How to add System.Data.SqlClient nuget package into .Net Portable (PCL)4.5 profile

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I am writing a crossplatform (iOS and android) Xamarin app and I need a sql connection to my database. I found out that I need System.Data.SqlClient to achieve this. But when I try to add System.Data.SqlClient to my core project I get:

Could not install package 'System.Data.SqlClient 4.4.0'. You are trying to install this package into a project that targets '.NETPortable,Version=v4.5,Profile=Profile259', but the package does not contain any assembly references or content files that are compatible with that framework. For more information, contact the package author.

I get that apparently this .NETPortable version is compatible, but what is the solution to this? There must be a way to access a SQL database. Also I found that other posts asked to add System.Data first, but this package doesn't even show up in nuget.

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1 Answers

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In case that you change your pcl project into .NET Standard you should be able to install this nuget package.

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In Visual Studio Preview there is template to create xamarin project using .netstandard. I can confirm that it works.