Intellisense for XAML Files (Xamarin.Forms)

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In Visual Studio 15, how do I get XAML Intellisense working for XAML files in Xamarin.Forms?

Edit: Split answer from the question

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This solution was found on this forum by dzCepheus.

To resolve the problem, append the following 2 lines of code to the bottom of catalog.xml, which should be located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Xml\Schemas (this depends on your local installation directory for visual studio).

The two lines of code being:

<Schema href="%VsInstallDir%/xml/schemas/xaml2006.xsd"
targetNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" />

NOTE: for me, "%VsInstallRoot%" worked, not "%VsInstallDir". It probably depends on the VS version.

and 

<Association extension="xaml" schema="%InstallDir%/xml/schemas/xaml2006.xsd" />

After restarting Visual Studio, you will have IntelliSense and auto-complete + auto-fill working, but if the problem still occurs, make sure you have set "Source Code (Text) Editor" as Default Editor for the XAML file.