I seem to have a sudden issue with my XAML Designer view in VS2012, and a similar behavior in Blend as well. the view has stopped updating and I'm unable to see any changes immediately if I change any properties.
if I scroll or Pan, the Phone chrome seems to move but the content stays put. It gets restored upon slightly adjusting the borders or restarting the page. has anyone else faced this issue? do you know what I need to do? I'm using Visual Studio 2012 Professional (Update 2)
this image will show you what I mean. I re-installed the app and it didn't help
I had the same problem and I solved it.
I don't know which Graphics you have, but I have an Intel 4000 and a Nvidia 640m and I have to start Visual Studio with the Nvidia Graphics.
Maybe it's the same problem.
Had the same problem when doing XAML design for Silverlight 5 app in VS2012.
Have a HP 8570p with Intel HD Graphics 4000. Win7 64bit
I had the driver version 9.17.10.2867 released 17 Jan 2014.
Had to revert back to 8.15.10.2712 released 22 Jun 2012 and it worked there.
Edit 2014-03-25: Reinstalled the newer driver(was going to test something and remembered this) and now it seems to work with the newer driver version.
I wanted to put this as a comment on the question but that option isn't there for me... Not sure why.
I really don't think it's a memory issue. That doesn't explain resizing fixing the problem? Since this happens for you with all wp applications and not windows 8 I don't think its related to the emulator. I would try reinstalling the windows phone sdk and or the Silverlight runtime. Silverlight might be the faster options to start with.
Also a question, when you say all wp projects. Have you tried this with a CLEAN nothing added or changed project?