Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 xaml designer not showing for UWP

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Where disappeared XAML designer for Universal Windows app in Visual Studio 2015 Update1?

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It is working for wpf and window 8.1 apps and XAML designer is enabled in Tools->Option->XAML Designer

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I am having the same problem. For C#/Universal Window projects created before installing Update 1, the Designer is available and it works just fine. It is only with projects that I created after installing Update 1 that the XMAL Designer is lost. – Mike Jablonski

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Change the Target Version to (10.0; Bulid 10240)

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See the notification asking to update Windows - enter image description here

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I was having the same problem. Updated windows from windows update as instructed by the VS2015 notification and now it is fixed.

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I assume that you are using VS2015 on an operating system prior to Windows 10. According to a post on Microsoft Connect, this behaviour is by design. When you're using VS2015 on Windows 8.1, there is no support for design view, you have to upgrade to Windows 10 instead:

"If you are developing Windows 10 applications, this is by design since the designer requires Windows 10 in-order to show the design surface for UWP applications since we run application code. In Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, you will only get intelliSense. If you want full support for the design tools, you need to develop the application on Windows 10."