Binaries Not Copied for UWP

[Sparksteam]

Hi - I've built a UWP Class Library and added a reference to the PCLStorage NuGet package. But the

• PCLStorage.Abstractions.dll
• PCLStorage.Abstractions.xml
• PCLStorage.dll
• PCLStorage..xml

files are not getting copied to the respective Debug nor Release folders. This is not a problem for Android and iOS libraries.

My UWP project targets Windows 10 (10.0; Build 10586) and the projects.json file specifies { "dependencies": { "Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform": "5.0.0", "PCLStorage": "1.0.2" }, "frameworks": { "uap10.0": {} }, "runtimes": { "win10-arm": {}, "win10-arm-aot": {}, "win10-x86": {}, "win10-x86-aot": {}, "win10-x64": {}, "win10-x64-aot": {} } }

I'm trying to package my own NuGet PCL and the missing PCLStorage files should be included. But I don't know where to pick them up from for UWP.

Thanks.

[dsplaisted]

Usually you shouldn't include the PCLStorage binaries in your own NuGet package. Instead, your package should have a dependency on the PCLStorage package.

By default, UWP libraries don't copy dependencies to the output folder. UWP application projects would.

[Sparksteam]

Well that makes MUCH more sense. Thanks for your timely response.