Visual Studio 2022 - how to to Resolve References in .NET 7 MAUI Project After Updating NuGet Packages
Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy..... I'm experiencing a frustrating scenario in Visual Studio 2022 after upgrading my .NET MAUI project to .NET 7 and updating several NuGet packages. After the updates, I noticed that the project is failing to build due to unresolved references, specifically for the Microsoft.Maui.Controls and Microsoft.Maui.Essentials namespaces. The errors I see are: ``` behavior CS0246: The type or namespace name 'Controls' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.Maui' (are you missing an assembly reference?) behavior CS0234: The type or namespace name 'Essentials' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft.Maui' (are you missing an assembly reference?) ``` I have tried cleaning the solution and rebuilding, as well as restoring the NuGet packages, but the scenario continues. Here's the relevant part of my `*.csproj` file: ```xml <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Maui"> <PropertyGroup> <TargetFramework>net7.0-maui</TargetFramework> <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="7.0.0" /> <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Essentials" Version="7.0.0" /> </ItemGroup> </Project> ``` I've also checked the package versions on NuGet.org, and they seem to be correct. As a last resort, I attempted to uninstall and reinstall the packages, but that did not resolve the scenario either. I'm unsure if there’s a compatibility scenario with .NET 7 or if there's a missing configuration I need to address. Any insights on how to resolve these reference issues would be greatly appreciated. What's the correct way to implement this?