Code analysis for dotnet core project in VS2017

Question

I want add code analysis (FxCop, not StyleCop) for my dotnet core project, it is targeting netcoreapp1.1 framework. I know that FxCop is built in MSBuild, but when I enabled it, I kept getting error:

1>MSBUILD : error : CA0055 : Could not identify platform for 'C:\\Dev\\easycube\\EasyCube.Authentication\\bin\\Debug\\netcoreapp1.1\\EasyCube.Authentication.dll'. 1>MSBUILD : error : CA0052 : No targets were selected.

Then I found that there is Nuget package for dotnet core analyzer Microsoft.NetCore.Analyzers, but I do not know how to use it. Anyone know how to set it up on the project?

Thank you.

Answer 1

.Net Core does not support Code Analysis the old way.

You need the Nuget Package Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.FxCopAnalyzers . Add it to your project and you will get the warnings. See here for some more Analyzers .

If you try to run the old code analysis on a solution with .Net Core project you can switch it off for every project (see here ) by adding a custom target to the end of the project files:

<Target Name="IgnoreRunCodeAnalysis" Condition=" '$(RunCodeAnalysis)' == 'true' " BeforeTargets="RunCodeAnalysis">
    <Message Importance="normal" Text="Set RunCodeAnalysisOnThisProject to false" />
    <PropertyGroup>
        <RunCodeAnalysisOnThisProject>false</RunCodeAnalysisOnThisProject>
    </PropertyGroup>
</Target>