Intellisense not working for Xamarin Xaml Form in Visual Studio 2015 Community

Question

1. Intellisense is not working for Xamarin Xaml form in Visual Studio 2015 Community edition on Windows 10
2. Forms preview is not working.

Answer 1

To open an XAML document with IntelliSense, right click on the XAML file and select open with. Then select Automatic Editor Selector (XML). You can also set it as the default.

The Microsoft IntelliSense used in the Automatic Editor Selector isn't the greatest, and if it doesn't work for you there are other third party options that you can pay for.

Answer 2

to quote mhutch from Xamarin, "Note - if you right click on the file and "Open with->Source Code Editor" you should get XML completion", her answer from the Xamarin Forums,

The Automatic Editor Selector doesn't open every xaml file I have, and I'm yet to find a rhyme or reason for that. But the "Source Code Editor" works for the files where XAML Intellisense doesn't automatically work.

As for the Previewer, I'm guessing you're already using Xamarins one (XAML Previewer), its not the smartest, so doesn't cope with anything too complex. I've used it successfully on Mac to mock up basic layouts. Currently my XAML files are causing the PC based Previewer grief, but its telling me the exception, so should be resolvable...apart from the exception window clipping the exceptions off at the end, but its a start.