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Preventing initialization exceptions in Xamarin client
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Description
Issue Description
Special configuration is required to prevent the following exception from being thrown during ParseClient initialization on Xamarin platform:
Value cannot be null. Parameter name: element
The issue is caused by an assumption encoded into the HostManifestData.Inferred property (Assembly.GetEntryAssembly() is non-null) that is not true on Xamarin. This has been noted in various issues such as #344.
Suggestions
Two suggestions come to mind to improve the situation:
- Modify HostManifestData.Inferred so that it populates the Version, Name, and ShortVersion properties with some kind of reasonable default value (empty strings?) if Assembly.GetEntryAssembly() is missing instead of throwing an exception.
- Modify HostManifestData.Inferred to throw an exception with a more meaningful error message to help Xamarin users realize that special configuration is needed.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with HostManifestData.Inferred and the ParseClient initialization path described in the issue. Review issue #344 for the existing Xamarin context and verify the behavior when Assembly.GetEntryAssembly() is unavailable. Done means choosing and implementing a defined fallback or a more useful exception without breaking normal initialization.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100