I have a XForms application and I'm using Visual Studio for Mac. I use a different iOS plist file and Android manifest file based on the build configuration (AdHoc vs Release). Is there a way to specify which file to use in Visual Studio based on the build configuration that ACTUALLY works across both platforms?

Multiple Build Configurations for XForms

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Joe Manke 1,091

Manually edit your .csproj files to include the correct files depending on build configuration.

Android:

<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <AndroidManifest>Properties\AndroidManifestDebug.xml</AndroidManifest>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <None Include="Properties\AndroidManifestDebug.xml" />
</ItemGroup>

<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <AndroidManifest>Properties\AndroidManifestRelease.xml</AndroidManifest>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <None Include="Properties\AndroidManifestRelease.xml" />
</ItemGroup>

iOS:

<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|iPhone' ">
    <None Include="DebugInfo.plist" />
</ItemGroup>

<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|iPhone' ">
    <None Include="ReleaseInfo.plist" />
</ItemGroup>

Clay 61 Reputation points

2021-01-27T21:32:04.967+00:00

Ok I'll try it. When I tried doing this a few years back, Android never used the updated Manifest file and for iOS VIsual Studio would never show the correct configuration file in the Editor. There was even an AndroidManifest element in MSBuild that was supposed to be used, but didn't work.
Clay 61 Reputation points

2021-01-27T22:07:56.5+00:00

Worked like a champ! Thank you!

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