Can I use Xamarin Forms to build an Android 6.0 application?

lpinho

Hi,
I'm trying to build a Xamarin Forms application to run in an Android 6.0 android box, but I'm always getting the error while compiling:

Package Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.CardView 25.4.0.2 is not compatible with monoandroid60 (MonoAndroid,Version=v6.0). Package Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.CardView 25.4.0.2 supports: monoandroid70 (MonoAndroid,Version=v7.0)

Is there any way to get the package for Android Version 6.0?

Thanks,

L. Pinho

Ahsan_Siddique

You need change your app android target version and install 6.0 level packages from nuget. This all packages targeting to 8.0 Oreo you need to install downgrade version that's support 6.0

Ahsan_Siddique

You need change your app android target version and install 6.0 level packages from nuget. This all packages targeting to 8.0 Oreo you need to install downgrade version that's support 6.0

lpinho

Hi, thanks, it still works targeting to version 7.0

nbi

Hmm, no that doesn't work - at least not in all scenarios. According to the documentation Setting Target Framework and Target Android to 8.1 and Minimum Android to 6.0 should result in a configuration that can build an apk that runs on 6.0 up to 8.1. It runs fine on the VS 2017 included emulator, but on my Marshmallow phone it produces an exception:

01-31 10:07:56.664 32388 32388 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.companyname.App1.Android, PID: 32388
01-31 10:07:56.664 32388 32388 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider mono.MonoRuntimeProvider: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to find application Mono.Android.Platform.ApiLevel_27 or Xamarin.Android.Platform!

Is VS 2017 not honoring the minimum target framework (which is set to v6.0)?

lpinho

Hi NBI,

I'm rebuilding my application in Xamarin.Android to make it work.
I gave up Xamarin.Form for this particular scenario.