Can't open MvvmCross sln in monodevelop - xamarin.ios

I'm trying to build a x-platform mobile app using mvmmx. I'm starting from md and not vs, as my primary target is iOS. I'm running into a few issues:
I can't any of the MvvmX sln file in md. md opens them as binary files.
if I include some of the project in my solution, I'm having build issues.
Versions:
md 3.0.5
MvvmX: vNext, fresh clone of today
Is this a known issue, or am I doing something wrong here ?

You need the very latest build of MonoDevelop - from the alpha stream.
Or change the v12 to v11 in the first row of the sln file.
This bugs been around since May - https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4919 - but it is almost in the GA release...

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using Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Table doesn't work in a UWP project

We are creating an HoloLens 2 app.
Our installed NuGet packages are:
Hyak.Common
Microsoft.Azure.Common
Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Table
Microsoft.Azure.DocumentDB.Core
We want to use the library "Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Table" for our Azure Storage Account table storage.
We are working with Unity 2018.4.22f1 and Visual Studio 2019. When we try to use Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Table we get this error:
The type or namespace name 'Azure' does not exist in the namespace 'Microsoft' (are you missing an assembly reference?)
Everytime we reinstall the nuget "Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Table" it works at first. When we restart visual studio 2019 the error appears again
using Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Table doesn't work in a UWP project
Please try the following steps:
1) disable any third party extensions under Extensions--> Manage Extensions in case some extensions cause this and after that, you should restart VS
2) delete all component caches under C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\16.0_xxx\ComponentModelCache
3) clean all nuget caches, delete bin and obj folder and then restart your project.
4) try to create a new project and then install these four nuget packages to test whether this strange behavior appears in the new project.
Or you could create a new project to migrate your old project into the new project to test whether the issue still persists.
If still faces the same error, please try step 5
5) repair vs in vs installer or if there is any update for VS, please update it.
Update
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After a deep research, I think the issue is that your uwp project's target version is not compatible with that package's version.
So the solution is that you should
set the uwp project min target to >=Windows 10 Fall Createors Update(10.0;Build 16299) and target version >=Windows 10,version 1809(10.0,Build 17763).
Also, use the latest nuget package Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Table 1.0.7 version

Compiler Error: Failed to read file attributes for .../Resources/Images.xcassets

I recently updated to the latest version of XCode and Xamarin Xamarin.iOS 10.0.0.1 (29910bb) running Visual Studio Professional 2015 Version 14.0.25431.01 Update 3. Both my Mac (build machine) and PC are fully up to date. Now that i have update i am no longer able to compile/build for anything but the simulator.
Compiler Error.
> C:\Program Files
> (x86)\MSBuild\Xamarin\iOS\Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(1028,3): error :
> Failed to read file attributes for
> "/Users/mod/Library/Caches/Xamarin/Resources/Images.xcassets"
As a test i copied the solutions file over to the build machine and with no modifications it compiles and runs any of the targets.
I have also tried deleting the builds directory on the build machine and no help.
Anyone know what the work around is for this?
I have come across is this issue and what seems to possibly be related to on Xamarin Forums. The thing I found in my case was related to image assets within a library I was trying to use. I was able to remove the image assets and relocate to main project and that seemed to resolve the build issue.
This problem, like you have found is very recent. For what's it worth, I have also found that command line tools have numerous issues as they seem to lag behind the GUI provided in either Xamarin Studio or Visual Studio.
Good luck
As mentioned here I had to delete the folder ~/Library/Caches/Xamarin/mtbs/builds on the Mac used for the builds.
After a rebuild it worked again.

