In VS 2013, Xamarin Forms.
Our Android & IOS app has a static class:
public static class CacheKeys
{
public static string RememberMeEmail = "RememberMeEmail";
public static string RememberMeSwitch = "RememberMeSwitch";
}
This class is stripped by the linker in the iOS device debug build, but not in the simulator or Android.
See attached screenshot.
I have set the Debug Linker for iPhone to Do Not Link, yet this static class is removed.
??????
You can set a preserve attribute to your class: http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/advanced_topics/linker/ See the section: Preserving Code
Example:
[Preserve]
public static class LinkerPreserve
{
static LinkerPreserve()
{
throw new Exception(typeof(SQLitePersistentBlobCache).FullName);
}
}
public class PreserveAttribute : Attribute
{
}