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Adding Additional Activity .cs and Layout axml Using Visual Studio 2015.
I'm very new to Xamarin and Android development, but have been a developer for a few years using VB and now C#. I have a simple app on Android 4.2 that is getting more complicated as I go along. The simple matter us that I want to add an additional GpsAction.cs and corresponding Gps.axml layout to the project. It seems impossible to find the right combination syntax to achive this. I have a mainActivity with main.axml. In VS 2015 it's very simple to add new but I keep getting "resource.id does not contain a definition for" I would really appreciate your help with this
namespace AddCam
{
[Activity(Label = "GpsActivity")]
public class GpsActivity : Activity
{
protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
SetContentView(Resource.Layout.GpsLayout);
string c = FindViewById<TextView>(**Resource.Id.textView1**).Text;
// Create your application here
}
}
For people who are still facing this issue, the default Build Action of the layout file would be set to TransformFile. Select the layout, go to the Layout Properties, and in the properties pane, Select AndroidResource as your Build Action. Clean build your project and it should work.
I changed the text field "id" from "#+id/imageView1" to "1", saved, rebuilt and changed it back to "#+id/imageView1", it fixed it. I would like to add, this whole problem came from
Adding a new activity and layout.
Using preexisting code from another app that I had.
Copying and pasting code from the original app to the new Activity
and Layout.
All fairly common stuff, the real problem seemed always to be adding any new Activities and Layouts to a main Activity. It can get very convoluted and with no (known to me) logical way to run down a problem with Xamarin. Don't get me wrong compared to 10 years ago (the last mobile app I tried to write) Xamarin is heaven. Good coding folks, now if I can only figure out why Keyword "this" is error-ring on the added Activity.cs
Just add namespace like that Android.Resource.Id - it's resolve for me
What did work for me (Visual Studio 2017, opening an old Xamarin project):
Delete obj and bin folders, build.
If errors, restart Visual Studio (I know the pain).
Build again
Now the Resource will be visible (of course, if you defined it correctly).
The best solution I have found is to build solution.
Choose Build solution from Build menu (or Ctrl+Shift+B).
This action will resolve the issue.
You Should add set value forandroid:id="#+id/button1" in axml of app, then rebuild the project and try again.
like thisButton button = (Button)FindViewById(Resource.Id.button1); .
Check if you are missing these namespaces in your layout file -
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
(VS 2019) I did the previous solutions and nothing, I had the same problem and the solution for me was to remove '&' from the text of TextView, I was trying to Set the text to "text&text" even &&(I though it was like mnemonics as in WindowsForms) didn't work so I had to remove it and it fixed.
Cleared Main.axml page and Reset and it is working.
My problem was I was trying to debug Xamarin Android project (native) using Xamarin Live Player, connecting using USB cable and selecting my device for debugging solved the problem
Make sure your axml is well formed and rebuild the solution it should work, if you continue facing the same issue then remove axml and add it again then build the solution.
In Visual Studio 2019 when you add a new Android Layout to the Project it is added as .xml file. I already had some created earlier layouts in Resources/layout folder with extension .axml (not .xml) and for me changing the extension .xml -> .axml worked.
I understand that this issue is very old, but I've run into it as well in Visual Studio 2019, and have found a solution.
The issue occurs, for me, when adding an element to the layout and then attempting to add code. The issue appears to be related to the way the project is built.
Add the element to your layout, then build your project before adding any additional code. Apparently Resource.Id does not update with additional members until it's built, and attempting to refer to the new member in the code before Resource.Id recognizes it prevents the project from being built.
Like Maniacz said, in VS 2019 I just had to change the XML to axml extensión to the layout in layout folder under resources
For anyone else looking for an answer despite running clean/build/rebuild which didn't work for me:
I had freshly installed a number of tools for xamarin development in VS. Though a build/rebuild may have actually worked, in my case I believe what also fixed it was closing and re-opening VS. I'm pretty sure I had a few issues, primarily stemming from newly installed tools (android SDKs in my case) requiring VS to be restarted. If you're working on a project already having installed the tools you need, try as others have said - build/rebuild.
