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Offir
Offir

Reputation: 3491

Xaml editor not working properly with Xamarin in VS 2015

When I try to edit a Xaml file in the PCL I don't get any Intelligence from the editor and I can't drag and drop controls from the Xaml tool box as shown in the attached GIF.

As shown in the GIF , I try to open xaml file with XAML Designer and also with XAML Designer with Encoding with no success.
The Error I get is:

The file cannot be opened with selected editor.
Please choose another editor.

I am using VS 2015 community Update 3 with Xamarin.
Things I tried:

1) Updated the xamarin.forms for the solution.
2) Restarted VS.

The problem I am having!

This is my Xaml Designer settings: enter image description here

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1045

Answers (2)

masoud Cheragee
masoud Cheragee

Reputation: 359

use this link it worked for me after hours of googleing

http://codeworks.it/blog/?p=197

download schema file from this link if you dont have it

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/atsushieno/monodroid-schema-gen/master/android-layout-xml.xsd

Upvotes: 0

Junior Porfirio
Junior Porfirio

Reputation: 226

Xamarin.Forms doesn't currently support visual designers for XAML files.

There is not yet a visual designer for generating XAML in Xamarin.Forms applications, so all XAML must be hand-written.

https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/troubleshooting/questions/forms-xaml-designer/

You can used Intellisense for Xamarin.Forms: http://brianlagunas.com/getting-intellisense-for-xamarin-forms/

Upvotes: 0

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