xamarin
Recycler view (and other androidx controls) shows error in .xml preview
Android application type
Android for .NET (net6.0-android, etc.)
Affected platform version
VS 2022 .NET 8.0
Description
I expected to see a preview of the recycler view but instead an error message shows up: java.lang.NullPointerReference. It only shows in the xml preview initially. However, I also get "This project contains resources that were not compiled successfully, rendering might be affected" after closing and reopening the project in visual studio. I have also tried other controls from the androidx library and the same thing happens.
Please see the video below https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1575f431-d88f-4b54-b839-d182aeab33f6
Steps to Reproduce
- Create new .NET android app
- Install androidx from nuget
- Add androidx control to activity_main.xml (in this case recycler view)
- See error message in the xml preview. No errors in the error list.
Did you find any workaround?
No response
Relevant log output
'Binary XML file line #1 in com.companyname.ToDo:layout/activity_main: Binary XML file line #1 in com.companyname.ToDo:layout/activity_main: Error inflating class androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView'
Try performing a full build after you add the NuGet to the project. I think the designer requires some things to be built before it will work.
Thanks for your suggestion but I have already tried this. It doesn't help sadly.