In the new Visual Studio 2015 RC the XAML designer does not bring up a UI for a C# Windows Universal project but it does for a C++ Windows Universal project. This occurs with both the Professional and Community editions. Has any one experience the same problem and have a workaround/solution?
I have the same issue, when I upgraded the Win10 SDK from 10240 to 10586, set the project properties->Application->Target version to Windows 10(10.0;Build 10240),
the design view shows up again.
If the XAML designer is failing to open, check the "Flag" notifications in the top right corner. You might notice a message that your Windows 10 build needs to be updated.
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The target platform can't be newer than the Windows 10 build you're actually running.
To help clarify this a bit -
If you are building a Universal Windows 10 application with Visual Studio 2015 running on Windows 8.1 - something that we have enabled for the first time without requiring your to upgrade your OS, you will not be offered the XAML designer option - we will only allow you to edit XAML using the editor and IntelliSense. Similarly, you will not be allowed to test the application locally or using the Simulator (since it is a Windows 10 application and cannot run on your machine). Everything else should work fine, but for the best experience possible, consider upgrading to Windows 10.
If you are building a Windows 8.1 universal application, it should work just like before.
Windows 10 (fresh install + Developer mode)
VS 2015 Update 1 Ultimate
SDK Build 10586
By default no designer being available even via Shift-F7.
This expands the scope of the original problem, its not a VS edition based issue at all. Its a problem with the SDK support.
AS per Wener Henze
Swtich back to Build 10240.
Fixed. Designer now available.
Werners workaround is confirmed and saved me lots of time. I don't have the rep to thank him, or comment on his post directly.
I installed fresh Windows 10 and Visual Studio Community 2015, and the designer failed to load (for MainPage.xaml etc). I had to:
enable developer mode in system settings (update section) as suggested in info dialog
(re)install Visual C++ redistributable for VS 2015
But I don't know which one exactly resolved the problem... Now the designer loads as expected. (I tried only C# universal app yet)
In case if you have installed fresh Windows 10 Build 10240 and downloaded and installed latest Visual Studio 2015, target version 10240 is not available in Project Properties -> Application -> Target version and designer is not working too.
I have got Target version 10240 selection available after I've installed additionally Windows 10 RTM SDK from following page. As discussed above, designer works fine if Target version 10240 is selected.
As an update to the answer of #Ivan because I just had to do with this issue recently.
In my case I only had the option to change the Min Version from 10586 to 10240 but for the Target version I had no other choice than 10586. So solving this issue was not possible.
The solution was to install SDK Version 1506 (Version 10.0.26624.0) which can be found here https://developer.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/downloads/sdk-archive
After a restart of Visual Studio I was able to switch the Target version as well #Ivan mentioned and the XAML designer finally showed up. Heureka!
Thanks for the hint #Ivan.
you have to have the appropriate sdk installed on your machine, you can get it from the official site of Microsoft https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/sdk-archive
before that please remove the old sdk you installed on your pc, so that VS will use the new one.
then it'll work... i fixed mine in this way.
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Just installed Nuget, "Microsoft.Toolkit.Forms.UI.Controls.WebView" and trying to use the web browser "Edge" but when I am dragging the control into the form it gives me an exception:
"Failed to create webview. The error is message following:
System.TypeLoadExcpetion: Could not find Windows.runtime type: Could
not find windows.runtime type :
Windows.Web.UI.interop.WebViewControlProcess at
microsoft.toolkit.Form.UI.Controls..WebView.get_Enterprise()'
is there any solution for this kind of error?
There are several prerequisites for using the toolkit controls in Windows Forms apps:
Visual Studio 2017.
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17110 or a later release.
.NET Framework 4.6.2 or a later release.
Configure your application for high DPI support. To learn how, see this section of the guide.
Update to the latest version of Visual Studio 2017.
Update to the latest available version of Windows 10 (ideally the October 2018 update and later).
Make sure your project is targeting .NET Framework 4.6.2 or later by right-clicking the project in Solution Explorer and selecting Properties. I think this may be the most likely reason for your problem.
Enable HDPI support based on this guide.
I know this is an old thread but I am running VS 2015 and upgraded my .NET Framework to 4.8 and the webview and webviewcompatability controls both work just fine.
Facing this issue while creating UWP App. I downloaded all updates from windows and in VS2017, but still could not resolve this error:
Visual studio requires new version of windows to display the content. Please update UAP or later
I have found the similar issue in MSDN, and it has an accepted answer you could refer to.
please install the latest windows updates. You can check / install updates through the windows update area inside the settings. You can also get the exact version of windows 10 that you are using at the moment inside the settings (Click on System and then About).
The min / target version are just for the end product. But if you installed the latest Updates for Visual Studio then Visual Studio wants to have the newest version, too. (And the (web)installer always installs the latest version e.g. the latest sdk which was released together with the aniversary update of Windows 10.)
