I have a Xamarin.Forms App that used to work correctly, but after updating from Visual Studio 2017 to 2019 I am getting an exception in Xamarin.Android when trying to build the solution. I have not changed anything in my code. The exception I get is:
Error The "GenerateResourceDesigner" task failed unexpectedly.
System.Xml.XmlException: '.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowInvalidChar(Char[] data, Int32 length, Int32 invCharPos)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseRootLevelWhitespace()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(XmlReader reader, LoadOptions options)
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(String uri, LoadOptions options)
at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.ManagedResourceParser.Parse(String resourceDirectory, IEnumerable`1 additionalResourceDirectories, Boolean isApp, Dictionary`2 resourceMap)
at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.GenerateResourceDesigner.Execute()
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__26.MoveNext() EventApp
I have tried every possible thing like uninstalling and reinstalling Visual Studio 2019. Clearing bin and obj folders but nothing seems to work.
Does anyone know how can i fix this issue?
Have you updated all NuGet packages? Checked all dependencies? Updated to VS 16.3.5? Although not getting the same error, I am having problems with the latest VS and XF coupled with Google Ads. Another suggestion that didn't help me, but has helped others, is to add
android:targetSdkVersion="28"
to the uses-permission tags. Is the Net Core version set properly?
My Problem is resolved. it was some issue with Visual studio 2019. I clicked on Repair visual studio in VS installer , It took sometime and then my problem is solved. Anyway Thanks For help :)
I've recently updated my copy of visual studio 2013 to update 5 in the hope I could start using the Performance and diagnostics hub but I get the following message in the options menu.
There were no error messages from update 5 installation. When I open the application (even a administrator) I don't have the menu item "performance and diagnostics" and I have already tried to repair the installation.
Before I received the following error message, checking the activity log the error was something about duplicate ID's (Can't share the exact wording as it's not in the log anymore)
Can anyone help?
Thanks
After having a problem with my installation of Visual Studio 2017 Microsoft recommended me to run InstallCleanup.exe -full this command removed Visual Studio 2017 and the Visual Studio installer from my computer but in the process broke something.
Now when I try to install Visual Studio 2017 the Visual Studio 2017 installer throws a TypeInitializationException whenever I select a version of Visual Studio to install.
The log file shows the following stack trace:
2017-05-25T17:19:18 : Verbose : Getting product. [installerId: SetupEngine, productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community].
2017-05-25T17:19:21 : Error : Failed to get product. [installerId: SetupEngine, productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community, error: TypeInitializationException at The type initializer for 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Utility.StringUtility' threw an exception.
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Utility.StringUtility.ReplaceSpecialFolders(String value)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Utility.StringUtility.ReplaceVariables(String value, IEnumerable`1 parameters)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.ProductInstaller.GetSerializableProduct()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.ProductsProviderService.GetProduct(String channelId, String productId)]
Unfortunately I've been unable to correct this. I've redownload the installer. uninstalled and removed anything related to VS2017, rebooted, cleaned the temp folder. Nothing seems to have any affect.
I've asked Microsoft for guidance here, but two similar bug reports here and here stay unanswered, so I've got little hope.
I would look at the source code for the StringUtility class that seems to cause the problem. But I do not believe that is open source. (I could not find a similar class on referencesource). I would also try to debug the running application by attaching a debugger, but alas I have no Visual Studio and can't install a new one :).
Does anybody have any clue how I could try to figure out what causes this Exception? Or what dependencies I could check?
Edit: after using Collect.exe to gather more information I've found the InnerException:
05/25/2017 17:55:17 : Error : System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Utility.StringUtility' threw an exception. ---> System.ArgumentException: Absolute path information is required.
at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CreateListFromExpressions(String[] str, Boolean needFullPath)
at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)
at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAccess access, String path)
at System.Environment.InternalGetFolderPath(SpecialFolder folder, SpecialFolderOption option, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Utility.StringUtility..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Utility.StringUtility.ReplaceSpecialFolders(String value)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Utility.StringUtility.ReplaceVariables(String value, IEnumerable`1 parameters)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.ProductInstaller.GetSerializableProduct()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.ProductsProviderService.GetProduct(String channelId, String productId)Failed to get a catalog
Looks like there is some sheneningans with an invalid path? But how will I ever find out what path :)?
After another day of searching I figured it out.
Notice how the stack trace includes this line
at System.Environment.InternalGetFolderPath(SpecialFolder folder, SpecialFolderOption option, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
So the invalid folder is one of Windows Special Folders. Of which there are only a few. With a Powershell script I tested all Special folders. I then noticed that the following powershell command threw a very similar exception.
