Build fails with VS 15.7: cannot find provided types

[Zaid-Ajaj]

After working around #47 and restoring packages successfully, I am not able to build the solution from Visual Studio 2017 latest and I get errors from the fsharp compiler that look like related to type providers:

Severity	Code	Description	Project	File	Line	Suppression State
Error	FS0193	Could not find file 'C:\projects\elmish-xamarin-forms\Samples\AllControls\Droid\ProvidedTypes5c2b5dd0-36e9-4067-97f5-fdfe2f421972.dll'.	AllControls.Droid	FSC	1	Active
Error	FS0193	Could not find file 'C:\projects\elmish-xamarin-forms\Samples\TicTacToe\Droid\ProvidedTypes9f0bff89-67dd-46c2-a040-82a1e59c9ec5.dll'.	TicTacToe.Droid	FSC	1	Active

[nosami]

You are being hit by a temporary issue in the F# compiler on Windows. The relevant issue is here

[dsyme]

A hotfix for this issue should be out in VS2017 15.7 soon.

[dsyme]

Note Visual Studio 15.6.* doesn't have this problem, also VS for Mac is ok. If you need a workaround you can also use the FSHarp.Compiler.Tools pacakge

[dsyme]

Or you can target iOS

[dsyme]

Or you can just play with the apps that don't use Android resources (e.g. CounterApp)

[Zaid-Ajaj]

If you need a workaround you can also use the FSHarp.Compiler.Tools pacakge

I am not sure I understand what this means, reference the package from the projects with errors?

Or you can target iOS

Unfortunately, not an option here, I have a windows machine and building requires a mac if I understood the situation correctly

Or you can just play with the apps that don't use static resources (e.g. CounterApp)

I will try those, but I wanted to see the good stuff 😉

[nosami]

I am not sure I understand what this means, reference the package from the projects with errors?

Try this - https://stackoverflow.com/a/43845651/316874

[dsyme]

@nosami Is it possible to adjust the samples to remove the uses of the Android resource type provider for now? It is only used in fairly minor ways for now

[nosami]

@dsyme: yes that's possible, although some of the samples might just look a little odd / different to the iOS versions. It's used for picking up theme/style info.

I can submit a PR if you want.

[dsyme]

Fixed in #51