The "User7ZipPath" parameter is not supported

8
votes

Recently, I have been getting this error a lot and from some research, I got to know that the cause for it is the Xamarin.Build package.

The error text is as follows:

The "User7ZipPath" parameter is not supported by the "XamarinDownloadArchives" task. Verify the parameter exists on the task, and it is a settable public instance property.

I have tried the solution here and here but nothing helped.

My configuration is as follows:

Xamarin version: 4.7.10.38

Visual Studio 2015

The Error occurs when I update the xamarin build NuGet package, If anyone has a solution to this problem please help me.

Thanks.

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xamarinxamarin.formsxamarin.iosxamarin.android
So, have you also tried this? - Robbit
Yes, i did it did not help @JoeLv - FreakyAli
It's strange, it happens sometime when I build iOS shared project - webo80

2 Answers

8
votes

At last after all this time I was able to solve this problem.

The problem was with Xamarin.Build.Download package.

Now this package had a problem in version 4.7 where it is unable to find the XamarinDownloadArchives task.

I checked a lot of places and for the answer but nothing seemed to help with this issue after that I removed the bin, obj folders for all my projects.

And Updated my Xamarin.Build.Download package to version 0.4.11 and everything started working.

I hope this helps someone else, In case of any queries related to this issue feel free to comment.

1
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Finally! I've come with a solution. The problem was in the Xamarin.Build.Download package, v0.4.0. It was a annidated dependency (in iOS) of Xamarin.Forms.GoogleMaps v2.2.1.

Updating Xamarin.Forms.GoogleMaps to v2.3.0 (the most recent version as of today) solves the issue. Make sure to clean the solution after update NuGet dependencies, though.