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On a new Android SDK installation, the Eclipse Graphical Layout is blank, rather than showing the rendering of the layout. Eclipse displays this message:

This version of the rendering library is more recent than your version of ADT plug-in. Please update ADT plug-in.

The bug report Eclipse reports rendering library more recent than ADT plug-in lists the steps to reproduce. How do I fix this?

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  1. Click Help > Install New Software.
  2. In the Work with field, enter: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
  3. Select Developer Tools / Android Development Tools.
  4. Click Next and complete the wizard.
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Do not use SDK Manager. Do the steps above for it to work. Most (like me) confuse between SDK Manager and Install New Software
Also it's better to enter the https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ url manually rather than use the possible existing version without https. Might result in repository not found errors.
+1. sometimes i wonder how does the world work before google and stackoverflow. (Am I somehow supposed to innately know those steps and the url.)
For me it show nothing to update, but still layout doesn't render and showing the same message... any idea?
Update: I solved my problem by unchecking Contact all update sites during install to find required software
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Change android version while rendering layout.

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Change in API version 18 to 17 work for me.

Edit: Solution worked for Android Studio too.

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This is a good solution if you don't want to update Eclipse/ADT. The downside is your layout will not be rendered on the latest tools, which is not a big deal. I recommend trying it before updating Eclipse/ADT as it is very quick to try and would confirm that updating would also fix the problem.
very quick to try and would confirm that updating would also fix the problem
This was the only thing that worked for me ...updating ADT is telling me there are dependancy conflicts...just hate eclipse and +5 for you
if it still not working ,then open up SDK manager and install a lower api sdk , and restart eclipse
Yoooo!!! After spending 2 hour. Finally it worked just by changing rendering layout. Thanks man.
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The Reason for Warning is your using Old ADT (Android development tools), so Update your ADT by following the procedures below

Procedure 1:

  1. Inside Eclipse Click Help menu
  2. Choose Check for Updates
  3. It will show Required Updates in that window choose All options using Check box or else choose ADT Updated.

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Procedure 2:

Click Help > Install New Software. In the Work with field, enter: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ Select Developer Tools / Android Development Tools. Click Next and complete the wizard.

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Interestingly, the check for updates kept failing on some egit crap that got left behind, but the install new worked great.
+1 I had similar experience as @WilliamT.Mallard. Check for updates said everything was up to date. Install New worked.
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Am i change API version 17, 19, 21, & 23 in xml layoutside

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Updated Android Development Tools 23.0.7 but still can't render layout proper so am i updated Android DDMS 23.0.7 it's works perfect..!!!

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Please try once uninstalling from Help-->Installation details

and try again installing using http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

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Change the Target version to new updates you have. Otherwise, change what SDK version you have in the Android manifest file.

android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="18"
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