The name "LocalizedStrings" does not exist in the namespace - xaml

Question

I'm suddenly getting this error in my WP8 project, which seems to originate from generated code. I have a previous working version and the App.xaml is identical.
<Application.Resources>
<local:LocalizedStrings xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Bins" x:Key="LocalizedStrings"/>
</Application.Resources>
and the LocalisedStrings.vb file is intact.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

I had the same problem when compiling the standard Windows Phone Databound App template.
Following steps worked for me:
close all Visual Studio instances
if your Region settings in the control panel mismatch the Windows Phone SDK's language (e.g. German), set the Format in the Region settings to English (United States)
in your windows explorer, navigate to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Phone Tools\CoreCon\ and delete the contents of the folders 10.0 and 11.0
reopen Visual Studio and rebuild your project

Answer 2

I also faced this issue. the root cause for my problem is as below.
1) I referenced below in my code. but i haven't added the library( System.Xml.Serialization.xml). Add Reference and select System.Xml.Serialization.xml to include the dll.
System.Xml.Serialization
2) I use an usercontrol called FileList.xaml in the mainwindow
FileList.xaml
<AM:time2str x:Key="time2str"/>
But i didnt add the class which inherits from IMultiValueConverter
MainWindow.xaml.cs(I missed the following code)
public class time2str : IMultiValueConverter
{
public object Convert(object[] values, System.Type targetType, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
********************
}
public object[] ConvertBack(object value, System.Type[] targetTypes, object parameter, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new System.NotImplementedException();
}
}

Answer 3

In my case I had this error after downloading and installing a fresh Visual Studio 2012 (the initial release version) and trying to build the default blank Windows Phone template project straight out of the box - it was only resolved by updating Visual Studio 2012 Express to Update 5.

Answer 4

I had this message when the mobile project platform was "ARM", I changed to "any CPU".
Go to:
Solution Project / Properties
Configuration Properties / configuration
Click in mobile project / Platform / "Any CPU".
Clean the project and run again