I had to modify Build Action for my layout file and re set the original Build Action as it was previously set. This made my visual studio to regenerate the resource ids in Resource.designer.cs file.
Step #1:
Go to properties of the layout file that is missing its ids and click the Build Action DropDown.
Step #2:
Select something from the dropdown other than AndroidResource.
Step #3:
Reselect AndroidResource from that Build Action.
Now, you will have your Resource.designer.cs file regenerated and it will have the reference ids to your controls in the layout file.
Check the Resource.Designer class file. There will be a class like public partial class Id. There the integer IDs of the controls are written. Use them instead of Resource.Id
I suddenly get this error whenever I try to add a new item in VS 2013 Express:
Set property 'System.Windows.ResourceDictionary.DeferrableContent' threw an exception.
In addition, every .cs file is corrupt. VS was working correctly yesterday. I haven't made any configuration changes or installed any add-ons.
The discussions here, here and here recommended the following possible solutions:
launch Visual Studio in Safe Mode
run devenv /resetuserdata (in this case it's wdexpress), then restart the computer
uninstall various tools and add-ins (I don't have any installed)
None of these solutions worked for me; the error still occurs under all conditions.
This happens whenever I try to add a class or reference or any other new item.
Update: I reinstalled Visual Studio and the problem still occurs. However, it appears to be confined to a single project, as I can make a new project and add classes to it. So maybe that project is corrupt somehow?
I checked out the most recent commit versions of the corrupted files, and that seems to have alleviated the problem. I can add classes now. Interestingly, when I was in Git Bash and tried to read one of the corrupt .cs files using less, it informed me that it was a binary file.
I'm trying to create a small Excel-Addin with just 1 Project in the Solution.
I downloaded the Tools at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/0c144a87-917a-4eb1-8716-da61f7efdafc/office-developer-tools-for-visual-studio-2013-march-2014-update-now-available?forum=lightswitch and could create a Add-In.
I can even debug it, but as soon as I rebuild the Solution, i get the 2 following errors:
Error 1 The "TargetFrameworkVersion" parameter is not supported by the
"SignFile" task. Verify the parameter exists on the task, and it is a
settable public instance property.
Error 2 The "SignFile" task could
not be initialized with its input parameters.
Funny enought, on another machine the rebuilding is working perfectly and as far as the other developer knows he didn't do anything special.
I checked a bout abut this SignFile Task, f.e. :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164304.aspx , but when I unload the Project and check the file, there are no such entries there.
On the problematic machine I created a new AddIn-Solution and run even on a empty Solution in the exact same problems.
P.S.: I can't uncheck the "Sign the ClickOnce manifists" Checkbox in the Signing tab. From what I've found a certifate expired, but how is that possible if I create a new Solution?
Thanks in advance
Matthias
This seem to be a bug with visual studio. I had the issue with Visual Studio Premium 2013 update 2. But with Update 3 (12.0.30723.00), the issue is gone.
I am fairly new to C#..
I am using Visual Studio 12, the source I am using was last edited in VS 12.. But my problem is that it's throwing me this error:
First of all, my computer username isn't Martin, it is Administratoring - The creator of this project is Martin.. So that's where I guess it's coming from, but I don't know how to fix this.
I have tried editing in Project > Properties > Build > Output Path - And it still doesn't work. I am not too familiar with C#, and I've spent some time searching up for a solution but can't find it anywhere.. Probably because I don't know what I should be searching up (I've tried searching keywords and quotes from the error, but still nothing)
Try these:
Make sure that output path of project is correct (Project > Properties > Build > Output path)
Go in menu to Build > Configuration Manager, and check if your main/entry project has checked Build. If not, check it.
For those with this kind of problem - another solution:
Pay attention also to Warnings when you build solution. For example, I had referenced a dll built with higher version of .NET (4.5.2) than my main project (4.5)
After I referenced a dll built with 4.0 build process was successful.
Please try with the steps below:
Right click on the Visual Studio Project - Properties - Debug - (Start Action section) - select "Start project" radio button.