[environment]::GetFolderPath("MyVideos")
Digging further I found the following registry key:
Note the missing \ it should be D:\Videos\ not D:Videos I manually edited this a while ago. The path seems to be valid in some Windows functions. But not in the .Net function.
I deleted the Library and then restored the defaults. (Right click, the library in the library pane to delete it. Then right click on the library icon and choose restore defaults.)
After rebooting (without it it wouldn't work) The PS script showed that the Special Folder path worked. And voila! the Visual Studio Installer also worked again :D.
Visual studio that won't be repaired...
Everytime I want to compile an app on vs 2015 - it crashes. Even if I want to compile the main function or write somthing to it, there appears a window, which says
Visual Studio 2015 has stopped working
It goes same on 2013 Express version.
I have a clue why it won't work: when I open Team Explorer, an error appears:
Page '3185ed96-1cbd-4381-a439-636973542e50' not found.
I tried everything I have found in the internet and trust me - nothing worked.
I also tried some command prompt commands:
devenv.exe/ debug
devenv.exe/ resetsettings
devenv.exe/ instalvstemplates
devenv.exe/ resetskippings
devenv.exe/ resetuserdata
devenv.exe/ setup
devenv.exe/ safemode
Debug mode gave me some info about the error:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in mscorlib.dll
Additional information: The service 'Microsoft.Internal.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.SVsUIThreadInvokerPrivate' must be installed for this feature to work. Ensure that this service is available. HRESULT = 0x80004002
An exception was encountered while constructing the content of this frame. This information is also logged in "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ActivityLog.xml".
Exception details:
System.ArgumentException: Parametr is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.CreateToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32 id, UInt32 flags)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.CreateToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32 id, ProvideToolWindowAttribute tool)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.FindToolWindow(Type toolWindowType, Int32 id, Boolean create, ProvideToolWindowAttribute tool)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.CreateToolWindow(Guid& toolWindowType, Int32 id)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsToolWindowFactory.CreateToolWindow(Guid& toolWindowType, UInt32 id)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.WindowManagement.WindowFrame.ConstructContent()
But still nothing I was able to find has worked.
I reinstalled VS and repaired it - still nothing.
Then I have downloaded some .dlls, microsoft visual c++ redistributable packages and used Ccleaner to clean registry.
I think it's a very strange error; if you could advise me on a fix please?
Uncheck [Tools->Options->Environment->Automatically adjust visual experience based on client performance]
Uncheck [Use hardware graphics acceleration if available]
You can leave [Enable rich client visual experience] checked
I was having a lot of problems anywhere from random crashes, to crashing my Intel Graphics display driver, I turned it off and I have had no problems, it actually runs better. Maybe it will work for you
I was facing the same issue for team explorer.
First of all close all instances of visual studio and then try:
devenv /resetuserdata
Run above command at the command prompt; typically something similar to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE"
Possible fix for these type errors:
try to update device driver (Intel HD Graphics) or Run with graphic driver if u got switch based or vice versa.
main executable is located
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
14.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
Also if you are getting these type error on installation exe you can fix it the same way
Visual Studio uses WPF:
From this link: "Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) differs from prior application platforms on Windows in that it uses its own DirectX-based hardware-accelerated rendering pipeline, when available, to draw the contents of any WPF windows. Prior application platforms were typically much less dependent on display driver quality because the bulk of their rendering was done in software rather than hardware."
So, it may conflict with the display driver causing it to stop if you don't have latest display driver or the latest .NET framework. Though there might be other reasons.
There is also a registry settings(regedit) which might help:
You can add a new DWORD(for 32-bit systems) or QWORD(for 64-bit) by going to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->CurrentControlSet->Control->GraphicsDrivers]
and setting the name to "TdrDelay" and value to "8". Make sure the value's base is set to hexadecimal. TDR- Timeout Detection and Recovery.
If any of the above doesn't work. Try disabling any hardware accelerated rendering features in Visual Studio from [Tools->Options]. From your ActivityLog file, it seems that the exceptions are mostly in the graphics methods. So, my guess is it has to do with graphics rendering.
Click on Tools menu > Import and Export Settings > Reset all settings > Next > "No, just reset settings, overwriting all current settings" > Next > Finish.
i have faced problem of visual studio installation
it stop before start installation and i just go to control panel > programs >Turn windows features on or of > just uncheck all the .NETframework versions and restart your machine and then start the installation
this just how it works with me
You can also try closing VS, deleting the bin directory then attempting to debug again – it has worked for me.
