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Update to Visual Studio 16.3.8 breaks auto-rotate in xamarin.forms android app

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#8,488 opened on Nov 13, 2019

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[regression] [worked-in:16.3.7] System.NotSupportedException Message=Unable to activate instance of type Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.FastRenderers.LabelRenderer from native handle 0x7ffd78d95724 (key_handle 0x3e34be).

this is the break code error message I get when I rotate the display on my android device running my Xamarin.Forms Android App. It started today after upgrading to VS 16.3.8. This was not happening on VS 16.3.7

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Visual Studio Feedback System on 11/6/2019, 11:55 PM:

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Investigate the activation of LabelRenderer in FastRenderers during rotation. Check for changes in the Visual Studio 16.3.8 update that may affect native handle activation, possibly due to updated Xamarin.Forms assemblies or Android SDK components.
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csharpandroid
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