Error building Xamarin.Android project using Xamarin.Studio

Question

I'm using the latest stable version of Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.Studio. When I try to build an android project I'm getting the following error:

/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.0.3/lib/mono/4.5/Microsoft.CSharp.targets: error : Tool executable '/MSBuild/14.0/Bin/mcs.exe' could not be found

How can I diagnose and fix the issue?

GalaxiaGuy · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-07 09:49:20Z

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I had this problem after trying to use C# 6 features in Xamarin studio on Windows.

In my case I had added the following to my project file:

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Platform)' != 'Unix'">
  <CscToolPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin</CscToolPath>
</PropertyGroup>

which worked fine on Windows, but gave me the error you had, when I tried it on a Mac. It should have been:

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Unix'">
  <CscToolPath>$(MSBuildProgramFiles32)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin</CscToolPath>
</PropertyGroup>

There is some discussion here: http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/42919/how-do-i-tell-xamarin-studio-to-use-a-specific-version-of-msbuild-when-i-have-multiple-versions

answered Oct 7, 2015 at 9:49

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