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The RecyclerView is a brand new widget in the support library.

There are some known issues with using RecyclerView in the layout rendering and layout editor.
We are working on a fix; you can star this issue if you want to keep track of the progress.

Is there a ETA when this bug is fixed?
I would say it is quiet simple to fix. You just need to use any LayoutManager.

Are there any plans when this View will be published for older platforms? AFIK it works even on Gingerbread.

Getting the same error:
"The new RecyclerView does not yet work in Studio. We are working on a fix. (Open Issue 36949180, Show Exception)  "

Is it going to be best practice to use Recylerview, and Listview essentially deprecate?

Haven't heard anything for a month. Any progress??

Any news?

getting same problem

Android Studio 1.0 with SDK Tools 24, platform tools 21, build tools 21.1.1, and support library 21.0.2 still can't render recyclerview on Windows 8.1 64-bit.

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Android Studio 1.0 with SDK Tools 24.0.2, platform tools 21, build tools 21.1.2, and support library 21.0.3 still can't render recyclerview on Windows Technical Preview 64-bit.

I dont see it working on 1.0.2 as well? Could someone please comment on this?

Same problem with 1.0.2
Mac OS X 10.10, SDK Tools 24.02, build tools 21.1.2 and support library 21.0.3

On Windows 8.1 x64 too (with the same IDE like #14)

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Can you people please stop with your "me too" comments on an issue already acknowledged and worked on? You're just spamming the 167 people who starred this issue.

(PS: sorry for this post)

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Unsupported Service: accessibility
        at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.android.BridgeContext.getSystemService(BridgeContext.java:463)
        at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.<init>(RecyclerView.java:302)
        at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.<init>(RecyclerView.java:278)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
        at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.ViewLoader.createNewInstance(ViewLoader.java:379)
        at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.ViewLoader.loadView(ViewLoader.java:99)
        at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.LayoutlibCallback.loadView(LayoutlibCallback.java:172)
        at android.view.BridgeInflater.loadCustomView(BridgeInflater.java:207)
        at android.view.BridgeInflater.createViewFromTag(BridgeInflater.java:132)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate_Original(LayoutInflater.java:806)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater_Delegate.rInflate(LayoutInflater_Delegate.java:64)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:782)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:504)
        at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:385)
        at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.impl.RenderSessionImpl.inflate(RenderSessionImpl.java:400)
        at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.Bridge.createSession(Bridge.java:332)
        at com.android.ide.common.rendering.LayoutLibrary.createSession(LayoutLibrary.java:350)
        at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderService$5.compute(RenderService.java:688)
        at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderService$5.compute(RenderService.java:677)
        at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runReadAction(ApplicationImpl.java:932)
        at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderService.createRenderSession(RenderService.java:677)
        at com.android.tools.idea.rendering.RenderService.render(RenderService.java:815)
        at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.AndroidLayoutPreviewToolWindowManager.doRender(AndroidLayoutPreviewToolWindowManager.java:646)
        at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.AndroidLayoutPreviewToolWindowManager.access$1700(AndroidLayoutPreviewToolWindowManager.java:82)
        at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.AndroidLayoutPreviewToolWindowManager$7$1.run(AndroidLayoutPreviewToolWindowManager.java:589)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl$2.run(ProgressManagerImpl.java:178)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManager.java:209)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.executeProcessUnderProgress(ProgressManagerImpl.java:212)
        at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.ProgressManagerImpl.runProcess(ProgressManagerImpl.java:171)
        at org.jetbrains.android.uipreview.AndroidLayoutPreviewToolWindowManager$7.run(AndroidLayoutPreviewToolWindowManager.java:584)
        at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.execute(MergingUpdateQueue.java:320)
        at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.execute(MergingUpdateQueue.java:310)
        at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue$2.run(MergingUpdateQueue.java:254)
        at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.flush(MergingUpdateQueue.java:269)
        at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.flush(MergingUpdateQueue.java:227)
        at com.intellij.util.ui.update.MergingUpdateQueue.run(MergingUpdateQueue.java:217)
        at com.intellij.util.concurrency.QueueProcessor.runSafely(QueueProcessor.java:238)
        at com.intellij.util.Alarm$Request$1.run(Alarm.java:327)
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:439)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)

Frickin a the most fundamental control that is now a recommend best practice does not work with the tools?  Let's bump the pri on this.

Fixing since Jun 27, 2014....Come on.

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i am seeing the same error, any updates?

Still working on it.

Should be fixed when next version of SDK Platform and Studio is released.

Just in case people are still wondering, you should update to the latest SDK platform for API 22 via the SDK Manager, and update to the latest recycler view by updating the Support repository via the SDK Manager, and in your build.gradle file to use the latest version (22.0.0)