Is there a way to show a preview of a RecyclerView's contents as Grid in the Android Studio editor?

Question

When I add the RecyclerView to the layout, it shows up as a list view in vertical order. I am using tools:listitem for this. Is there a way, such that it displays a

Answer 1

You are able to build a preview using xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" namespace.

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From Android studio 3.0 you can predefine a data through the @tools:sample/* resources

item.xml

As a result your preview will look like

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