axml Source Code is visible but Designer not showing up in xamarin android project

Question

In my VS 2017 Community Edition. I am not able to see my Design Tab for .axml file

It was working fine previously, but now i am not able to open the designer screen even with "View Designer(Shift +F7)" option. i did not made any changes in project or in any setting.

I have tried all the methods provided in this question bu none of them worked. I also tried re-installation of Visual Studio, but still not able to see Designer tab.

Let me know how can i view designer tab.

this usually is the problem of your system and not visual studio can you tell us the configuration for your system — FreakyAli, Mar 26 '18 at 05:18
@G.hakim My pc configuration is i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 64 bit operating system — Chetan Mehra, Mar 26 '18 at 17:50
Device config seems to be okay secondly xaml designer and axml designer are different one is android other is forms — FreakyAli, Mar 26 '18 at 21:01
I don't know difference between them, i just started developing android app. — Chetan Mehra, Mar 27 '18 at 09:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '18 at 08:22

I downgrade my Visual Studio from 2017 to 2015, and always now always open visual studio in administrator mode, now i am able to see designer tab for axml file, also it stop showing tab for a particular axml, i just close and reopen that axml, and it start appearing.

axml Source Code is visible but Designer not showing up in xamarin android project

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