Error - “Pivot” does not exist in the namespace - Windows phone 8.1

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I am very new to Windows phone development. recently i am working on a project. i have got some code which uses pivot. but it is showing

error as:

The name "Pivot" does not exist in the namespace "http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

How can this be resolved ?

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c#windows-phone-8windows-phone-8.1
are you working on Silverlight - windows phone 8.1 or winrt-windows phone 8.1 App..? post some code here to make it easy to detect the error. - Keval Langalia

2 Answers

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Have you tried to add the pivot like this?

<Controls:Pivot>
</Controls:Pivot>
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If you getting this error while developing Windows UWP app version 8.1 - bear in mind: Windows 8.1 have no Pivot control. Only Windows Phone 8.1 have Pivot control. So, the error appears while VS are building Windows 8.1 part of UWP app.