DiagnosticAnalyzer from same solution by reference

Question

I have a DiagnosticAnalyzer and a CodeFixProvider in a class library, In other words a Roslyn Analyzer. I can Nuget package or Vsix package it but I never plan to publish it and I only need to use it in an single mono solution. I was hoping that simply adding the class library as a reference would treat the class library as an "Analyzer" like it would being Nuget installed but it doesn't. Is it possible to use the DiagnosticAnalyzer from the same solution?

Answer 1

You can add an analyzer by referencing a dll, which should work with one you've built yourself.

• Navigate to project
• Expand References
• Right-click Analyzers
• Select Add Analyzer...
• Select Browse... and navigate to the dll

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Edit: For .NET Core and .NET Standard projects that don't have tooling as stated here manually add this snippet to your .csproj

<ItemGroup>
  <Analyzer Include="path\to\Analyzer.dll" />
</ItemGroup>