If you add an assembly reference to one Platform , it gets added to every Platform. Steps to Reproduce Right click on Windows Dependencies Add a new assembly reference (a local DLL, not a NuGet package) Observe the assembly was also added to every Platform dependencies (Android, iOS) Expected Behavior The added assembly references should only be added to the selected Platform, not to all the Platforms Basic Information Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3 Preview 1.1 If you remove an assembly reference form one project, it also gets removed from the other Platforms dependencies.

Dependencies are managed at the project level, and adding to all targets is desirable in the common case - a frequent problem in Xamarin was people accidentally adding a reference to only one project and then having the others break. If you need to restrict a dependency to specific targets you can edit the csproj to add a condition. For example, this includes ClassLibrary1 only for windows: <ItemGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-windows')) != false "> <ProjectReference Include="..\ClassLibrary1\ClassLibrary1.csproj" /> </ItemGroup> You can file a feature request to provide a way to manage this in the UI at https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/search?space=8&q=maui

Assembly References Getting Added to Every Platform in .NET MAUI

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Rob Caplan - MSFT 5,412 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-06-02T22:00:27.15+00:00
Dependencies are managed at the project level, and adding to all targets is desirable in the common case - a frequent problem in Xamarin was people accidentally adding a reference to only one project and then having the others break.

If you need to restrict a dependency to specific targets you can edit the csproj to add a condition. For example, this includes ClassLibrary1 only for windows:

<ItemGroup Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-windows')) != false "> <ProjectReference Include="..\ClassLibrary1\ClassLibrary1.csproj" /> </ItemGroup>

You can file a feature request to provide a way to manage this in the UI at https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/search?space=8&q=maui
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Devi Prasad 91 Reputation points

2022-06-03T06:10:25.13+00:00

Yes, It's working fine, Thank you @Rob Caplan - MSFT

Dewangan, Khagesh 45 Reputation points

2023-03-24T04:52:55.9766667+00:00

I am facing the same issue, with .NET MAUI. Created MAUI Android Class Library project and wanted to add the reference to only net7.0-android. I tried with the Condition like : Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0-android'" and Condition="$(TargetFramework.Contains('-android')) != false ", but both did not work for me. It's adding the reference to all.

I am in the latest Visual Studio for MAC.

 <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0-android'"> <PackageReference Include="airship.android.fcm" Version="16.9.0" /> </ItemGroup>  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0-android'"> <ProjectReference Include="..\PlatformServices.Android\PlatformServices.Android.csproj" /> </ItemGroup>

Allan Mietton 0 Reputation points

2023-05-11T07:31:10.13+00:00

Hello, I achieved to do this on VS Mac too :

<ItemGroup> <ProjectReference Include="XXX.csproj" Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'android'" /> </ItemGroup>
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Assembly References Getting Added to Every Platform in .NET MAUI

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