Xamarin iOS Azure Storage Dependency

Question

I am trying to use blob storage on a Xamarin iOS App, I have added the Windows Azure Nuget package and am getting the following error:

.../CSC: Error CS1705: Assembly Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage, Version=7.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' depends onSystem.IO.FileSystem.Primitives, Version=4.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' which has a higher version number than referenced assembly `System.IO.FileSystem.Primitives, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' (CS1705)

My System.IO.FileSystem.Primitives package is on version 4.0.1 and I can find no other references in the project to this or the 4.0.0.0 version. Both my WindowsAzure.Storage package and the System.IO.FileSystem.Primitives package are up to date. Can anyone help?

Which version of Xamarin are you using? I somewhat recall running into this error, but once I updated to Xamarin 4.1 everything started working. — Michael Curd - MSFT
Ok that's the same version I have. Please use the latest Azure Storage library (7.2) as well. I recently created a sample app on Visual Studio that worked with Xamarin 4.1 (which has Xamarin.iOS 9.8) - developer.xamarin.com/releases/vs/xamarin.vs_4/xamarin.vs_4.1/… and Azure Storage Client Library 7.2 - nuget.org/packages/WindowsAzure.Storage — Michael Curd - MSFT
I am using Azure Storage 7.2. I cannot find any reference to the assembly System.IO.FileSystem.Primitives v4.0.0, only 4.0.1.0, which the error states is the correct version. — Carl
The 'DownloadTextAsync' function works on the CloudBlockBlob but all the other Download functions such as 'DownloadToStreamAsync' throw the dependency error. — Carl

Ivan Ičin Ivan Ičin · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-19T22:51:54

The version of Azure Storage that works properly with Xamarin is 4.4.0-preview, as mentioned in Azure documentation.

Xamarin iOS Azure Storage Dependency

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