xabuild

Prototype of xabuild.exe, don't look here!

What it does

1. References MSBuild.exe and invokes its Main() method
2. Copies MSBuild.exe.config to xabuild.exe.config
3. Fixes up xabuild.exe.config to set custom MSBuild properties and search paths
4. Add a symbolic link to the .NETPortable framework assemblies directory

Example xabuild.exe.config

The following values are modified, based on the xamarin-android submodule:

<msbuildToolsets default="15.0">
  <toolset toolsVersion="15.0">
    <property name="TargetFrameworkRootPath" value="$(UserProfile)\Desktop\Git\xabuild\xamarin-android\bin\Debug\lib\xamarin.android\xbuild-frameworks\" />
    <property name="MonoAndroidToolsDirectory" value="$(UserProfile)\Desktop\Git\xabuild\xamarin-android\bin\Debug\lib\xamarin.android\xbuild\Xamarin\Android" />
    <property name="AndroidNdkDirectory" value="$(UserProfile)\android-toolchain\ndk" />
    <property name="AndroidSdkDirectory" value="$(UserProfile)\android-toolchain\sdk" />
    <property name="MSBuildToolsPath" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\15.0\Bin" />
    <property name="MSBuildToolsPath32" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\15.0\Bin" />
    <property name="MSBuildToolsPath64" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\15.0\Bin" />
    <property name="VsInstallRoot" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise" />
    <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath" value="$(UserProfile)\Desktop\Git\xabuild\xamarin-android\bin\Debug\lib\xamarin.android\xbuild" />
    <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath32" value="$(UserProfile)\Desktop\Git\xabuild\xamarin-android\bin\Debug\lib\xamarin.android\xbuild" />
    <property name="RoslynTargetsPath" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Roslyn" />
    <projectImportSearchPaths>
      <searchPaths os="windows">
        <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild;$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\MSBuild" />
        <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath32" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild;$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\MSBuild" />
        <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath64" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild;$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\MSBuild" />
      </searchPaths>
    </projectImportSearchPaths>
  </toolset>
</msbuildToolsets>

macOS

A couple notes:

• You have to build xabuild.sln with MSBuild
• MSBuild.exe is actually MSBuild.dll on macOS
• Therefore, to get the config to load, we must customize MSBuild.dll.config

An example MSBuild.dll.config:

<msbuildToolsets default="15.0">
  <toolset toolsVersion="15.0">
    <property name="TargetFrameworkRootPath" value="~/Desktop/Git/xabuild/xamarin-android/bin/Debug/lib/xamarin.android/xbuild-frameworks/" />
    <property name="MonoAndroidToolsDirectory" value="~/Desktop/Git/xabuild/xamarin-android/bin/Debug/lib/xamarin.android/xbuild/Xamarin/Android" />
    <property name="AndroidNdkDirectory" value="~/android-toolchain/ndk" />
    <property name="AndroidSdkDirectory" value="~/android-toolchain/sdk" />
    <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath32" value="~/Desktop/Git/xabuild/xamarin-android/bin/Debug/lib/xamarin.android/xbuild" />
    <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath" value="~/Desktop/Git/xabuild/xamarin-android/bin/Debug/lib/xamarin.android/xbuild" />
    <property name="MSBuildToolsPath" value="/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/msbuild/15.0/bin" />
    <property name="MSBuildToolsPath32" value="/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/msbuild/15.0/bin" />
    <property name="MSBuildToolsPath64" value="/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/msbuild/15.0/bin" />
    <property name="RoslynTargetsPath" value="/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/msbuild/15.0/bin/Roslyn" />
    <projectImportSearchPaths>
      <searchPaths os="osx">
        <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath" value="/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/msbuild;/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/xbuild" />
        <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath32" value="/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/msbuild;/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/xbuild" />
        <property name="MSBuildExtensionsPath64" value="/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/msbuild;/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/xbuild" />
      </searchPaths>
    </projectImportSearchPaths>
  </toolset>
</msbuildToolsets>