title: Eclipse Android: Failed to create the part's controls
body: <p>When I create a new Android Application Project and go to Graphical Layout of the activity_main.xml file, I get error "Failed to create the part's controls".</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>OS: Windows 8</p></li>
  <li><p>Eclipse: Eclipse Standard 4.3.1 (Kepler) 32-bit</p></li>
  <li><p>Android SDK from site: <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html</a> (32-bit)</p></li>
  <li><p>installed Developer Tools from <a href="https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/</a></p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I tried to (without good results):</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>deleted files in ${workspace}/.metadata/.plugins (according to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13113281/failed-to-create-the-parts-controls">Failed to create the part&#39;s controls</a>)</p></li>
  <li><p>do it on Eclipse JUNO</p></li>
  <li><p>reinstall Android SDK</p></li>
  <li><p>create new workspaces for new project</p></li>
  <li><p>when I go to File --> Switch Workspace... and choose the same workspace, the error not occurs, but I don't see any components in Palette.</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Can anybody help? Thank You.</p>
  
  <p>Details of error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>java.lang.NullPointerException
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.RenderService.&lt;init&gt;(RenderService.java:122)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.RenderService.create(RenderService.java:187)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.renderWithBridge(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1539)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.recomputeLayout(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1302)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.gle2.GraphicalEditorPart.activated(GraphicalEditorPart.java:1059)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.layout.LayoutEditorDelegate.delegatePageChange(LayoutEditorDelegate.java:686)
  at com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.internal.editors.common.CommonXmlEditor.pageChange(CommonXmlEditor.java:360)
  at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart.setActivePage(MultiPageEditorPart.java:1083)
  at org.eclipse.ui.forms.editor.FormEditor.setActivePage(FormEditor.java:607)
  at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart.createPartControl(MultiPageEditorPart.java:362)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityPart.createPartControl(CompatibilityPart.java:142)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityEditor.createPartControl(CompatibilityEditor.java:96)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityPart.create(CompatibilityPart.java:323)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:56)
  at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:877)
  at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:857)
  at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:119)
  at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:333)
  at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:254)
  at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:162)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.createFromBundle(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:102)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.doCreate(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:71)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.create(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:53)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.ContributedPartRenderer.createWidget(ContributedPartRenderer.java:129)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createWidget(PartRenderingEngine.java:949)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:633)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:735)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.access$2(PartRenderingEngine.java:706)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$7.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:700)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:685)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl$1.handleEvent(PartServiceImpl.java:90)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler$1.run(UIEventHandler.java:41)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.syncExec(Synchronizer.java:180)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer.syncExec(UISynchronizer.java:150)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.syncExec(Display.java:4688)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application$1.syncExec(E4Application.java:205)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler.handleEvent(UIEventHandler.java:38)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerWrapper.handleEvent(EventHandlerWrapper.java:197)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:197)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:1)
  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.dispatchEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:135)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.sendEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:78)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventComponent.sendEvent(EventComponent.java:39)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.EventBroker.send(EventBroker.java:80)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.UIEventPublisher.notifyChanged(UIEventPublisher.java:58)
  at org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.impl.BasicNotifierImpl.eNotify(BasicNotifierImpl.java:374)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.impl.ElementContainerImpl.setSelectedElement(ElementContainerImpl.java:171)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ModelServiceImpl.showElementInWindow(ModelServiceImpl.java:576)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ModelServiceImpl.bringToTop(ModelServiceImpl.java:543)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.delegateBringToTop(PartServiceImpl.java:610)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.bringToTop(PartServiceImpl.java:322)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.showPart(PartServiceImpl.java:1034)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:3112)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.access$21(WorkbenchPage.java:3034)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$8.run(WorkbenchPage.java:3016)
  at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:3012)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2976)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2967)
  at org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IDE.java:534)
  at org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IDE.java:493)
  at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.EditorUtility.openInEditor(EditorUtility.java:360)
  at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.EditorUtility.openInEditor(EditorUtility.java:167)
  at org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.OpenAction.run(OpenAction.java:268)
  at org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.OpenAction.run(OpenAction.java:233)
  at org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.SelectionDispatchAction.dispatchRun(SelectionDispatchAction.java:275)
  at org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.SelectionDispatchAction.run(SelectionDispatchAction.java:251)
  at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerActionGroup.handleOpen(PackageExplorerActionGroup.java:376)
  at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerPart$4.open(PackageExplorerPart.java:538)
  at org.eclipse.ui.OpenAndLinkWithEditorHelper$InternalListener.open(OpenAndLinkWithEditorHelper.java:47)
  at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$2.run(StructuredViewer.java:866)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:49)
  at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:175)
  at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.fireOpen(StructuredViewer.java:864)
  at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.handleOpen(StructuredViewer.java:1152)
  at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$6.handleOpen(StructuredViewer.java:1256)
  at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.fireOpenEvent(OpenStrategy.java:275)
  at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$2(OpenStrategy.java:269)
  at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$1.handleEvent(OpenStrategy.java:309)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1057)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4170)
  at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3759)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$9.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1113)
  at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:997)
  at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:138)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:610)
  at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:567)
  at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150)
  at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:354)
  at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:181)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:636)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:591)
  at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1450)
  </code></pre>