You may want to try using JetBrains' Rider as your IDE. I've hit similar issues with XF in VS, but Rider has been a much better experience for me. For instance: it won't lose its shit if you double-click a XAML file :)
Also has the benefit of being substantially the same on Windows and Mac, so you can use a Mac directly for Mac / iOS development and everything works pretty much the way it did on Windows. VS on Mac is unfortunately pretty dissimilar to VS on Windows.
Also has the benefit of being substantially the same on Windows and Mac, so you can use a Mac directly for Mac / iOS development and everything works pretty much the way it did on Windows. VS on Mac is unfortunately pretty dissimilar to VS on Windows.