After creating the project, you should always update your Xamarin.Forms packages to the latest version. To do this, follow these steps:
- Right-click on your solution in Solution Explorer.
- Click on Manage NuGet Packages for Solution...:
- This brings up the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio:
To update Xamarin.Forms to the latest version, perform the following steps:
- Click on the Updates tab.
- Check Xamarin.Forms and click Update.
- Accept any license agreements.
Keep an eye on the output pane and wait for all the packages to update. However, ensure that you don't update any Android packages manually as this might break your application.