Working around Linker problems in MvvmCross - Speaker Deck

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LinkerIncludePlease

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Data-Binding Uses Reflection Views In your App MvvmCross Data-Binding Android Views/Widgets or CocoaTouch UIViews CreateBinding .For(view => view.Text) .To(vm => vm.Name) UITextField::Text UITextField

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Android Views/Widgets or CocoaTouch UIViews Linker Removes ‘Unused’ Symbols Views In your App MvvmCross Data-Binding CreateBinding .For(view => view.Text) .To(vm => vm.Name) NullReference  UITextField

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Solutions… • Turn off Linking • Add fake references: LinkerIncludePlease.cs • Linker Parameters: --linkskip=ASSEMBLY • Preserve: [Preserve] --xml=file

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LinkerIncludePlease.cs