System.Json missing?

Question

I recently downloaded and installed the MonoTouch & Mono for Android trial SDKs. Included was MonoDevelop and I use this tool for development. I'm trying to create a multi-platform app.

I'm trying to call a webservice and parse the JSON data that's returned. Somehow it seems the System.JSON library is missing.

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong or missing something. Anyone got any clue on how to fix this?

Edit: I might have to resort to this project if System.Json is indeed missing ...

Answer 1

I feel kinda stupid now. I didn't realise I have to add a reference to the System.Json library in my project to make use of it. Since I saw the base System library included, I thought everything else in the System namespace was included by default as well.

Either way, to fix issues like missing assemblies that exist in the framework, just double-click on the References folder in your Mono project and select the libraries you want to see included.

Answer 2

Use Newtonsoft's JSON convert which has a lot more features that System.Json and also has much better performance characteristics. There is a build of it for Mono that you can use in your project as well.