Library.md

Xamarin Library Plugin

This plugin provides the ability to build PCL Libraries and Nuget Packages with Gradle. It can be used to integrate build in Continus Integration System like Jenkins

Tasks

• build : build library with xbuild
• package : create nuget package
• install : install package locally
• deploy : deploy package on nuget server like (NugetServer, Sonatype Nexus, ...)

Configuration

Notes :

• By default, use first solution file found in project folder
• In dsl : packages.*.assemblies.target.includes , you can specify assembly path or csproj name references in solution. The plugin will resolve assemblies of project

name = "Xam.ACME.CrossLib"
version = "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"

library {
    solution      // default : first sln file found in current folder
    configuration // default : Release
}

nuspec {

     // Global nuspec properties

    version // default : version number from project.version
    suffix // default : suffix version from project.version
    authors
    owners
    licenseUrl
    projectUrl
    iconUrl
    requireLicenseAcceptance
    description
    releaseNotes
    copyright
    tags

    packages {
        SampleLib {

            // Following properties are inherited from global nuspec properties

            version
            suffix
            authors
            owners
            licenseUrl
            projectUrl
            iconUrl
            requireLicenseAcceptance
            description
            releaseNotes
            copyright
            tags

            dependencies {
                dependency "Xamarin.Forms:[1.4.3,)" // <Name>:<Version Restriction>
                [...]
            }

            assemblies {
                target {
                    dest "lib/portable-net45+wp8+wpa81+win8+MonoAndroid10+MonoTouch10+Xamarin.iOS10" // directory in nuget package
                    includes "CrossLib.Abstractions", "CrossLib" // Project assemblies to include
                }
                [...]
            }
        }
    }
}

deploy {
    local {
        path "fake/directory"   // install directory, default : ~/.nuget/packages
        format "nuget2"         // nuget format (nuget2|nuget3), default : nuget3
    }
    remote {
        url = "http://fake.url" // remote repository url
        apiKey = "12345789"     // nuget apiKey
    }
}