Xamarin android build issue

Question

getting below error on my xamarin Android application. Please help me to resolve this issue.

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(5,5): Error MSB4018: The "LinkAssemblies" task failed unexpectedly. Xamarin.Android.XamarinAndroidException: error XA2006: Reference to metadata item 'Android.Support.V4.App.NotificationCompat/BuilderExtender' (defined in 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null') from 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' could not be resolved.

Answer 1

First, update Xamarin Studio and Xamarin Android to latest version. Then, clean your solution and set target to Android 4.4. Set also the linking option to None.

After all these steps, rebuild your solution and run, it should work. Please try it.