How to create and use a local NuGet package for Avalonia.

[ShrutiJaiswal1494]

Hi,

I am trying to test the feature/ui-automation branch. For this, I need to create a local NuGet package for Avalonia and use it in my project. Based on the documentation online it seems like to create a nugget package we need to have a .nuspec file but I am not able to find any in the Avalonia repo.

Is there a way to create a local NuGet package for Avalonia. Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks.

[maxkatz6]

Build docs: https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/blob/master/Documentation/build.md
To run full build with packages you need either run "_build.csproj" or run "build.ps1" (build.sh on linux) script.

[maxkatz6]

If you need it only for windows, you don't need Avalonia.Native, it's only for macos.
Also to test you could use submodules

[ShrutiJaiswal1494]

@maxkatz6 @kekekeks Is there a way to force Avalonia.Desktop to use my local version while Avalonia.Native will use the standard released version.? I am trying to update the packages version in VS for Abvalonia.Desktop and it's looking for the latest local version for Avaloni.Native as well.
Thanks in advance!

[kekekeks]

Avalonia/src/Avalonia.Native/Avalonia.Native.csproj

Lines 5 to 6 in 7c1a61b

	<IsPackable>$(PackAvaloniaNative)</IsPackable>
	<IsPackable Condition="'$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform(OSX))' == 'True'">true</IsPackable>

Replace those lines with <IsPackable>true</IsPackable> and remove lines here -

Avalonia/src/Avalonia.Native/Avalonia.Native.csproj

Lines 11 to 18 in 7c1a61b

	<ItemGroup Condition="'$(PackAvaloniaNative)' == 'true'">
	<Content Include="../../Build/Products/Release/libAvalonia.Native.OSX.dylib">
	<Link>libAvaloniaNative.dylib</Link>
	<PackagePath>runtimes/osx/native/libAvaloniaNative.dylib</PackagePath>
	<Pack>true</Pack>
	<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
	</Content>
	</ItemGroup>

Then build your nuget packages. That should produce Avalonia.Package package without native bits.

[ShrutiJaiswal1494]

@kekekeks After making the above changes I am getting multiple errors on build. These files are the auto-generated ones. Do you have any suggestions on how to resolve these errors?
Thanks in advance!

[ShrutiJaiswal1494]

Deleting the obj and bin folder worked