Xamarin.Forms: Android project Build Error - Missing Files inside AppData\Local\Xamarin Folders

Question

I'm trying the Xamarin.Forms. I created a Solution named "App2". The Visual Studio automatically created the following projects:

• App2 (Portable)
• App2.Droid
• App2.iOS

When I try to compile the Android Project (App2.Droid), I get the following errors:

Download failed. Please download https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r22.zip and put it to the C:\Users\pedro.costa\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Android.Support.Design\23.0.1.3 directory. App2.Droid Reason: One or more errors. App2.Droid
Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.Design' available in SDK installer. Java library file C:\Users\pedro.costa\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Android.Support.Design\23.0.1.3\embedded\classes.jar doesn't exist. App2.Droid Download failed. Please download https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r22.zip and put it to the C:\Users\pedro.costa\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Android.Support.Design\23.0.1.3 directory. App2.Droid Reason: One or more errors. App2.Droid
Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.Design' available in SDK installer. Android resource directory C:\Users\pedro.costa\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Android.Support.Design\23.0.1.3\embedded./ doesn't exist. App2.Droid

I've already tried to:

• Download the android_m2repository_r22.zip file and put it on the C:\Users\pedro.costa\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Android.Support.Design\23.0.1.3 folder
• Download the file and extract it to the folder
• Delete the C:\Users\pedro.costa\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Android.Support.Design\23.0.1.3 folder and recompile project
• Delete the C:\Users\pedro.costa\AppData\Local\Xamarin\zips folder and recompile the project.
• Update the Xamarin.Android.Support.* nuget packages, but when I try it, I also get those build errors.

I've done a lot of research and it seems that the Android.Support.* folders should have files inside it, and that those files should be downloaded when the android solution is built, but it is not happening for me.

Answer 1

Try this work around :

• Navigate to C:\Users\[user-name]\AppData\Local\Xamarin\zips folder.
• Remove all zip files.
• Remove /bin and /objfrom your project.
• Clean and build your project.

It may take a while to build and debug project.

Answer 2

1.download https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip

2.rename to 2A3A8A6D6826EF6CC653030E7D695C41.zip

3.copy to C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Xamarin\zip

4.rebuild