The "SlowCheetah.Xdt.TransformXml" task could not be loaded from the assembly

After installing Slow Cheeath (v. 2.5.10.3) to two projects in my solution, I am receiving the following error:
"The "SlowCheetah.Xdt.TransformXml" task could not be loaded from the assembly C:\Users
\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v2.5.10.2\SlowCheetah.Xdt.dll. Could
not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild
\SlowCheetah\v2.5.10.2\SlowCheetah.Xdt.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot
find the file specified. Confirm that the <UsingTask> declaration is correct, that the
assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public
class that implements Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask. ISA.IMPD.FalseAlarm.Web.Portal"
I have removed both projects in their entirety (along with Slow Cheetah), re-installed both projects (along with Slow Cheetah), and Rebuilt the solution to no avail. Can anyone help with this type of error?
In my case the error occured while compiling a web project. The folder
%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v2.5.10.2
was empty. All the SlowCheetah components were in SlowCheetah\v1 folder instead. I've copied all files from V1 folder to v2.5.10.2 and everything compiled and transformed fine. To make non web projects compile, I also had to delete V1 folder as suggested by Whoever in this thread.
This was a brand new installation of the SlowCheetah Extension and I did not expect the v1 folder to exist at all. I believe this was a bug in the extension installation for Visual Studio 2012.
delete
AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v1
I seem to have found to solution to this problem.
Here's what I did:
You need to close Visual Studio, then navigate to:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\Extensions
Delete the cache file that has the latest date and time
Open Visual Studio and remove Slow Cheetah from the Solution level
Re-install Slow Cheetah from the solution level to the desired projects.
This was failing on our build server, so I changed the revision number from:
<sc-MSBuildLibPathLocal Condition=" '$(sc-MSBuildLibPathLocal)'=='' ">$(LocalAppData)\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v2.5.10.2\</sc-MSBuildLibPathLocal>
To:
<sc-MSBuildLibPathLocal Condition=" '$(sc-MSBuildLibPathLocal)'=='' ">$(LocalAppData)\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v2.5.10.3\</sc-MSBuildLibPathLocal>
Why it was pointed to v2.5.10.2 is a mystery, but I'm definitely using v2.5.10.3! Looks like the nuget package itself has the bug in it.
I resolved it like this:
Uninstall slowcheetah => Tools>Extensions and Updates
click OK when VS asks you to restart VS.
in "C:\Users\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah" remove the 'v1' folder (which windows automatically creates when restarting your VS) (here be dragons..)
reïnstall slowcheetah (see step 1) => a new folder v2.5.10.2 will be created.
Again, click OK when he asks to restart
Build your solution
Regards,
Peter
This problem went away for me after using the preview transformation feature in the context menu. Originally suggested here.
FYI this was on VS 2010 Premium.
Having multiple versions can lead to conflicts.
In my case I have installed both Microsoft.VisualStudio.SlowCheetah by Microsoft and SlowCheetah by Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi. After uninstalling the package from Microsoft everything went well.
I have deleted the old files in C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v1. I also needed to upgrade Visual Studio 2012 to update 4 to make it work.
I was able to fix this issue by doing the following:
Uninstalling the SlowCheetah extension from the TOOLS > Extensions and Updates... menu
Closing Visual Studio
Deleting all files in the "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\Extensions" folder
Opening Visual Studio
Reinstalling SlowCheetah from the TOOLS > Extensions and Updates... menu (which requires a Visual Studio restart)
This is using Visual Studio 2012 Premium with Update 4 and SlowCheetah version 2.5.10.
If you're getting this error on a TFS Build Server (in my case TFS Express 2013) then you will need to copy over the files from your local machine
C:\Users\SWEAVER\AppData\local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah
on your machine to whichever user your TFS build is running under
C:\users\TFSBuild\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah
Please note AppData is a hidden directory that you may not see, but just type the name and hit enter and it will come up.
I'm using VS2013 so I didn't copy v1 (I think v1 is for VS2012).
The original TFS error I got was :
C:\Builds\1\www.XXXXX.com\RRStore - XXXXX
Silverlight\Sources\RRStore.AdminConsole\Properties\SlowCheetah\SlowCheetah.Transforms.targets
(150): The "SlowCheetah.Xdt.TransformXml" task could not be loaded
from the assembly
C:\Users\TFSBuild\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v2.5.10.2\SlowCheetah.Xdt.dll.
Could not load file or assembly
'file:///C:\Users\TFSBuild\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSBuild\SlowCheetah\v2.5.10.2\SlowCheetah.Xdt.dll'
or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Confirm that the declaration is correct, that the assembly
and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a
public class that implements Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask.
Fortunately this error told me exactly where to place the files.
I had the same problem in Visual Studio 2013. Just install SlowCheetah NuGet package:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/SlowCheetah
They've released a new version which brings the installation procedure up to date:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2017/05/25/whats-new-and-improved-with-the-slowcheetah-extension/
Tired of having to install your NuGet packages manually to get
SlowCheetah to work? We’ve added automatic NuGet installation to help
streamline your process. All you need to install is the latest
extension and SlowCheetah will take care of the rest. When you use
SlowCheetah for the first time in a project, it will prompt you to
install or update NuGet packages. Agree and you’re ready to go!
Close Visual Studio
Install the VISX extension
Open your project.
This version detects if you already have it installed and offers to upgrade.
I would recommend checking in to source control and then doing a compare of your .csproj file to see what changes it made.

