Can there only be one `@Preview` function and does...
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matt tighe
11/21/2019, 6:20 PMCan there only be one
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Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]
11/21/2019, 6:21 PMYou can have as many preview functions as you want in whatever files you want - when that file is open, it will show all those previews together at once.
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matt tighe
11/21/2019, 6:22 PMOdd. If I paste my preview into the main activity it displays, but it doesn't if I define it in a new file
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Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]
11/21/2019, 6:25 PMI think there's a bug where you need to reopen the file the first time you add a preview function
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matt tighe
11/21/2019, 6:25 PMYep, that did it. Thanks!
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Leland Richardson [G]
11/21/2019, 6:29 PMyep. that bug (i think?) is fixed on the latest canary build of studio, but i could be wrong
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Luca Nicoletti
11/22/2019, 8:44 AMHow far you see the preview if your function in an activity? Preview are meant to be top level functions 😧
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Leland Richardson [G]
11/22/2019, 6:43 PMi think perhaps he meant that it was in the same file. the IDE basically looks for the presence of @Preview when the file is opened, but doesn’t check after that