IoCResolveException in release mode - xamarin

I'm working in a Xamarin app with MVVMCross.
The app works perfectly when I run in debug mode.
But if try to run in release mode it fails with the exception:
Exception masked MvxIoCResolveException: Failed to resolve type
FlexConta.Contracts.Service.IUserService
[mvx] at MvvmCross.Platform.IoC.MvxSimpleIoCContainer.Resolve (System.Type t) [0x00035] in <0da3cbd163cf47a29ec04fff5bb9eecd>:0
[mvx] at MvvmCross.Platform.IoC.MvxSimpleIoCContainer.Resolve[T] () [0x00000] in <0da3cbd163cf47a29ec04fff5bb9eecd>:0
[mvx] at MvvmCross.Platform.Mvx.Resolve[TService] () [0x00005] in <0da3cbd163cf47a29ec04fff5bb9eecd>:0
[mvx] at FlexConta.Core.AppStart.Start (System.Object hint) [0x00000] in <880d0bdc2a5448ffb4d7b35d827753b5>:0
[mvx] at MvvmCross.Droid.Support.V7.AppCompat.MvxSplashScreenAppCompatActivity.TriggerFirstNavigate () [0x00005] in <74631770bbbe4bff8d50c85acb55083c>:0
[mvx] at MvvmCross.Droid.Support.V7.AppCompat.MvxSplashScreenAppCompatActivity.InitializationComplete () [0x00009] in <74631770bbbe4bff8d50c85acb55083c>:0
[mvx] at MvvmCross.Droid.Platform.MvxAndroidSetupSingleton.<InitializeFromSplashScreen>b__7_1 () [0x0000a] in <099dd6f64bd74189922e6888bc76e146>:0
[mvx] at MvvmCross.Platform.Core.MvxMainThreadDispatcher.ExceptionMaskedAction (System.Action action) [0x00000] in <0da3cbd163cf47a29ec04fff5bb9eecd>:0
I'm using the MVVMCross IOC container and I'm registering de dependencies as follows:
public override void Initialize()
{
base.Initialize();
CreatableTypes()
.EndingWith("Repository")
.AsInterfaces()
.RegisterAsLazySingleton();
CreatableTypes()
.EndingWith("Service")
.AsInterfaces()
.RegisterAsLazySingleton();
Mvx.RegisterSingleton<IUserRestAPI>(new UserRestAPI());
RegisterAppStart(new AppStart());
}
The User service class:
public class UserService : IUserService
{
private readonly IUserRepository _userRepository;
private readonly IDocumentTypesRepository _documentTypesRepository;
private readonly IUserRestAPI _userRestAPI;
public UserService(IUserRepository userRepository, IDocumentTypesRepository documentTypesRepository, IUserRestAPI userRestAPI)
{
_userRepository = userRepository;
_documentTypesRepository = documentTypesRepository;
_userRestAPI = userRestAPI;
}
.
.
.
}
What may be happening?

You can create a PreserveAttribute in your PCL and add it to the classes that the linker is stripping out. Xamarin docs describe the use as
If you do not want to take a dependency on the Xamarin libraries – for
example, you are building a cross platform portable class library
(PCL) – you can still use the Android.Runtime.Preserve attribute. To
do this, declare a PreserveAttribute class within the Android.Runtime
namespace like this:
namespace Android.Runtime
{
public sealed class PreserveAttribute : System.Attribute
{
public bool AllMembers;
public bool Conditional;
}
}
If you want to prevent linking of your shared PCL you can use link skip to prevent the linker from stripping away code from you PCL.
In your android cs proj just add <AndroidLinkSkip>YourPCLAssemblyNameHerer</AndroidLinkSkip> or via the properties UI. Android Options -> Linker -> Skip linking assemblies, enter your PCL assembly name in the input.

