The Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows Apps (v1.1) released on 16 September 2015. To install this update
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You must have an internet connection throughout the setup process.
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For machines without Visual Studio, install Visual Studio from
https://dev.windows.com/downloads.
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For Visual Studio 2015 Community, Professional, and Enterprise, you can install by
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Clicking on the entry for the UWP tools in the Notifications pane.
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Using the Extensions and Updates dialog to update Visual Studio.
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Modifying your setup to install the updated tools.
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Running the installer at
https://dev.windows.com/downloads, which will add the updated tools to an existing Visual Studio installation.
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For Visual Studio 2015 Express for Windows
This release includes the following fixes and feature improvements.
.NET Native 1.1
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Significant bug fixes for Universal Windows apps.
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Improved globalization and localization, optional multi-file support, and helps reduce the size of app packages.
NuGet v3.2
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Improved handling of authenticated feeds, and added support for v3 authenticated feeds.
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Fixed issues with network connectivity failures.
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Added restore context menu. This enables turning off “on build restore” or forcing a restore without building.
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Improved logging.
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Fixed issues for projects with linked app.config and web.config.
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Added support for multiple csproj in one folder with project.json, with {projectName}.project.json support.
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Fixed the case where nuget was ignoring disableSourceControlIntegration config setting.
XAML Designer
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Using CTRL+']' (go to closing XAML tag) causes Visual Studio to hang
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XAML Designer (x64/ARM) generates an error on using MapControl in XAML
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Using Tabs option for XAML Editor doesn’t work
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Tag snippets does not who up in IntelliSense for XAML projects
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XAML Designer crashes for C++ UWP projects, if .NET Framework assemblies are not installed
Appx Packaging
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Error on building a multiplatform (x86, x64, ARM) AppX bundle from command prompt
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Building a UAP project that has been associated with the store from the command line doesn't generate the .appxupload file
Unit testing
Debugger
Miscellaneous
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Can't run graphics diagnostics for UWP applications
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Incremental build after renaming namespaces causes XAML compiler errors
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VS occasionally hangs when creating a new project and a Windows 10 Phone device is plugged into the PC