Microsoft has released the fifth preview of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4

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Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 Preview 5

Incorrect code generation with Visual Studio 2019 16.3.0

Could not connect to Mac-Server using Address XXX and User ... Buildprocess cannot continue without connection.

MSVC 14.23.28019 compilation bug

System.MethodAccessException: Attempt by method

Go to definition goes to wrong definition in CRTP scenarios

VS2019 ComboBox的闪退问题-VS2019 ComboBox's exits problem

Visual Studio Feedback sign in fails for "Failed to acquire file lock on ... AadConfiguration.lock"

cmake project file could not be loaded

ftp publish does not upload all folders

Mandatory collection of VS System Logs

Starting Visual Studio 2019 from command line to load CMake project doesn't work.

VS feedback Tool CRASHED while trying to crop a non-existent screenshot

Searching and submitting feedback doesn't work for me behind a proxy

navigate to definition Find symbol results does not list correct symbol

Visual Studio 2019 crashing consistently when clicking on number of references

there was an error running the selected code generator "sequence contains no matching element"

Printing a class diagram

ADD SENSITIVITY CLASSIFICATION statement support for SSDT

Feedback Tool does not apply Black High Contrast theme

test explorer window fails to open

Retain unit test status after repository update

Explicit interface bug introduced in Mono 6.4

We've added a fix for Xamarin iOS on Visual Studio where the Pair to Mac credentials dialog and toolbar icon tooltip was not completely localized when a VS language pack was used.

We've added a fix into App.xaml.cs template as it was not completely localized.

Fixed a Start Window search error where results were poorly ranked or returned zero.

Fixed an error causing a "No platform version matching 'netcoreapp3.1 was found" message.

Corrected an error causing IntelliSense to stop working correctly when certain conditions were met during new project creation.

Resolved an issue for File.Copy on Android when copying to external storage.

Fixed an issue with Azure SDKs causing older Azure SDK packages to be delivered.

Added support for Xcode 11.2

Fixed an editorconfig error causing a crash or invalid state for C# users.

Added ability to interrupt test discovery.

Fixed a problem causing documents provided by virtual projects to be associated with Miscellaneous projects when restoring on Solution open.

Made it easier for users who need to use screen readers or keyboard navigation to use UWP//PapProj packaging wizard.

Fixed an issue causing invalid reference errors when opening Database Unit Tests projects created using Visual Studio 2017 in Visual Studio 2019.

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