Xamarin.Forms - InitializeComponent doesn't exist when creating a new page

Question

I\'m using Visual Studio to try out Xamarin.Forms. I\'m trying to follow the guide: http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/xaml-for-xamarin-forms/getti

Answer 1

It appears this is caused by many things so if you've read all of these and haven't resolved it yet:

Mine was caused by the Solution Configuration being set to Release. Changed to Debug and error resolved.

Answer 2

add using Xamarin.Forms.Xaml

tested on Visual Studio 2017

Answer 3

Check page text x:Class="AppName.Page1". AppName must be your app name

Answer 4

I had a caching issue when I encountered this error.

To get this fixed, simply uninstall last version of Xamarin.Forms package and reinstall a previous working version.

When the rebuild is successful, then update the package again to the latest version.

Answer 5

Updating the Xamarin.Forms NuGet package should do the job

Answer 6

Change Page properties to :

BuildAction => Embedded resource 
CustomTools => MSBuild:UpdateDesignTimeXaml