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Why Reflection.Emit is not available on Xamarin.Android portable project?

I know that Android supports JIT so Reflection.Emit should be available on that platform. But when I select .NET 4 + Xamarin.Android targets in Portable Class Library project properties I can't use Reflection.Emit.

Solution

  • This is because Visual Studio adds other platforms (like iOS) that doesn't support System.Reflection.Emit to the target Profile.

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    If you want to use this API, go for a shared project or use file linking.