Right click on the Visual Studio Project - Properties - Debug - (Enable Debuggers section) - mark "Enable the Visual Studio hosting process"
Save changes Ctrl + Shift + S) and run the project again.
P.S. I experienced the same problem when I was playing with the options to redirect the console input / output to text file and have selected the option Properties - Debug - (Start Action section) - Start external program. When I moved the Solution to another location on my computer the problem occurred because it was searching for an absolute path to the executable file. Restoring the Visual Studio Project default settings (see above) fixed the problem. For your reference I am using Visual Studio 2013 Professional.
I had the same problem and unfortunately non of above answers worked for me . the solution that worked for me is :
right click on your startup project and select Properties - Debug and change "start external program: " to the correct path
Done!
Switch Target framework to 4.5.2 or something higher and bring it back to your original version (example: 4.5) then when you build, it will work.
You are not set the startup project so only this error occur. Mostly this problem occur when your working with more project in the single solution.
First right click on your project and "Set as Start Up Project" and/or right click on the start up file inside the selected project and click "Set StartUp File".
I also get this error quite often.
I solve this by modifying the code (doing a very small change), saving it, then building the solution again.
In my case I had added a project to a solution manually, where that project was targeting a higher .NET version than the rest of the projects that were referencing it. Strange... there would normally be a somewhat more verbose, literal and descriptive error in such cases.
There wasn't a real error but there was a warning that said as much.
Go to Project > properties > Debug Tab and set the Launch to "Project"
I had the same problems. I had to change file rights. Unmark "read only" in their properties.
So... it’s mid 2021 and I’m using visual Studio 2019 (version 16.10.2) which is the current version available, on a windows 10 pc.
I had to start a new project and following this steps solved the issue;
When at the menu that says “Create new project”
After you’ve selected your project template it takes you to another menu that says “Configure your new project”
On this menu there’s an option that says “Place solution and project in the same directory”.
By default this option was not checked, so I checked it and it solved the issue.
I had the same problem with visual studio 2015 , and I found that there is reference is marked so I just deleted it , maybe you can delete this reference or reinstall it again
What solved it for me was deleting the line
<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
from the project property file. It caused Visual Studio to generate a (useless) file with multiple global using directive.
I faced the same problem , but in my solution i had many projects so in the solution configuration the start up project was by mistake a class library i changed the startup project and then i worked like a charm
right click on the sln => common proprties => choose right startup project .
I have a WebApplication which contains reference to WCF services.
While building using Visual Studio 2010, Build fails without any error or warning. However building the .csproj using MsBuild is successful.
Can't figure out what should I try in Visual Studio, to resolve / diagnose the issue. Can you please help out?
I find out that the build has been failing,
From text displayed in status Bar.
From output window:
========== Build: 0 succeeded or up-to-date, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========
The output tab includes configuration details.
------ Build started: Project: <projectName here> Configuration: Debug Any CPU
I noticed that if "Build + Intellisense" is selected in the Error List, it causes the error messages to be swallowed.
Change this option to "Build Only", and all error messages will be displayed:
I don't know if this is a bug in Visual Studio or what, but it certainly revealed hidden error messages that were the key to pinpointing the failure for me.
Some, like Richard J Foster, have suggested increasing the "MSBuild project build output verbosity" setting to "Diagnostic" (the highest possible option), but this didn't solve the problem for me, as Visual Studio appeared to be suppressing the error message(s) themselves.
As an alternative, you may try to use the raw output messages from the "Output" tab, which haven't been filtered by Visual Studio. Either do an in-place search for the strings "error" and/or "failed", or copy all of the output to your favorite text editor and do a search there.
To ensure that the Output window appears each time you do a build, you can go to Tools → Options → Projects and Solutions → General, and ensure that the option "Show Output Window when build starts" is checked.
As an additional troubleshooting step, it is also possible to build the project from the PowerShell command line by running dotnet build. This will show you the complete build output, including any errors that Visual Studio may be hiding.
