How to fix 17.13.5 Issue

Question

After updating my VS Studio Community installation to version 17.3.5 from version 17.12.5, I now get the following major error when building my Xamarin Android app:

System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'AndroidManifest.xml' is denied.

at System.IO.Directory.DeleteHelper(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive, Boolean throwOnTopLevelDirectoryNotFound, WIN32_FIND_DATA& data)

at System.IO.Directory.Delete(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive, Boolean checkHost)

at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.RemoveDirFixed.RunTask()

This happens with both debug and release builds. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Andrew

Answer 1

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