Error while loading Xamarin forms PCL project

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It was working fine until this error came up:

Tools > Options > Xamarin (iOS and Android settings)

'An error occurred while loading this page property'

I am not able to create or load the existing xamarin forms PCL project. I am using Xamarin with Visual Studio IDE. I tried to modify, repair and uninstall and install for 3 times at least but the same error comes up.

There is also one more error when loading the PCL project which says:

Error: this template attempted to load component assembly 'xamarin.forms.templates.VisualStudio'

Please help!

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It would be useful if you could include a pastebin link to your full version information (Help > About Visual Studio > Copy Info) and your IDE log that exhibits those errors (probably latest log in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Xamarin\Logs). – Alan Clark
One more thing I found that there is no Xamarin Account option in visual studio (Tools- Xamarin Account) where one can login with their xamarin account. These are the details you asked for Log : pastebin.com/whHGr34i Version Details : pastebin.com/EAP68U8E @AlanClark – Charlie

1 Answers

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It looks like Xamarin and potentially the JDK / Android SDK aren't installed correctly here as your version information does not list the Xamarin components. As such I would recommend a thorough uninstall and reinstall of Xamarin and related Android components.

  1. Close Visual Studio and follow the Xamarin Thorough Uninstall guide to remove all Xamarin files. This is a comprehensive process so please ensure you follow all the steps.

  2. Remove the Android SDK Tools entirely. You should be able to do this from Settings > Apps & Features.

  3. Optional: It appears you're using JDK 1.7 which is fine for Android APIs <= 23, but for full API 24 support you will require JDK 1.8 64 bit. As such, I would recommend installing JDK 1.8 64 bit. You can install this alongside JDK 1.7 but since it is backwards compatible it is generally safe to uninstall the previous version.

  4. Download and install the Android SDK command line tools from Google's website.

  5. Download and install the latest Xamarin.VisualStudio installer from the Downloads section of your Xamarin account (you can sign up free of charge if you need to):

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  1. Start Visual Studio and navigate to Tools > Options > Xamarin > Android and ensure the paths are pointing to the correct locations for the JDK, SDK and NDK. It should look something like this:

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