Which PCL profile should I use in my Xamarin.Forms app?

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I'm new in Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms and C# platform.

I'm starting the development of an app that should support Android and iOS devices. I'm using a PCL project for code sharing. Currently this project is using the profile111 because Visual Studio has selected it by default for me. But when I try to install some NuGet packages I'm getting a message saying the package is not compatible. Something like:

Could not install package 'DocsBrStandard 2.0.1'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETPortable,Version=v4.5,Profile=Profile111', but the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework.

I believe this message is related with the profile I'm using, right?

So which profile should I use for my app that should support only iOS and Android devices? Is profile111 the more appropriate for this scenario?

At least, how can I identify if a package is compatible or not with my Xamarin.Forms app?

Thanks.

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It is a project that targets .NETStandard version 1.6. Maybe it time to jump on that band-wagon as well, although I don't think that Xamarin supported the v1.x versions well. Do consider just retrieving source from the GitHub.com project and recompiling it. – Hans Passant

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You need to target .NET Standard to be able to use the DocsBrStandard package. So you can't work with profile based PCL if you want to use that package.

Check out this article about targeting .NET Standard with Xamarin.Forms:
https://blog.xamarin.com/building-xamarin-forms-apps-net-standard/