How to fix missing method exception in Xamarin.Forms PCL Android mobile app

Question

I'm getting a System.MissingMethodException error after updating Xamarin.Forms package for Android Mobile App. In MainActivity.cs line #22:

LoadApplication (new App ());

Application Output:

[] Missing method Android.Runtime.JNIEnv::StartCreateInstance(Type,string,JValue*) in assembly Mono.Android.dll, referenced in assembly /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/XAMLDataBindings_PCL.Droid/files/.__override__/Xamarin.Android.Support.v4.dll

I have tried Clean & Rebuild All as mentioned on the Xamarin forum but still not working. The project works for iOS so not sure why Android project won't run now?

Answer 1

I also had the same problem today. I removed all Xamarin.* NuGets from the Android project, re-installed Xamarin.Forms and it fetched the previous versions of Xamarin.Android.* NuGets, which is 21.0.3.0. All is working fine now. I am waiting for a fix.