System.ObjectModel Warning Xamarin does not run on Android

Question

We are running the 'Welcome to Xamarin` example on Visual Studio Enterprise, using the latest Xamarin, in a Windows 8.1 environment.

We are managing to build and run on both Windows and Apple, but we are facing problems with Android.

Error: The referenced component System.ObjectModel could not be found.

The errors can be seen in the screen shot below:

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We've already tried searching online for solutions, we found some, which we tried, but to no avail.

On the other hand, is Xamarin compatible with Windows 8.1? Perhaps some Android requirement actually needs a Windows 10 environment.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Right click on your Android project's references and manually add the reference: C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\MonoAndroid\v1.0\Facades\System.ObjectModel.dll. And technically that's a warning, not an error.