Error MSB4019 with visual studio for Mac

Question

With visual studio for Mac

/Users/piyushbhatt/Projects/myfmf/FMF/FMF.Web/fmf.Web.csproj(3,3): Error MSB4019: The imported project "/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/5.0.0/lib/mono/xbuild/Microsoft/VisualStudio/v15.0/WebApplications/Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" was not found. Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk. (MSB4019) (FindMeFood.Web)

Answer 1

You can copy the WebApplications folder from /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/5.0.0/lib/mono/xbuild/Microsoft/VisualStudio/v14.0 to v15.0 to fix it.

Answer 2

It is a bug fixed in Mono 5.0.1 release,

https://github.com/xmcclure/website/blob/1ea729c37c407aa6ec19ceef3b02f6969667ae3c/docs/about-mono/releases/5.0.1.md