Exception raised during rendering: Unable to locate mode 0

After update BuildTools to version 25.0.0.

compileSdkVersion 25
buildToolsVersion "25"

I have problem with android layout preview. Now it show error:

>Exception raised during rendering: Unable to locate mode 0

I tried to Clean & Rebuild project, but it doesn't work. Before update everything was good.

I know that I can go back to previous versions of BuildTools, but I want to know why it doesn't work on version 25.0.0?

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Seems like it is a problem with RecyclerView

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to locate mode 0
at android.view.DisplayInfo.findMode(DisplayInfo.java:458)
at android.view.DisplayInfo.getMode(DisplayInfo.java:445)
at android.view.Display.getRefreshRate(Display.java:648)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.onAttachedToWindow(RecyclerView.java:2392)
at android.view.View.dispatchAttachedToWindow(View.java:15392)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2953)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchAttachedToWindow(ViewGroup.java:2960)
at android.view.AttachInfo_Accessor.setAttachInfo(AttachInfo_Accessor.java:42)
at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:333)
at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:429)
at com.android.ide.common.rendering.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:389)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:548)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask$2.compute(RenderTask.java:533)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:966)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.createRenderSession(RenderTask.java:533)
at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderTask.lambda$inflate$53(RenderTask.java:659)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

This issue has been resolved, update the support library to

compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.0.1'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.0.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.0.1'

It's an Annoying bug of version 25.. A Temporary solution is to downgrade your project,

 compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.1'
 compile 'com.android.support:design:24.2.1'
 compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.2.1'

Another temporary solution is to replace <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView with <RecyclerView so you can see the rendered View. When compiling, change it back to <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView

> The Android Support Library provides backward-compatible utility > functions. Apps can use these utility functions to provide an > appropriate user experience across a wide range of Android system > versions.

It's a bug issue and should be fixed in the future Release of the support-design library.

• Rendering Problems - Exception raised during rendering: Unable to locate mode 0

You should downgrade your version for Temporary Solutions .

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.0.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:v7:25.0.1' 
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:25.0.1' 

To see preview I use this trick..... add app:layoutManager="0" for the recyclerView in a layout XML

But it will throw InflateException at run time. So REMOVE this property from XML layout file before running the app!

As temp solution you can create child class of recycler view and override only onAttachedToWindow as below. Then use this class in your XML layouts

@Override
protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
    if (!isInEditMode()) {
        super.onAttachedToWindow();
    }
}

Update: starting from support library 25.0.1, fix already included in the library and issue not exist anymore