Appcenter-sdk-dotnet: Payload contains two ore more files with the same destination path 'WatsonRegistrationUtility.dll'

[bmarchionni]

On my UWP Xamarin mobile app, after updating from Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Crashes v0.14.0 to v0.14.2 I started getting this error on compile. Reverting resolves the issue.

I have references to both Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Crashes and Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Analytics, my app targets x86, x64 and arm. I've seen it with any of the target build options including Any CPU.

1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1740,5): error APPX1101: Payload contains two or more files with the same destination path 'WatsonRegistrationUtility.dll'. Source files:
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1740,5): error APPX1101: C:\Users\User\.nuget\packages\microsoft.azure.mobile.crashes\0.14.2\build\uap10.0....runtimes\win10-x86\native\WatsonRegistrationUtility.dll
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1740,5): error APPX1101: C:\Users\User\.nuget\packages\Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Crashes\0.14.2runtimes\win10-x86\lib\uap10.0\WatsonRegistrationUtility.dll

[achocron]

Hey, do you still encounter this issue with the latest release 0.15.0?

Also, could you try to clear your NuGet cache? I find it suspicious that one of the paths contains microsoft.azure.mobile.crashes while the other contains Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Crashes.

[bmarchionni]

I cleared my NuGet cache and it now works as expected at version 0.15.0 thanks for the tip!

[michaelstonis]

I am seeing this same issue crop up again in a UWP app running on Visual Studio 2019 16.3 preview 2. If I switch back to Visual Studio 2019 16.2, the issue is not there.

Deleting out bin/obj and reloading projects does not resolve it.

I just wanted to put this out there as this _might_ be more of an issue when the new version of Visual Studio is released.

[Jamminroot]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Ill have a look at this and try to reproduce.

[Jamminroot]

Hey, @michaelstonis, I've tried to reproduce the problem with several SDK versions (2.1.1, 2.2.1-preview, 2.3.0-preview) but all versions worked just fine. Is there any specific details I might be missing? Tested with VS 2019 16.3.0 preview 2.0

[michaelstonis]

This issue occurred specifically with version 2.1.1. I bumped the version to 2.3.0-preview and it compiles without issue.

This is for a client project, so I can't exactly post the solution here, but I would be more than glad to supply any other details that you need via private communications.

[guperrot]

Hi, for UWP you cannot have Crashes just yet using the preview SDK:

This preview version removes Crashes support for UWP. The App Center backend is not yet ready to process UWP crashes using the system introduced in this version. If your app relies on UWP crashes, do not update to this preview version.

from https://github.com/microsoft/appcenter-sdk-dotnet/releases/tag/2.2.1-preview

And in the docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/sdk/crashes/uwp#package-manager-console

Please stay in the latest stable version (no prerelease) if you need crashes support for UWP until we support the new pipeline.

[mikegoatly]

@michaelstonis I've raised this as a bug with the VS team - from the sounds of things it's their problem and will be fixed - you can track it here.

[guperrot]

Hi, thanks for following up with VS team, we can close this one then.