MahApps.Metro Errors appear after initial install

Question

I've just installed the MahApps from GitHub

https://github.com/MahApps/MahApps.Metro

I'm getting errors immediately. In MainWindow.xaml the following line is underlined

d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance MetroDemo:MainWindowViewModel}

And there are several error messages, such as:

The name "MainWindowViewModel" does not exist in the namespace "cld-namespace:MetroDemo".

The name "ButtonsExample" does not exist in the namespace "clr-namespace:MetroDemo.ExampleViews".

The project does run, but I'm unable to inspect any of the design.

Has anyone experienced this and managed to resolve?

Answer 1

Turns out this was to do with Parallels on my Mac.

Issue found here, with resolution from Mick MacCallum.

The issue with the namespaces was due to VS using network share to access the files on my Mac file system.

I copied the entire project over to the absolute path on the virtual machine and the problem was solved.

The project now builds/runs correctly but I can also inspect the design.