How to get MvvmCross vNext to compile on Mac using MonoDevelop

I am trying to compile the vNext branch of MvvmCross on a Mac to try & start doing some iOS development using PCL's & MvvMCross.
I have spent a couple of days on this now but appear to be going in circles... being somewhat new to both C# & the Mac.
I have installed MonoDevelop 3.1.1 as recently referred to on #slodge's blog.
I have updated the targets file as per this reference https://files.xamarin.com/~jeff/Microsoft.Portable.CSharp.targets
I have downloaded the vNext branch from GitHub.
I have loaded the mvvmcross_all.sln in MonoDevelop however building it using the Debug|iPhone Simulator profile gives me 3 errors.
I have not been able to work out how to fix the references errors as for example appear in CrossUI.Core, ie references to
System
System.Core
System.Net
etc
Each of these lines has an error of Assembly not available for .NetPortable 4.0 Profile1 Profile (in Mono 2.10.9)
I realise its all a moving target but its obviously possible to get it to compile.
Any suggestions as to what I may have missed would be appreciated.
TIA,
Andreas
Thanks Andreas
In the version referenced in the blog at http://slodge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/a-patched-monodevelop-for-pcls.html, it appears that MonoDevelop reports that CrossUI is missing its references - but it still compiles. See this screenshot from my Mac - solution explorer reports problems but 'rebuild all' on CrossUI succeeds.
If you get problems with building, please do report the build output and I'll try to help.
Note that the patched version of MonoDevelop also still has other problems - e.g. syntax highlighting and intellisense issues- MonoTouch: creating multiplatform apps using Portable Class Libraries
Alternatively, there are some iOS/Mac friendly binaries on SkyDrive - http://slodge.blogspot.co.uk/p/mvvmcross-binaries_7.html
The schedule for 'proper' support of Portable Class Libraries is aiming for a demonstrable version before Evolve (so less than 2 months away). Until then I'll personally continue to do most of my PCL work in VS, with the platform specific steps in MonoDevelop.

Create Upgrade Patch For InstallShield Installer

For our latest release, we want our customers to only download an upgrade patch of our applications and instead of uninstall and re-install all the process will be done by upgrader patch but I know nothing about this even after I googled it! Where to start guys? Note that our new release includes database upgrade as well as production code!
We are using .NET 4.0, Visual Studio 2010, C# and VB.NET in our software.
I might be a bit late to the party but hopefully this post helps anybody else who is looking for this answer.
You can use the 'Patch Design' method to create patches. You can find it in Installation Designer tab under Media.
For this you will need the latest build (msi/exe) and one or more previous build(s). In 'Patch Design' add a new patch configuration. From there you can specify latest version and previous version(s) of your setup file. If you are using Express version then you will need uncompressed build for both latest and previous. If you have Professional version then it can decompress it for you.
After this, just hit Build Patch and it will create a update.exe with only differences between latest and previous builds. It is quite smart in a way where it will only add the binary differences.
Good luck.

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