Hundreds of Resource.Designer.cs build errors on latest Xamarin Forms 2.2.0.45

Question

I have a new Xamarin Forms solution setup with a PCL, an iOS app (which builds fine), and an Android project. The Android project is up to date with the latest Nuget packages fo

Answer 1

Check your android sdk manager and uninstall all Android SDK Build Tools except for the lastest and greatest

Close Visual Studio and Delete Everything in this folder and C:\Users\YOURUSER\AppData\Local\Xamarin\

Reopen Project And Rebuild Solution and visual Studio will re-download files needed back in that folder and you should be set to go