Install package fails on Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS

[Zolee007]

I'm trying to use NGettext from Xamarin, I was able to install it into the PCL, however when it comes to installing it into the platform-specific projects, the installation process will fail with the following message:
"Failed to add reference to 'System.Collections'. Please make sure that it is in the Global Assembly Cache."
Taking a look at the output there is an other message right after the package installation failed:
"Install failed. Rolling back...
Package 'NGettext.0.6.1 : Microsoft.CSharp [4.0.1-rc2-24027, ), System.Collections [4.0.11-rc2-24027, ), System.Diagnostics.Debug [4.0.11-rc2-24027, ), System.Diagnostics.TraceSource [4.0.0-rc2-24027, ), System.Globalization [4.0.11-rc2-24027, ), System.IO [4.1.0-rc2-24027, ), System.IO.FileSystem [4.0.1-rc2-24027, ), System.Runtime [4.1.0-rc2-24027, ), System.Runtime.Extensions [4.1.0-rc2-24027, ), System.Runtime.InteropServices [4.1.0-rc2-24027, ), System.Text.RegularExpressions [4.0.12-rc2-24027, )' does not exist in project"

Does it mean that NGettext can't be used in Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS projects?

[VitaliiTsilnyk]

Strange… It seems like your NuGet client tries to install .NETStandard 1.3 version of NGettext. But for Xamarin it should be either .NETStandard 1.0 or PCL versions.
Please look at the issue #8. I think you should use Xamarin Package Console Extension (sorry, I personally have never used Xamarin products).

[Zolee007]

It's probably because my PCL is Profile111, and it is not netstandard based yet, referencing the dll from the package's netstandard folder did the trick.

[Zolee007]

Quick update on the issue, it went away with the newest nuget package release.

[VitaliiTsilnyk]

Great! Thanks.