Type.GetType() returns null

Question

These all return null, I'd expect the first one to work:

 Type.GetType("Namespace.To.My.Type, MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null")
 Type.GetType("Namespace.To.My.Type, MyAssembly")
 Type.GetType("Namespace.To.My.Type")

So, in debugging this, I tried this:

var aqn = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()[92].GetType("Namespace.To.My.Type").AssemblyQualifiedName; // Namespace.To.My.Type, MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
Type.GetType(aqn)

(where 92 is MyAssembly )

which also returns null.

What going on? Is my assembly only half-loaded or something? Surely not, because I can do this:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()[92].GetTypes()[161]

and find Namespace.To.My.Type , and also

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()[92].GetType("Namespace.To.My.Type")

Updates

• Worth noting that MyAssembly has been loaded via Assembly.Load(path) immediately before the above code
• I'm in a console app
• the AQN of my type is shown above in a code comment, scroll right
• If i make GetType throw, it throws: "Could not load file or assembly 'MyAssembly' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified."

Fuslogvw output:

FusionLog: "=== Pre-bind state information ===\\r\\nLOG: DisplayName = Namespace.To.My.Type, MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null\\n (Fully-specified)\\r\\nLOG: Appbase = file:///MyConsoleAppPath/bin/Debug/\\r\\nLOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL\\r\\nCalling assembly : MyConsoleApp, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null.\\r\\n===\\r\\nLOG: This bind starts in default load context.\\r\\nLOG: Using application configuration file: D:\\MyConsoleAppPath\\bin\\Debug\\MyConsoleApp.exe.Config\\r\\nLOG: Using host configuration file: \\r\\nLOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v4.0.30319\\config\\machine.config.\\r\\nLOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).\\r\\n

Answer 1

This is the answer: Is it possible to use Type.GetType with a dynamically loaded assembly?

its because I'd loaded the assembly by Assembly.Load - although I still dont understand why this causes the observed problem

Answer 2

I already had this problem. The framework of the assembly and that of the project did not correspond, it is perhaps your case.