Preview layout with merge root tag in Intellij IDEA/Android Studio

Question

Let\'s imagine we are developing compound component based on LinearLayout. So, we create class like this:

public class SomeView extends LinearLayout {
    public         


        

Answer 1

Edit: Outdated answer. See answer by starkej2.

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Android Studio 0.5.8 added support for tools:showIn. By using it it is possible to preview < merge > layouts.

http://tools.android.com/recent/androidstudio058released

layout/layout_merge.xml with tools:showIn:

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layout/simple_relativelayout.xml with include: