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Md Tayeb Himel
Md Tayeb Himel

Reputation: 336

there was internal issue with the rendering process - XAML previewer

I am totaly new to xamarin framework, i have just created an app with UI technology Xamarin.Forms and Code Sharing Strategy .NET Standard and i am using Visual Studio 2017 15.5.7 .

When I try to preview the default app template with the XAML Previewer, I get this error "There was an internal issue with the rendering process". I have given the screenshot below. I have tried alot to solve the problem but faild. What should i do to solve this problem?

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmfedwXYYdKe3HfQbHZBsM31ZSTO

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1515

Answers (1)

Muhammad Qasim
Muhammad Qasim

Reputation: 21

Got it. Had to downgrade. Note for non-Mac users: if you don't have a Mac, the previewer won't work, even for Android. All you'll get is a blue/gray screen. This bug needs to be fixed by Xamarin.

On your Mac:

  • Switch back to the stable channel on Xamarin Studio if you're not on it already.
  • Install Xcode 8.2.

On Windows: Well, I had to uninstall VS 2017, install VS 2015, download the manual installer (the universal installer didn't work) from

  • https://store.xamarin.com/account/my/subscription/downloads ->

  • Show All Versions ->

  • Xamarin.Android ->

  • Download latest version (you only need to download Android -- Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android point to the same "manual" installer on Windows)

  • , install it, configure the Mac agent. This finally let the previewer work... for iOS.

Android preview still doesn't work.

EDIT:

Solved it. You need to update to JDK 8 and set it to use that directory in

  • Tools ->

  • Options ->

  • Xamarin ->

  • Android.

    Then, make sure you uninstall any 32 bit version of the JDK or all you'll get is XFPageRendererView instead of your XAML. TOOK FOREVER TO FIGURE OUT. This is how I spend my Christmas

Now, the only annoying thing is intellisense doesn't work on my XAML files. SIGH, any ideas?

EDIT:

You have to right-click on the XAML file and Open With... -> XAML Designer. The designer with encoding option didn't work for me, but the regular designer did. How odd.

Upvotes: 2

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