Unable to load file or assembly 'Mono.Cecil.Pdb' VS17

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I'm developing a xamarin.forms project using VS17. I have a build faild with this error:

1>System.IO.FileLoadException: Unable to load file or assembly 'Mono.Cecil.Pdb, Version = 0.10.0.0, PublicKeyToken = 50cebf1cceb9d05e' or one of its dependencies. Invalid parameter (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))

        1>File name: 'Mono.Cecil.Pdb, Version=0.10.0.0, PublicKeyToken=50cebf1cceb9d05e' ---> System.ArgumentException: Paramètre incorrect. (Exception de HRESULT : 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))
    1>   at System.AppDomain.nApplyPolicy(AssemblyName an)
    1>   at System.AppDomain.ApplyPolicy(String assemblyName)
    1>   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.VsAppDomainManager.MatchAssemblyName(AssemblyName reference, AssemblyName definition)
    1>   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.VsAppDomainManager.FindAssembly(String name, IEnumerable`1 probingPaths)
    1>   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Platform.VsAppDomainManager.VsAssemblyResolver.CoreAssemblyResolveHandler(Object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
    1>   at System.AppDomain.OnAssemblyResolveEvent(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String assemblyFullName)
    1>   at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMarkHandle stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean loadTypeFromPartialName, ObjectHandleOnStack type)
    1>   at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean loadTypeFromPartialName)
    1>   at System.RuntimeType.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
    1>   at System.Type.GetType(String typeName)
    1>   at Mono.Cecil.Cil.SymbolProvider.GetSymbolType(SymbolKind kind, String fullname)
    1>   at Mono.Cecil.Cil.SymbolProvider.GetReaderProvider(SymbolKind kind)
    1>   at Mono.Cecil.Cil.DefaultSymbolReaderProvider.GetSymbolReader(ModuleDefinition module, String fileName)
    1>   at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.ReadSymbols(ModuleDefinition module, ReaderParameters parameters)
    1>   at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.CreateModule(Image image, ReaderParameters parameters)
    1>   at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadModule(String fileName, ReaderParameters parameters)
    1>   at Mono.Cecil.AssemblyDefinition.ReadAssembly(String fileName, ReaderParameters parameters)
    1>   at Xamarin.Forms.Build.Tasks.XamlCTask.Execute(IList`1& thrownExceptions)
    1>   at Xamarin.Forms.Build.Tasks.XamlTask.Execute()
    1>   at Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask.Execute()
    1>   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()
    1>   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__26.MoveNext()

I can't understand the problem. Any suggestions please? I want to find the Mono.Cecil.Pdb file and where do I want to put it?

visual-studio
xamarin.forms
.net-assembly
mono.cecil
asked on Stack Overflow Jul 18, 2018 by nouha • edited Jul 18, 2018 by Ross Ridge

1 Answer

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Tools > Extensions and Updates> Mono Debugging for Visual Studio enable and restart VS solved it


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