below was created in IntelliJ, exported to the Eclipse format, and then imported into the Eclipse workspace. It has neither Android R files nor Android libraries.

Another problem is that I cannot forcibly rebuild the project created by Intellij or even clear it in Eclipse, because it is not included in the list of projects. Like Eclipse, he does not see it as an Android project at all.

Last problem: when I manually install the Android OS version in Layout Designer, try to grab and discard the Android element in the right pane of the designer, I get a message (error) "Missing project resources". Look at the image.

Please, help!

Answer 1

I have not used IntelliJ IDEA for Android development. But from what I can guess, I think there is a discrepancy in the encoding. Text files are usually encoded in UTF-8. But some editors have different default encoding, for example: ISO-8859-1. This can be confusing for the IntelliJ parser.

If the encoding is ok, check if IntelliJ is trying to validate the XML file against the Android schema. If it cannot find the schema, then the IDE should report an error in the logs. You can disable validation or show the schema path to IntelliJ.

If you don't mind, I ask why you want to use IntelliJ instead of Eclipse?