How to fix Xamarin Android: Mono Shared MonoRuntime is not supported - xamarin

Question

When I deploy (or archive) my Xamarin.Android application and attempt to use the .APK file in a UI test I am met with this error. My configuration is exactly how it should be for a release build.
(PLEASE READ TO THE END)
System.Exception : Mono Shared Runtime is not supported. This can be resolved by changing the project configuration or using a Release build.
Stack Trace
ApkFile.EnsureNoSharedRuntime()
AndroidAppInitializer.PrepareApkFiles(IAndroidAppConfiguration appConfiguration, ArtifactFolder artifactFolder)
AndroidApp.ctor(IAndroidAppConfiguration appConfiguration, IExecutor executor)
AndroidAppConfigurator.StartApp(AppDataMode appDataMode)
AppInitializer.StartApp(Platform platform)
Tests.BeforeEachTest()
AndroidManifest.xml
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>portable</DebugType>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Release</OutputPath>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
<AndroidManagedSymbols>true</AndroidManagedSymbols>
<AndroidUseSharedRuntime>false</AndroidUseSharedRuntime>
<AotAssemblies>false</AotAssemblies>
<EnableLLVM>false</EnableLLVM>
<AndroidEnableProfiledAot>true</AndroidEnableProfiledAot>
<BundleAssemblies>false</BundleAssemblies>
<EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>true</EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>
<AndroidSupportedAbis />
</PropertyGroup>
This is ridiculous I have seen questions about this going up to FIVE years back and many unanswered. If someone knows a fix to this please let's help me and everyone else having this issue.
I literally created a brand new project with VS2022 and even on the release config. this error still shows on both emulated and physical devices.
Update: When the project is built and signed with Azure Devops the .APK file works on UITest. I am convinced this is a Visual Studio APK deployment problem.

Answer 1

We've had similar problems before, you can try the following methods:
1.in release mode,please make sure you uncheck use Fast Deployment(debug mode only);
2.make sure update your nuget to the latest one,the old Nuget had this issue；
3.If the problem persists,you can try the following workaround: set
<AndroidUseAssemblyStore>false</AndroidUseAssemblyStore>
in the configuration you are using with Xamarin.UITest.
4.try to delete obj and bin folders in your app and try again.