VIsual Studio 2022 cannot see Xaml when viewing mainpage.xaml

[HowardPWeiss]

When I create a WPF application, when I look at the .xaml files I see both the .xaml (text) and the xaml designer (rendering of xaml)

If I create an application in Visual Studio 2022 using the Uno App template, when I bring up the mainpage.xaml, I see only the xaml. The design view is not accessible. I checked in options->Xaml designer and the xaml designer is enabled.

Visual Studio offers no explanation for why the design view is not accessible

[jeromelaban]

Thanks for the question.

WPF and UWP are the only targets that support that design mode. There is not designed for XAML in other environments at this time in Visual Studio, which is why we introduced Hot Design that replaces that missing Visual Studio feature.

[HowardPWeiss]

Thank you.

Please confirm - Hot Design is NOT available with Community Edition

[sasakrsmanovic]

Correct. Hot Design is not available in Uno Platform Studio Community edition.

Hot Design is available either as a 30-day trial within Uno Platform Studio Pro edition, or of course, to paid Uno Platform Studio Pro subscribers.

In addition, Hot Design is available for free to students, teachers, open-source maintainers and Microsoft MVPs as we support those communities with a free Uno Platform Studio Pro edition.