Visual Studio App Center: missing .csproj files

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votes

I'm trying to configure automatic build of a Xamarin Forms application, for Android and iOS, using Visual Studio App Center, but after choosing the branch in Build App\Project select box I cannot see my projects (.csproj files). Or better, I'm not able to see the .csproj files of projects I have to build (customers' customizations), but I can see the .csproj of my core projects.

Configuring iOS build I was able to select the .sln file, and it worked, but on Android I cannot see neither the .csproj nor the .sln.

My repository structure:

  • root folder
    • src
    • main solution file
    • Core projects
    • customers' customizations folder
      • customer A folder
      • customer A .sln
      • customer A iOS, Android and Forms folders, each one with a .csproj file
    • ...
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xamarin.formscontinuous-deploymentvisual-studio-app-center

1 Answers

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votes

After hours of blasphemies I've found the reason here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/appcenter/build/xamarin/android/

For best performance, the analysis is currently limited to four directory levels including the root of your repository.

My repository was too deep and .csproj files weren't reachable. I contacted Microsoft to ask if I had to change my repository structure and they said that yes, the only solution to quick solve was to remove a "layer", so I deleted the src folder moving all the content at the top level.