MAUI project, cannot add a new page

Issue

I'm trying out MAUI and I've ran into a weird bug. It won't let me add a new page, every time i try to do so the InitializeComponent in the constructor gives me an error saying "The name 'InitializeComponent' does not exist in the current context" I've added Microsoft.Maui.Controls in the C# code and xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" in the XAML code.

Does anyone know what to do here?

Solution

I got the same error after adding new MAUI page to the project. The solution was to remove the following lines from .csproj file:

<ItemGroup>
  <MauiXaml Remove="Pages\Page1.xaml" />
</ItemGroup>

<ItemGroup>
  <EmbeddedResource Include="Pages\Page1.xaml">
    <Generator>MSBuild:UpdateDesignTimeXaml</Generator>
  </EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>

Then remove InitializeComponent(); statement in Page1.xaml.cs file, rebuild the project and finally add InitializeComponent(); back to Page1.xaml.cs.

The problem is that Maui SourceGen was not able to generate Page1.xaml.sg.cs file for the Page1.xaml.cs file.

Let me know if this solution works for you.

Answered By - Tonven