什么是 Mono 共享运行时？

Question

I am building an android app on Xamarin. Every time I run the app on my device for testing, it uninstalls the shared runtime and installs Mono shared runtime on the device.

I cannot find what is Mono shared runtime exactly. I also want to know whether installing it on the device is harmful in any way, and how can I rollback the changes.

Answer 1

Change it from the configuration manager

Right Click on your SOLUTION(not project) -> Properties -> Now under configuration for each project, select "Release" selecting Release will automatically uncheck "Use Shared Runtime"

Answer 2

What is Mono shared runtime?

Refer to the document: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/deploy-test/building-apps/build-process

The shared runtime is a pair of additional Android packages which provide the Base Class Library ( mscorlib.dll , etc.) and the Android binding library ( Mono.Android.dll , etc.). Debug builds rely upon the shared runtime in lieu of including the Base Class Library and Binding assemblies within the Android application package, allowing the Debug package to be smaller.

The shared runtime may be disabled in Debug builds by setting the $(AndroidUseSharedRuntime) property to False .