This is original case link.
Getting the error "Visual Studio requires a newer version of Windows to display this content." when using the XAML designer tool in Xamarin. Any ideas on how I'd go about tracking down the source of this? I'm using Windows 10, and Visual Studio 2015.
Update from 14th September 2016
The live preview for Xamarin forms is now available in the stable channel. https://developer.xamarin.com/releases/studio/xamarin.studio_6.1/xamarin.studio_6.1/#Xamarin_Forms_Previewer
Update from 27th April 2016
Xamarin has just announced a live preview for Xamarin.Forms on the Evolve 2016 Keynote. It is included in the alpha channel, and you need to update Xamarin.Forms to 2.3 prerelease.
Original Answer
Xamarin.Forms XAML is not WPF XAML. There is currently no editor for this dialect.
There is not yet a visual designer for generating XAML in Xamarin.Forms applications, so all XAML must be hand-written.
The only way to have a preview is currently Gorilla Player. But the community is requesting it strongly. It's the feature request with the most votes.
I was facing the same problem when I was loading the MainPage.xaml file of my UWP application in my Visual Studio 2019.
I was sure that I have the version 1903 (10.0.18362.0) in my system, so the problem was not that. To fix this error, this is what I did.
Install the version 1809 (10.0.17763.0), to do this, click on the visual studio installer, and select your Visual Studio, and then click on Modify
Click on the Individual Components and then select Windows 10 SDK (10.0.17763.0)
Once the installation is done, open your project in the Visual Studio and then click on your project and then Properties.
Select the Target version 1809 (10.0.17763.0) under Targeting
Now you should be able to see the design view of your xaml file. Hope it helps.
This answer is based on the Title (No Xamarin)
I found this Choose a UWP Version link to be helpful in solving the problem.
Go to:
Project Menu
Project Properties
Change both Target and Min versions to Build 10240
XAML designer is back!
Yo,
So I've been developing a Universal Windows Store app in Visual Studio 2013 on one machine, and wanted to continue developing it on an another machine running Windows 10 Technical Preview.
The problem is that in Visual Studio 2015 Preview there is a new C++ Redistributable package version (2015), and the latest SQLite requires version 2013, so that particular reference is missing. I can build the project, it deploys successfully, but there is an exception saying it can't load sqlite3.dll. I'm assuming this is because of the missing Visual C++ Redistributable Package 2013. I tried downloading it, but the entry is still missing from the Add reference dialog under Extensions, where it is seen on VS 2013.
Any experience of making it work? Any insider info on when SQLite will work for Windows 10?
Cheers
Yesterday I blogged about how to get SQLite working with Windows 10 Universal apps
It's really simple and comes down to using a pre-release version of SQLite Visual Studio extension, and then just using whatever library or ORM you used before.
Note that Windows 10 Universal apps will also be capable of using Entity Framework 7, which can be used with almost any DB provider including SQLite.
EDIT: The Visual Studio extension is not in pre-release as of build 10240.
SQLite for Universal App Platform is now available as pre-release
Sqlite download page
so after searching on the web a little i came across this
Seems that some (not very wise) software install incompatible sqlite3.dll to the windows system folder.
Check your C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ folder for sqlite3.dll and rename it to sqlite3-backup.dll.
If some other software can't start after it, just put sqlite3-backup.dll to the folder where main .exe resides and rename it to sqlite3.dll.
Also check registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\KnownDLLs.
If sqlite3.dll value is present - remove it. This registry key is designed only for system dlls, not for third-party dlls.
Hopefully rhis helps. I was thinking its a windows UAC system which requires you to run app as admin etc.. il keep searching but dp update if this fixes the issue
Add reference Runtime C++ 2013 package for Windows. That worked for me
Referencing a Windows 8.1 SqlLite requires referencing new “Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Runtime Package for Windows Universal” extension. You can add using Add Reference dialog in a Universal Windows app.
That should fix the runtime exception.
I have recently installed Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Express for Windows Desktop with Update 4.
The build number is: "12.0.31101.00 Update 4" with .NET Framework build number: "4.5.51641"
I have reboot my computer after the installation and I am using Windows 8.1 x64 with the latest updates also.
When i create a Visual C# => WPF Application project, and i try to hit "View Designer" on the item "MainWindows.xaml" or press "Shift+F7" on the code view the designer does not show up.
I have tried everything, but no designer seems to be in this edition or Visual Studio... No menu even tells the name "Designer" anywhere.
I have used 2010/2012 Express and i always used to have the designer.
Did Microsoft remove the designer from express versions now ? :O
Thanks for your help.
Ok... I just solved my issue.
The ISO i have downloaded was about 2,00 GB, and I noticed it's a little too light to be VS 2013 (even Express).
The ISO I have just downloaded is about 6 GB. Works nicely now!
Download link: www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=44914
Click "Download" then check the ISO file.