I just ran into a similar situation. In my case, a custom action (from the MSBuildVersioning package available on Nuget.org - http://www.nuget.org/packages/MSBuildVersioning/) which appeared in the csproj file's BeforeBuild target was failing without triggering any error message in the normal place.
I was able to determine this by setting the "MSBuild project build output verbosity" (in the latest Visual Studio's Tools tab [Path: Tools > Options > Build and Run]) to "Diagnostic" as shown below. This then showed that the custom action (in my case HgVersionFile) was what had failed.
Here are some things that you can try:
If your solution contains more than one project, try building each project one at a time. (You may even want to try opening each project independently of the solution.)
If applicable, ensure that all of your projects (including dependencies and tests) target the same version of the .NET Framework. (Thanks to user764754 for this suggestion!)
Tip: Check Tools → Extension and Updates to ensure that your packages are up-to-date.
Ensure that all dependency projects are built to target the same platform as your main project.
Try restarting Visual Studio.
As suggested by Bill Yang, try running Visual Studio as Administrator, if you aren't already. (If you are already running Visual Studio as Administrator, perhaps try the opposite?)
Try restarting your computer.
Try "Rebuild All".
Run "Clean Solution", then remove your *vspscc* and *vssscc* files, restart Visual Studio, and then "Rebuild All".
As suggested by Andy, close Visual Studio, delete the .suo file, and restart Visual Studio.
As suggested by Arun Prasad E S, close Visual Studio, delete the .vs folder in your solution directory, and then re-open Visual Studio. (This folder is auto-generated by Visual Studio and contains cache, configuration settings, and more. More details can be found in these questions: Visual Studio - Deleting .vs folder and https://stackoverflow.com/q/48897191.)
As suggested by MrMalith, close Visual Studio, delete the obj folder in your solution directory, clear your temporary folder, and then re-open Visual Studio.
Delete the hidden .vs folder & restart Visual Studio. That worked for me.
I want to expand on Sasse's answer. I had to target the correct version of .NET to resolve the problem.
One project was giving me an error:
"The type or namespace name 'SomeNamespace' does not exist in the namespace 'BeforeSomeNamespace' (are you missing an assembly reference?)".
There was no error in the Error List window but the assembly had a yellow warning sign under "References".
I then saw that the referencing project targeted 4.5.1 and the referenced project 4.6.1. Changing 4.6.1 to 4.5.1 allowed the overall build to succeed.
Nothing was working for me so I deleted the .suo file, restarted VS, cleaned the projected, and then the build would work.
I tried many things like restarting Visual Studio, cleaning and rebuilding the solution, restarting the PC, etc., but none of them worked for me. I was finally able to solve the problem by doing the following:
First of all, make sure all the projects in your solution (including tests) are targeting the same .NET version. Then:
Save pending changes in the project and close Visual Studio
Find the exact location from file explorer and find "obj" file and open it,
Then, delete all the included files (some files won't remove, it doesn't matter, just skip them).
Use run command (by pressing Windows Key + R) and type "%temp%" and press enter to find temporary files.
Finally, delete them all.
On other possibility is that Visual Studio needs to run as Administrator, this might be related to deploying to local IIS server or other deployment need.
Just for the sake of completion and maybe helping someone encountering the same error again in the future, I was using Mahapps metro interface and changed the XAML of one window, but forgot to change the partial class in the code-behind. In that case, the build failed without an error or warning, and I was able to find it out by increasing the verbosity of the output from the settings:
In my case (VS 2019 v16.11.20), disabling Text Editor->C#->Advanced->Enable 'pull' diagnostics in the options solved the issue.
Double check for _underscore.aspx pages in your project.
I had a page and code-behind:
`myPage.aspx` and `myPage.aspx.vb`
when building the project, I'd get errors on the .aspx.vb page stating that properties defined on the .aspx page didn't exist, even though the page itself would build fine and there were NO OTHER ERRORS showing in the output (even with diagnostic level build output).
I then came across a page in the project that was named the same thing but with an underscore: _myPage.aspx - not sure where it came from, I deleted it, and the solution built fine.