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...
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...
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I want to move to the .Net 6 way of configuration (in Program.cs), but I don't know how to get an instance of IServiceProvider to provide to the ServiceProviderJobActivator method.
The method is:
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}
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I have tried:
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I also tried:
public override object ActivateJob(Type type)
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but the ActivateJob returns null in both cases
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Have you tried something like option 3 from Upgrading a .NET 5 "Startup-based" app to .NET 6 ?
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I am trying to get the EF migrations to work in a Xamarin Forms project. I have a DbContext for a SQLite database:
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{
public DbSet<Item> Items { get; set; }
public TestDbContext()
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I installed the Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools nuget for the standard library, but it did not work. Starting from this, I added a Dummy .NET Core project.
I referenced the .NET Standard library (2.1) in the Dummy (Xamarin Forms project)
I installed the Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite and Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools nuget packages into the dummy project as well
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When I run the command PM> Add-Migration InitialCreate -P XamarinEFTest -S EFDummy I get an exception:
Build started...
Build succeeded.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
---> Xamarin.Essentials.NotImplementedInReferenceAssemblyException: This functionality is not implemented in the portable version of this assembly. You should reference the NuGet package from your main application project in order to reference the platform-specific implementation.
at Xamarin.Essentials.FileSystem.get_PlatformAppDataDirectory()
at Xamarin.Essentials.FileSystem.get_AppDataDirectory()
at XamarinEFTest.TestDbContext.OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder) in C:\Users\szabk\source\repos\XamarinEFTest\XamarinEFTest\XamarinEFTest\TestDbContext.cs:line 24
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext.get_InternalServiceProvider()
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext.Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure.IInfrastructure<System.IServiceProvider>.get_Instance()
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure.Internal.InfrastructureExtensions.GetService[TService](IInfrastructure`1 accessor)
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure.AccessorExtensions.GetService[TService](IInfrastructure`1 accessor)
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure.DatabaseFacade.get_Dependencies()
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure.DatabaseFacade.EnsureCreated()
at XamarinEFTest.TestDbContext..ctor() in C:\Users\szabk\source\repos\XamarinEFTest\XamarinEFTest\XamarinEFTest\TestDbContext.cs:line 19
at XamarinEFTest.DesignTimeFactory.CreateDbContext(String[] args) in C:\Users\szabk\source\repos\XamarinEFTest\XamarinEFTest\XamarinEFTest\DesignTimeFactory.cs:line 12
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor, Boolean wrapExceptions)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke(Object obj, Object[] parameters)
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.DbContextOperations.CreateContextFromFactory(Type factory, Type contextType)
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.DbContextOperations.<>c__DisplayClass16_0.<FindContextFactory>b__1()
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.DbContextOperations.CreateContext(Func`1 factory)
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.DbContextOperations.CreateContext(String contextType)
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.MigrationsOperations.AddMigration(String name, String outputDir, String contextType, String namespace)
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.AddMigrationImpl(String name, String outputDir, String contextType, String namespace)
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.AddMigration.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<.ctor>b__0()
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.OperationBase.<>c__DisplayClass3_0`1.<Execute>b__0()
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.OperationBase.Execute(Action action)
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
I have VS 2019 16.8.4, I created the test xamarin project from the layout template with the slider menu.
What do I need to do?
Edit: Maybe I need to setup the Core project with a different SQLite driver and with a different DesignTimeFactory? But how would this work? I need the migrations to work in the phone in the end.
The Xamarin.Essentials FileSystem.AppDataDirectory doesn't work on Windows/Mac, where you're trying to create the migration.
Use this sqlite database path for creating the migrations:
optionsBuilder.UseSqlite($"Data Source=migrations.db3");
This path is relative and you'll end up with a migrations.db3 file created in your project folder. Just ignote the .db file, it's only purpose was to create the migration.
EDIT:
I've been using this DbContext in my app and it works just fine.
public class MyDbContext : DbContext
{
private string _databasePath;
public DbSet<MyEntity> Issues { get; set; }
[Obsolete("Don't use this for production. This is only for creating migrations.")]
public MyDbContext() : this("nothing.db")
{
}
public MyDbContext(string dbPath)
{
_databasePath = dbPath;
}
protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
{
if (!optionsBuilder.IsConfigured)
{
optionsBuilder.UseSqlite($"Data Source={_databasePath}");
}
}
}

Replace default IoC container in MvvmCross

Since MvvmCross v7 sticks on its own IoC container, I would like to replace it with the .NET Core one in order to have an easier life when registering third party libraries such as IHttpClientFactory, Polly, Automapper, etc. through already built-in extensions methods.
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