Want to make your libraries multi-platform? Want to see how much work is required to make your application compatible with other .NET platforms? The .NET Portability Analyzer is a tool that provides you with a detailed report (example report) on how portable your code is across .NET platforms by analyzing assemblies. The Portability Analyzer is offered as a Visual Studio Extension and as a console app.
To begin using the .NET Portability Analyzer, download the extension from the Visual Studio Gallery. You can configure it in Visual Studio via Tools >> Options >> .NET Portability Analyzer and select your Target Platforms.
To analyze your entire project, right-click on your project in the Solution Explorer and select Analyze >> Analyze Assembly Portability. Otherwise, go to the Analyze menu and select Analyze Assembly Portability. From there, select your project's executable or .dll.
After running the analysis, you will see your .NET Portability Report. Only types that are unsupported by a target platform will appear in the list and you can review recommendations in the Messages tab in the Error List. You can also jump to problem areas directly from the Messages tab.
Don't want to use Visual Studio? You can also use the Portability Analyzer from the Command Prompt. Download the command-line analyzer here.
- Type the following command to analyze the current directory:
ApiPort.exe analyze -f . - To analyze a specific list of .dlls type the following command:
ApiPort.exe analyze -f first.dll -f second.dll -f third.dll
Your .NET Portability Report will be saved as an Excel .xlsx file in your current directory. The Details tab in the Excel Workbook will contain more info.
For more info on the .NET Portability Analyzer, read the documentation.