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    copied!<p>Code reuse across .NET and Monotouch has been addressed in many ways, but most techniques involve parallel sets of projects/solutions. </p> <p>I'd like this question to clarify whether it is possible to build, using a single csproj file, <em>either</em> a .NET or a MonoTouch version of the same assembly, based on the selected Platform and Configuration.</p> <p>Assume the following:</p> <ol> <li>The build machine runs Windows.</li> <li>Visual Studio and MSBuild are available.</li> <li>The method does not need to work on MonoDevelop, since MonoDevelop currently does not have XBuild/MSBuild turned on for MonoTouch.</li> <li>The MonoTouch binaries from a valid MonoTouch installation are available.</li> <li>Only a library needs to be built, not a full app. This library: <ol> <li>Does not contain any .xib's or plists.</li> <li>Does use platform specific code, which will be conditionally compiled.</li> <li>Does reference platform specific assemblies (necessarily), and these need to be handled by the .csproj file.</li> </ol></li> </ol> <p><strong>Question</strong>: Given these assumptions, can the library be </p> <ol> <li>Compiled for Windows .NET or </li> <li>Compiled for direct referencing by a MonoTouch app solution after the <strong>binary</strong> is copied to a Mac.</li> </ol> <p>based on the current Visual Studio Platform and Configuration?</p> <p><strong>Current Research</strong></p> <ol> <li>The fact that Portable libraries compiled on Windows can be consumed by MonoTouch solutions gives some hope that this is possible.</li> <li>The use of <code>&lt;NoStdLib&gt;true&lt;/NoStdLib&gt;</code> in the .csproj while building for MonoTouch, together with different <code>HintPath</code>s for System, System.Core, System.Xml etc seem necessary.</li> <li>Unsure about how to reference the correct version of mscorlib while building for MonoTouch.</li> </ol>
 

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