xamarin/Xamarin.Forms

xamarin binding relative source type intellisense only shows classes with default constructor

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#8,680 opened on Nov 26, 2019

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Description

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Steps to reproduce:

In xamrin forms in any binding, use {Binding Source={RelativeSource AncestorType=

Expected Behavior:

Intellisense lists out all classes available.

Actual Behavior

intellisense only lists out the types which have a default constructor.

Original Comments

Visual Studio Feedback System on 11/18/2019, 00:42 AM:

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Research direction
Investigate the XAML intellisense provider for RelativeSource AncestorType in Xamarin.Forms. Look at the code that filters types by constructor availability.
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
mobile
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C#Xamarin.Forms
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