How to install and set up Visual Studio 2019 for .NET Development
- Fixed known issue: Merge tools in "Resolve conflicts" not shown.
thanks to a new feature added in Visual Studio 2019 16.1, we can combine the best of both worlds when it comes to support the App Installer technology: the easiness of automatically generating an .appinstaller file as part of the package creation process and the flexibility of the new update features added in Windows 10 1903.
- Fixed known issue: The debugger's worker process (msvsmon.exe) unexpectedly exited. Debugging will be aborted.
- Fixed known issue: VS 2019 crashes when debugging async code.
- Fixed known issue: Xamarin problem following update to VS2019 16.1.
- Fixed known issue: [Xcode11] [Simulator] Updating to Xcode 11 stops the simulator from launching.
- Improved the reliability of Visual Studio by fixing an intermittent issue that happens when opening solutions.
- Fixed a crash with the search functionality in locals / autos / watch windows when the IDE is not in break mode.
- Fixed known issue: Fixed VSiX Installer throwing an IOException when executed from Visual Studio installation folder.
- Fixed known issue: Removed double-prompting for survey on uninstall.
- Enabled a help link for new users to get help choosing a workload.
- XAML designer for UWP - control properties not displayed
- UWP XAML designer doesn't update elements on updating XAML code
- XAML properties and document structure
- Properties window not showing the properties when clicking an object
- Unable to see properties of any items
- Installation error when trying to connect to the Mac: "The Xamarin.iOS version installed on 'x' (12.8.0.2) is newer than your version".
- Fixed right click solution name in titlebar VS crash bug.
- Improved performance for customers with the Azure workload installed.
- Corrected errors during restore and build on SDK-based projects that use 3rd party SDKs to target UWP platforms.
- Fixed a bug in C# compiler where it was not properly warning customers about incomplete interface implementations.
- Improved error messaging in Visual Studio Tools for Kubernetes.
- Fixed error when adding a comment in PR for SymbolCheck.
- Custom tasks with default contextType via tasks.vs.json are broken in Open Folder.
- No snapshot created for C++ native code in Memory Usage tool in the Diagnostic Tools window while debugging.
- Crash in VS 16.1.0 when pressing the link "search online".
- Fixed the issue where sometimes certain features (i.e. Find All References) in LiveShare guest session do not work.
- Fixed an issue where the devenv.exe process could hang around after shutdown of Visual Studio for up to 30 seconds.
Issues fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0.4
- Attach to iis prompt to attach multiple times.
- WPF applications broken after FW 4.8 update.
- installing typescript 3.3 disables version 2.2 compilation.
- Unable to attach debugger when attaching multiple startup projects on Visual Studio 2019.
- Known issue: Application tab of VB project property pages is broken when isntalling the .NET Framework 4.8 Developer Pack.
- Visual Studio extensions may fail to install attempting to overwrite core NuGet files.
- microsoft.diagnosticshub.dotnetobjectalloc.vsix missing from offline installer.
Security Advisory Notices
CVE-2019-0727 Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly performs certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete files in arbitrary locations. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would require unprivileged access to a vulnerable system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by securing locations the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector performs file operations in.
- Delete option is missing from solution explorer context menu in Xamarin Forms Android projects.
- Xamarin.Android: Can't select target framework 28 in Android Manifest settings.
- Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Loader, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
- "There was an error running the selected code generator" when trying to create a new view.
- Android Berechtigungsliste ist leer-Android permission list is empty.
- Missing icons for .axml files in Visual Studio 2019.
- axml icons are not displayed.
- Visual Studio extensions may fail to install attempting to overwrite core NuGet files.
- C# switch statement on a constant expression may produce bad compiler errors.
