…tentially other framework assemblies)
Target _UnpackLibraryResources:
Task "UnpackLibraryResources"
Using task UnpackLibraryResources from Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks.UnpackLibraryResources, Xamarin.MacDev.Tasks, Version=1.0.6128.15885, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
UnpackLibraryResources Task
Prefix: monotouch
IntermediateOutputPath: obj/iPhone/Debug/
NoOverwrite:
obj/iPhone/Debug/ibtool-link/LaunchScreen.storyboardc/01J-lp-oVM-view-Ze5-6b-2t3.nib
obj/iPhone/Debug/ibtool-link/LaunchScreen.storyboardc/Info.plist
obj/iPhone/Debug/ibtool-link/LaunchScreen.storyboardc/UIViewController-01J-lp-oVM.nib
obj/iPhone/Debug/ibtool-link/Main.storyboardc/BYZ-38-t0r-view-8bC-Xf-vdC.nib
obj/iPhone/Debug/ibtool-link/Main.storyboardc/Info.plist
obj/iPhone/Debug/ibtool-link/Main.storyboardc/UIViewController-BYZ-38-t0r.nib
ReferencedLibraries:
/Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS/System.dll
/Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS/System.Xml.dll
/Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS/System.Core.dll
/Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS/Xamarin.iOS.dll
/Users/poupou/Downloads/LinkingTest-2/RMSDKWrapper/bin/Debug//RMSDKWrapper.dll
/Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS//mscorlib.dll
/Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS//mscorlib.dll
Skipping framework assembly: /Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS/System.dll
Skipping framework assembly: /Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS/System.Xml.dll
Skipping framework assembly: /Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS/System.Core.dll
Skipping framework assembly: /Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS/Xamarin.iOS.dll
Inspecting assembly: /Users/poupou/Downloads/LinkingTest-2/RMSDKWrapper/bin/Debug//RMSDKWrapper.dll
Inspecting assembly: /Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS//mscorlib.dll
Inspecting assembly: /Users/poupou/git/xamarin/xamarin-macios/_ios-build/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/lib/mono/Xamarin.iOS//mscorlib.dll
Done executing task "UnpackLibraryResources"
Done building target "_UnpackLibraryResources" in project "/Users/poupou/Downloads/LinkingTest-2/LinkingTest/LinkingTest.csproj".
The above log excerpt shows two issues:
1. mscorlib.dll is needlessly inspected as it's **not** considered a
"framework" assembly.
The current check was checking *how* it was resolved and not *where*
it was resolved to. The later is the most important as it's possible
for other assemblies to have direct paths references and we do not
want to process them.
This is fixed by comparing each assembly path with the (now) provided
`TargetFrameworkDirectory`
2. mscorlib.dll is inspected twice
That's because it's present two times in the task's input. That issue
is upstream (not sure why) of the current task but it makes #1 twice
as costly. The fix for #1 indirectly fix that too.
Future
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It's worth investigating to move that logic into `mtouch`. The later must
already load all assemblies and is in charge of removing other embedded
data (e.g. native code from bindings) from the assemblies (so they are not
shipped both inside and outside the .dll in the final .app). This makes
this task seems extraneous work.
Considering that my current test case, `RMSDKWrapper.dll`, is 1.3GB in
size it's easy to see that the extra load (which has nothing to be
extracted wrt resources*) is quite visible in build time.
> 3268.201 ms UnpackLibraryResources 1 calls
* it has for bindings but that's already handled by mtouch