android-studio-2.1
Session ‘app’ error while installing APK
I was facing similar kind of problem.There is image of error attached.Error is highlighted in red. Turning off the Instant run removed error for Android Studio 2.3 and 3.1.4.
How to enable Jack (Java Android Compiler Kit) in android studio
The details on what is required to use Jack and how can be found in the documentation. Here is the relevant part from the docs that goes in build.gradle on how to use jackOptions and set the compileOptions for java 1.8. android { … defaultConfig { … jackOptions { enabled true } } compileOptions { … Read more
Rendering Problems Exception raised during rendering: com/android/util/PropertiesMap [duplicate]
I had the same problem,and you can change your version of android to render the layouts in the preview window . See this post: change the android version used to render layouts from Android Studio back to “API 23: Android 6.0