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Liero
Liero

Reputation: 27328

Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 xaml designer not showing for UWP

Where disappeared XAML designer for Universal Windows app in Visual Studio 2015 Update1?

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It is working for wpf and window 8.1 apps and XAML designer is enabled in Tools->Option->XAML Designer

Upvotes: 7

Views: 7480

Answers (4)

Gorgsenegger
Gorgsenegger

Reputation: 7856

I assume that you are using VS2015 on an operating system prior to Windows 10. According to a post on Microsoft Connect, this behaviour is by design. When you're using VS2015 on Windows 8.1, there is no support for design view, you have to upgrade to Windows 10 instead:

"If you are developing Windows 10 applications, this is by design since the designer requires Windows 10 in-order to show the design surface for UWP applications since we run application code. In Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, you will only get intelliSense. If you want full support for the design tools, you need to develop the application on Windows 10."

Upvotes: 0

artista_14
artista_14

Reputation: 716

See the notification asking to update Windows - enter image description here

Upvotes: 4

99darshan
99darshan

Reputation: 572

I was having the same problem. Updated windows from windows update as instructed by the VS2015 notification and now it is fixed.

Upvotes: 1

Marcin Sowula
Marcin Sowula

Reputation: 74

Change the Target Version to (10.0; Bulid 10240)

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Upvotes: 5

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