When I create a new universal application, XAML designer doesn't load and it shows the following exception instead:
Restarting windows, reopening the project or even reinstalling VS didn't solve that.
When I create a new universal application, XAML designer doesn't load and it shows the following exception instead:
Restarting windows, reopening the project or even reinstalling VS didn't solve that.
Try to check and install Windows updates, it helped in my case.
Reinstalling or repairing Visual Studio might help.
In my case uninstalling the App you're developing (Start Menu -> All Apps -> Your App -> Right click -> Uninstall) and rebuilding the solution/re-running the app worked.