The "ResolvePackageAssets" task failed unexpectedly

Question

I am trying to set up visual studio 2019 on macos (10.14.3), but when attempting to build a default web MVC project I get this dependency error:

    Target _CheckForNETCoreSdkIsPreview:
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.RuntimeIdentifierInference.targets(151,5): message NETSDK1057: You are using a preview version of .NET Core. See: https://aka.ms/dotnet-core-preview
Target ResolvePackageAssets:
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018: The "ResolvePackageAssets" task failed unexpectedly.
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018: System.TypeLoadException: Could not resolve type with token 0100003f from typeref (expected class 'NuGet.Packaging.Core.PackageDependency' in assembly 'NuGet.Packaging, Version=5.0.0.4, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35')
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018:   at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets+CacheWriter.GetPlatformPackageExclusions () [0x000d7] in <9524e6fbf1724027a475d15b01fab866>:0 
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018:   at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets+CacheWriter..ctor (Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets task, System.IO.Stream stream) [0x0009b] in <9524e6fbf1724027a475d15b01fab866>:0 
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018:   at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets+CacheReader.CreateReaderFromDisk (Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets task, System.Byte[] settingsHash) [0x0003a] in <9524e6fbf1724027a475d15b01fab866>:0 
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018:   at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets+CacheReader..ctor (Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets task) [0x00015] in <9524e6fbf1724027a475d15b01fab866>:0 
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018:   at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets.ReadItemGroups () [0x00000] in <9524e6fbf1724027a475d15b01fab866>:0 
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018:   at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePackageAssets.ExecuteCore () [0x00018] in <9524e6fbf1724027a475d15b01fab866>:0 
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018:   at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute () [0x00000] in <9524e6fbf1724027a475d15b01fab866>:0 
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018:   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute () [0x00023] in /Users/builder/jenkins/workspace/build-package-osx-mono/2018-10/external/bockbuild/builds/msbuild-15/src/Build/BackEnd/TaskExecutionHost/TaskExecutionHost.cs:573 
    /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100-preview3-010431/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(228,5): error MSB4018:   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask (Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost taskExecutionHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.Logging.TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskHost taskHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ItemBucket bucket, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask) [0x00212] in /Users/builder/jenkins/workspace/build-package-osx-mono/2018-10/external/bockbuild/builds/msbuild-15/src/Build/BackEnd/Components/RequestBuilder/TaskBuilder.cs:784 
Done building target "ResolvePackageAssets" in project "TestingApp.csproj" -- FAILED.

Done building project "TestingApp.csproj" -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

I also tried to run it from terminal with dotnet run and it works, but I cannot use Visual Studio. Thanks.

Answer 1

Just remove BIN and OBJ directories from the project and rebuild.

Answer 2

Try from command line:

• dotnet clean
• dotnet build

It worked for me. Take a look here for more info

Answer 3

Root cause :-

This error due to Nuget packages version compatibility different in projects(Shared project,iOS Project,Android Projects).

Solution:-

1.Update the each Nuget packages where shows update version in front of nuget package.

2.Clean solution.

3.Build Solution,