Error : SpecFlow designer codebehind generation is not compatible with MSBuild codebehind generation

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I am using visual studio 2019 in mac to setup my test automation framework in c# & Specflow . When i build my test automation framework in VS i am getting below error :

SpecFlow designer codebehind generation is not compatible with MSBuild codebehind generation. The custom tool must be removed from the file

On searching through forums, people recommending to remove the custom tool selected as "SpecFlowSingleFileGenerator". But when i check the same in VS 2019 for Mac it is not enabled for me to remove.

attaching the screenshotn. Can anyone help me with this issue ?

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Which version of SpecFlow are you using? - Greg Burghardt
Did you see my answer to your question? Have a look in the Visual Studio SpecFlow preferences. I posted a screenshot of Visual Studio 2019 for Windows, which might be similar. It might help to post a screenshot of the SpecFlow preferences for VS 2019 Mac. The screenshot you currently show is not the preferences for SpecFlow, but the properties of one of the feature files. - Greg Burghardt

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I'm not familiar with Visual Studio for Mac, but presumably the settings are the same or similar to Windows.

Check the SpecFlow options in Visual Studio. Make sure Enable SpecFlowSingleFileGenerator CustomTool is set to False. If Visual Studio for Mac is anything like windows, go to Tools > Options > SpecFlow, then look under the Legacy section.

A screenshot from Windows is below, showing the setting in question:

Screenshot of the options window in VS 2019 for Windows showing the legacy setting.