It's been a while, but I'm seeing similar behavior since today.
Every time I load our solution, VS2015 crashes and restarts.
Windows Event Log shows 'out of memory exception' but there's over 2GB free at the time of the crash. the faulting module is KERNELBASE.DLL
In case this helps anyone:
Faulting application name: devenv.exe, version: 14.0.25420.1, time stamp: 0x57685d85
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.1.7601.23915, time stamp: 0x59b94abb
I'm suspecting a windows update, as none of my colleagues have this problem and unfortunately I'm that nerd who always installs his updates ASAP.
I found this SOF article and tried everything listed.
And I found a new caveat to this voodoo.
Mine falls under the "the dumbest reason ever" category.
My temp folder was "full". So I did a disk clean up, and that deleted the FILES. However, I had a large amount of subfolders in my temp folder and while they were empty, the folders themselves were causing GetTempFile functions to fail.
So when I ran
"C:\blah\blah\blah\IDE\devenv.exe" /log
the log entries in ActivityLog.xml were showing something like this:
System.IO.IOException: The file exists.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError()
at System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName(Boolean checkHost)
at System.Windows.Input.Cursor.LoadFromStream(Stream cursorStream)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor.Implementation.LeftSelectionMargin.get_RightArrowCursor()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Editor.Implementation.LeftSelectionMarginProvider.CreateMargin(IWpfTextViewHost textViewHost, IWpfTextViewMargin containerMargin)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Utilities.ContainerMargin.<AddMargins>b__2(IWpfTextViewMarginProvider mp)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Utilities.GuardedOperations.InstantiateExtension[TExtension,TMetadata,TExtensionInstance](Object errorSource, Lazy`2 provider, Func`2 getter)
In that log entry text, don't miss the text "System.IO.Path.InternalGetTempFileName"
So several places said "delete your temp files", which I did, but I still got the same issues. :(
Then I took a look at the temp directory, and I saw something weird. A large amount of (empty) subfolders.
So once I discovered I had a bunch of subfolders in my temp directory, I cleaned up these subfolders.
I found this question:
How to delete files/subfolders in a specific directory at command prompt in Windows
So I used this code:
I put this code in a .bat file
del /q "C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q
And now my Visual Studio is running ok again.
Wow, go figure.
if you're using windows 10. Try installing VS2015 update 3
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/mt752379(v=vs.140)?redirectedfrom=MSDN
VS is Crashing viewing aspx pages Visual Studio I get this exception. This is the exception from the event log:
Application: devenv.exe (Visual Studio Premium 2012)
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.AccessViolationException
Stack:
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.IVsExpansionManager.EnumerateExpansions(System.Guid, Int32, System.String[], Int32, Int32, Int32, Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.IVsExpansionEnumeration ByRef)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Snippets.SnippetListManager+SnippetCache.CacheLanguageExpansionStructs(Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.IVsExpansionManager, System.Guid)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Snippets.SnippetListManager+SnippetCache..ctor(Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.IVsExpansionManager, System.Guid, SnippetCache)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Snippets.SnippetListManager.ResetSnippetCache(System.Guid)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Snippets.SnippetListManager.EnsureInitialized(System.Guid)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Snippets.SnippetListManager.GetInstance(System.Guid)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Factory.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Interop.IMVWFactory.CreateSnippetListManager(System.Guid)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IOleInPlaceComponent.FDoIdle(UInt32)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.WindowManagement.OleInPlaceComponentIdleManager.PassOnIdleTime(System.Collections.Generic.List`1<Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IOleInPlaceComponent>, Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.OleComponentSupport.IdleTypes)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.WindowManagement.OleInPlaceComponentIdleManager.FDoIdleCore(UInt32)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI.OleComponentSupport.OleComponent.Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IOleComponent.FDoIdle(UInt32)
I have:
- Started Visual Studio in Safe Mode
- Reverted my settings to default
- Repaired
- Done a uninstall and reinstall
Anyone else have any ideas ?
It sounds like a bug in the expansion manager (an unmanaged component of Visual Studio).
It is responsible notably for Visual Studio's snippet expansion feature.
You could track the registry, for example, this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0_Config\Languages\CodeExpansions
and check all the sub keys, see if something looks bad, the directories, or even the .XML files (containing snippet configurations) pointed at. You can also use SysInternals' ProcMon tool to monitor what's going on.
Ultimately, you could also kill all these keys and launch a repair...
It's also possible to report the bug to Microsoft here: Connect site for Visual Studio but if it's not easily reproducible, it may not be fixed in a near future.