C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\NuGet\17.0\Microsoft.NuGet.targets(198,5): Error : Your project does not reference "MonoAndroid,Version=v8.1" framework. Add a reference to "MonoAndroid,Version=v8.1" in t

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When I am running the my Xamarin. Android project using Azure pipeline I am unable to build solution due to above error.

Please see attached Release configuration of my project

 <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
	  <DebugType>None</DebugType>
	  <DebugSymbols>false</DebugSymbols>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Release</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>RELEASE;</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
    <AndroidManagedSymbols>true</AndroidManagedSymbols>
    <AndroidUseSharedRuntime>false</AndroidUseSharedRuntime>
    <EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>true</EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>
    <RunCodeAnalysis>true</RunCodeAnalysis>
    <CodeAnalysisTreatWarningsAsErrors>false</CodeAnalysisTreatWarningsAsErrors>
    <AotAssemblies>false</AotAssemblies>
    <EnableLLVM>false</EnableLLVM>
    <AndroidEnableProfiledAot>false</AndroidEnableProfiledAot>
    <BundleAssemblies>false</BundleAssemblies>
    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
	<TargetFrameworkVersion>v13.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
	<TargetFrameworks>MonoAndroid,Version=v8.1</TargetFrameworks>
    <MandroidI18n />
  </PropertyGroup>

<TargetFrameworks>MonoAndroid,Version=v8.1</TargetFrameworks> I have added newly in order to resolve above issue.But didn't worked

Anyone please help me

Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 38,141 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-06-07T05:29:24.4666667+00:00
To investigate further, could you please provide the following information?

Does this problem only occur in Pipline?

What is the target version of the Android platform?

Xamarin support ended on May 1, 2024 for all Xamarin SDKs including Xamarin.Forms. For more information, please check: Xamarin official support policy | .NET (microsoft.com). We will recommend you upgrade Xamarin projects to . NET MAUI, please see the Upgrade from Xamarin to .NET & .NET MAUI documentation.
Sk 61 Reputation points

2024-06-07T07:06:14.4933333+00:00
Thanks for Answering.

yes the problem occurs only in pipeline.

Target version of Android is 13

And also in the error it is showing path as C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\NuGet\17.0\Microsoft.NuGet.targets(198,5).

But I am not using Enterprise version of visual studio. I am using community version
Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 38,141 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-06-10T05:38:12.2766667+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, since Xamarin has discontinued technical support. If you migrate your project to MAUI and publish it, will this issue still occur?
Sk 61 Reputation points

2024-06-10T08:06:49.7366667+00:00

Still not migrated to MAUI. We are planning to migrate but this occurs with Xamarin forms.

But when we publish from visual studio it is good
Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 38,141 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-06-11T06:03:59.41+00:00

Thanks for your feedback.

Since this issue only occurs in the Azure build pipeline, it is recommended that you report this issue to the Azure technical team. You could refer to Get support and provide feedback.

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