How to reference binding library iOS from VS windows?

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How to reference binding library iOS from VS windows?

Leonard Harris 6

Cannot resolve the binding library project from my consuming iOS project, the issue is the. I have the native reference included i.e. .framework folder and the ApiDefinitions and structs class are also include.

How can we consume binding library for iOS and resolve these issues?

See screen below and I have the binding library included and being references by the Sample.iOS project, the binding library includes the .framework native reference so why this not being resolved?

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Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 6,756

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Hi , LeonardHarris-3315

Did you manage to build the Binding library (PayRecognizer.iOS)? Here is the docs .

I see using PayCards is grayed out , this means this namespace is not found , please double check the assembly name and namespace in Binding library project settings , and use the correct one .

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Leonard Harris 6 Reputation points

2021-03-26T03:52:41.973+00:00

Hi @Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) Ill provide the binding library I am working with but same issue existed as above

As per below the Assembly Name and default namespace of the binding library are SquareinAppPaymentsSDK and I try to include the using for the namespace in my Sample iOS project for the binding library.

When I look at the object browser it shows for the included reference of the binding library?
Leonard Harris 6 Reputation points

2021-03-26T03:56:23.037+00:00

@Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) On my mac with visual studio it totally works although I don't understand why it doesn't work on windows machine... I wondered if limitation of iOS binding libraries on windows machine or something else. Code is the same. Also the binding library has been tested and works as expected on the mac machine so the binding was correctly setup.
Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 6,756 Reputation points

2021-03-26T04:25:31.577+00:00

One is the name of binding library project , one is the namespace , they are different . To be convenient we often make them same .
Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 6,756 Reputation points

2021-03-26T04:27:19.267+00:00

Try to set the same name on assembly ,spacename , binding library project , and rebuild all .
Leonard Harris 6 Reputation points

2021-03-31T04:58:25.287+00:00

@Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) sorry to be pain but this wasn't actually working as I was referencing the .dll I pulled from the bin of the SDK file rather then the actually relying on the project reference included in my solution so when I removed the .dll the red squiggly lines came back as and I couldnt get the reference included through the added project reference of the binding library project. See as per below... any ideas to get this working so odd it wont add and I cant see why this is failing??
Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 6,756 Reputation points

2021-04-01T07:58:15.17+00:00

You need to build binding library first before running you iOS project , so that the dll file would exist at that time .
Leonard Harris 6 Reputation points

2021-04-05T07:31:12.61+00:00

@Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) I built the binding library being referenced from my iOS Xamarin project and same issue... still getting squiggly red lines and the using SquareInAppPaymentsSDKOut is giving cannot be found.

See below after I just rebuilt the binding library which succeeded. The binding library is being reference correctly from the iOS Xamarin project.
Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 6,756 Reputation points

2021-04-06T07:42:51.4+00:00

If possible could you provide the binding library so that we can test on our side ?
Leonard Harris 6 Reputation points

2021-04-27T04:45:15.723+00:00

@Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) I tried adding sample here but too large to attach as size is 10MB and I am limited to 3.1MB upload. You can download sample from here with binding library and sample attached to work with, I couldn't adding a using for the project namespace and kept getting same error.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q76BmB5IZTPcJprHpD3KPPd-jVbBXeul/view?usp=sharing
Leonard Harris 6 Reputation points

2021-05-05T03:20:10.407+00:00

@Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) Just checking in to see if you were able to test binding library on your side?
Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 6,756 Reputation points

2021-05-05T08:55:41.317+00:00

Sorry for the late response .

I reproduced your issue and found the solution to solve it .

Just remove SquareBindingLibrary.iOS(including SquareInAppPaymentsSDKOut project ) from your project .

And add the dll directly instead of reference the project .
Leonard Harris 6 Reputation points

2021-05-06T01:05:30.637+00:00

@Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) thanks for letting me know. I've made the changes as you mentioned. Is this considered a bug, if so I would like to log this issue somewhere. I'm guessing it lays with visual studio.
Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 6,756 Reputation points

2021-05-06T03:26:18.007+00:00

Yes, you could report the problem in visual studio .
Leonard Harris 6 Reputation points

2021-05-10T00:06:50.217+00:00

@Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) great thanks going to log a ticket there. Thanks again!
Nick Sherman 6 Reputation points

2021-05-12T08:25:36.647+00:00

Is there a way I can +1 this bug report? I think we're experiencing the same issue:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/385561/xamarin-forms-ios-binding-broken.html

It definitely worked 6-12 months ago, so it must be a fairly recent VS update but I can't pinpoint exactly which.

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