MonoPackageManager incompatible types: String[] cannot be converted to String #2228

Note: Copied from: https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=60854#c3

MonoPackageManager incompatible types: String[] cannot be converted to String

Submitted by a community member on 2017-11-24 16:35 UTC

I have already referenced #28977 and #29370 where they both say to delete the obj and bin directories.

If I build from the command line, everything is fine, but if I build via Visual Studio, I get this error.
I've cleaned the solution, deleted /obj and /bin, restarted VS, restarted my machine, uninstalled and reinstalled Xamarin, and yet nothing yet has allowed me to build my Android app via Visual Studio.

I'm trying to think back to when this started and the only thing I can think of is that this is the first time trying to build Android since updating to the latest toolset for Xamarin.

my command line build looks something like this

msbuild.exe C:\Dev\SelfServe\src\XXX\XXX.csproj /target:clean,PackageForAndroid /verbosity:minimal /logger:FileLogger,Microsoft.Build.Engine;logfile=C:\Dev\SelfServe\build-artifacts\logs\MSBuild\msbuild.txt /property:OutDir=C:\Dev\SelfServe\build-artifacts\output\Droid\TestApp\ /property:VisualStudioVersion=14.0 /property:ToolsVersion=4.6 /property:ResolveAssemblyWarnOrErrorOnTargetArchitectureMismatch=False /maxcpucount:1 /p:Configuration=Ad-Hoc

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Xamarin Bugzilla comment 1 by Jon Douglas [MSFT] [MSFT] on 2017-11-27 19:20 UTC

Hi Chase,

Thanks for reporting a bug.

Can you please upload a diagnostic build output log?

https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/blob/master/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.c#L3745-L3755

Secondly, if there's anyway we can get our hands on a reproduction project, we will be able to investigate much further with a possibility of reproducing this locally. If this is private, feel free to send this to my email or we can mark this bug private.

From a first glance, the definitions seem to be fine:

https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/blob/master/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.c#L3688

appDirs is a type String[]. However I would guess that the issue is in the native call:

https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/blob/master/src/Mono.Android/java/mono/android/Runtime.java#L9

specifically this code:

https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/troubleshooting/troubleshooting/#Diagnostic_MSBuild_Output

Xamarin Bugzilla comment 2 by a community member on 2017-11-27 20:36 UTC

sent private details via email

Xamarin Bugzilla comment 3 by a community member on 2017-12-06 12:47 UTC

I am also seeing this issue on our build server. Would you like our log? (I can email)

Reference: https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=60854