Bug 58931 - VS: unexpected error - Please file a bug report
Summary: VS: unexpected error - Please file a bug report
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 58789
Alias: None
Product: iOS
Classification: Xamarin
Component: Tools (show other bugs)
Version: XI 10.12 (d15-3)
Hardware: PC Windows
: --- normal
Target Milestone: 15.3
Assignee: Bugzilla
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Reported: 2017-08-21 17:11 UTC by Will Autio
Modified: 2017-08-21 20:36 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 58789
Description Will Autio 2017-08-21 17:11:25 UTC 
Environment:
VS 2017 Version 15.3.0
Xamarin - 4.6.0.295 (306f76a)
Xamarin.Android SDK - 7.4.0.19 (0cd0214)
Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Mac SDK - 10.12.0.14 (bf350ba)

VS asked me to submit an error report to bugzilla:

1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\Xamarin\iOS\Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(748,3): error : Unexpected error - Please file a bug report at http://bugzilla.xamarin.com
1>  System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
1>    at MonoTouch.Tuner.Linker.Process (MonoTouch.Tuner.LinkerOptions options, MonoTouch.Tuner.MonoTouchLinkContext& context, System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Mono.Cecil.AssemblyDefinition]& assemblies) [0x00145] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/Tuning.cs:94 
1>    at Xamarin.Bundler.Target.LinkAssemblies (System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Mono.Cecil.AssemblyDefinition]& assemblies, System.String output_dir, System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[T] sharedCodeTargets) [0x0029a] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/Target.cs:491 
1>    at Xamarin.Bundler.Target.ManagedLink () [0x005c5] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/Target.cs:614 
1>    at Xamarin.Bundler.Target.ProcessAssemblies () [0x000bb] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/Target.cs:800 
1>    at Xamarin.Bundler.Application.ProcessAssemblies () [0x0002f] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/Application.cs:1396 
1>    at Xamarin.Bundler.Application.BuildManaged () [0x00001] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/Application.cs:827 
1>    at Xamarin.Bundler.Application+<>c.<BuildAll>b__134_1 (Xamarin.Bundler.Application v) [0x00000] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/Application.cs:775 
1>    at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T].ForEach (System.Action`1[T] action) [0x00024] in <c9f8153c41de4f8cbafd0e32f9bf6b28>:0 
1>    at Xamarin.Bundler.Application.BuildAll () [0x00050] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/Application.cs:775 
1>    at Xamarin.Bundler.Driver.Main2 (System.String[] args) [0x00481] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/mtouch.cs:1420 
1>    at Xamarin.Bundler.Driver.Main (System.String[] args) [0x0000f] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/4991/4a279c9a/source/xamarin-macios/tools/mtouch/mtouch.cs:945
Comment 1 Will Autio 2017-08-21 17:58:56 UTC 
Further note:
With settings at Debug iPhone MyApp.iOS MyiPad  it works. It loads on the iPad and runs.
With settings set to AppStore I get the stated errors.
Comment 2 Timothy Risi 2017-08-21 19:19:06 UTC 
Please include your full build logs, crash reports (if any), test case (to reproduce) and all version information.

To get full build logs just set the log verbosity to diagnostic at the following locations:
- On Visual Studio for Mac: Preferences > Projects > Build
- On Visual Studio for Windows: Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > Build and Run

On Visual Studio Windows you also want to add `-v -v -v -v` to the mtouch additional arguments by right-clicking the project in the solution explorer and selecting `Properties`.
Note: this is done automatically on Visual Studio for Mac when the log verbosity is set to diagnostic.

Easiest way to get exact version information:
- On Visual Studio for Mac: "Visual Studio" menu, "About Visual Studio" item, "Show Details" button.
- On Visual Studio for Windows: "Help menu", "About Microsoft Visual Studio" item.
Then copy/paste the version information (you can use the "Copy Information" button).
Comment 3 Brendan Zagaeski (Xamarin Team, assistant) 2017-08-21 20:36:23 UTC 
Thanks for the report.  An experimental installer package with the candidate fix for this issue is now available.  See Bug 58834, Comment 10 for the download link and information about installing and uninstalling it

If that experimental installer package does not resolve the issue for your particular project, please do reopen this Bug 58931 and attach the additional logging information as described in Comment 2.  Thanks in advance!

I will mark this bug as a duplicate of Bug 58789 for tallying purposes.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 58789 ***