The type 'LogLevel' exists in both 'Device.Net and 'Microsoft.Extensions.Logging'

[pluto-dev]

I get this error.

Error CS0433: The type 'LogLevel' exists in both 'Device.Net, Version=4.2.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' and 'Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60'

Why are they sharing the same namespace?

Info Platform: Windows C# .net 4.7.2 Device Type: Hid Version: 4.2.1

[NFran30]

Is there a way to rectify this while staying with .NET Framework 4.7.2? I am not able use .NET Core

[MaverickMartyn]

I've run into this issue as well. Any workarounds? Has this project been abandoned? I don't see any activity in the past 18 months. :/ I am stuck on .NET 4.7 until .NET 7 drops, due to a known framework issue currently being fixed.

[vnau]

A workaround for this case is to change an alias of the assembly in the project file:

<Target Name="ChangeAliasesOfStrongNameAssemblies" BeforeTargets="FindReferenceAssembliesForReferences;ResolveReferences">
    <ItemGroup>
      <ReferencePath Condition="'%(FileName)' == 'Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions'">
        <Aliases>MELA</Aliases>
      </ReferencePath>
    </ItemGroup>
  </Target>

After that there would be no conflict and you can use aliased types in your code like this:

extern alias MELA;

using MelaLogLevel = MELA::Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LogLevel;