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Could not install package 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 23.3.0'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETPortable,Version=v4.5,Profile=Profile111', but the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework. For more information, contact the package author. #1293
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I have created a .net standard project and I am trying to add xamarin.android.support.xxx packages to my project and i keep gettin this error message:
Could not install package 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 23.3.0'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETPortable,Version=v4.5,Profile=Profile111', but the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework. For more information, contact the package author.
Is there a way to solve this problem?
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JonDouglas commentedon Feb 12, 2018
You cannot add
Xamarin.Android.SupportNuGet packages to a .Net Standard Library or PCL project as they do not contain NuGet target frameworks for this package. This NuGet is only meant to be installed into aMonoAndroiddefined project such as aXamarin.Androidproject. Here is an example of a similar question on Stack Overflow:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42810045/xamarin-firebase-messaging-could-not-install-package/42815634#42815634
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