Get Executing Assembly Name in .net core

Question

I have a legacy class library targeting netstandard1.2 where we need to get the assembly name where this library is referenced.

Using the following give us the name of class library and it works fine.

typeof(MyHelperClass).GetTypeInfo().Assembly

but we need to get the referenced assembly name. Following code will work fine for standard .net but not for .net core

Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetName().Name;

Is there a way to get the executing assembly name using .net core while targeting .net standard 1.2?

Answer 1

If it is above .NetCore 1.5 you can either use the following:

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();

or (depending on your usecase):

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetCallingAssembly();

Don't forget to import the library:

using System.Reflection;