I have a C# library, let say "Utilities" that uses Log4net as dependency, I am using .net framwork 4.6.1, I finished developeing this library and do a nuget pack Utilities.projcs and then push this package.
While I'm try to use this Utilities in another project that which is an asp.net core "2.1" project, I got this exception
**Method not found: 'log4net.ILog log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.String)'.**
System.MissingMethodException
HResult=0x80131513
Message=Method not found: 'log4net.ILog log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.String)'.
Source=Utilities
StackTrace:
at Utilities.Logging.MyLogManager.GetLogger(String loggerKey)
My Utilities nuget spec file
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package >
<metadata>
<id>Utilities</id>
<version>1.2.0</version>
<title>Internal Utilities</title>
<authors>My Team</authors>
<owners>My Team</owners>
<requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
<description>This dll contains parsers,loggers and other functionalities that is commonly used.</description>
<releaseNotes>Rlease notes</releaseNotes>
<copyright>Copyright 2020</copyright>
<tags>Utilities</tags>
<dependencies>
<dependency id="log4net" version="2.0.8" include="all"/>
</dependencies>
</metadata>
<files>
<file src="bin\Debug\log4net.dll" target="" />
<file src="bin\Debug\log4net.xml" target="" />
<file src="bin\Debug\Utilities.dll" target="" />
</files>
</package>
Any ideas to solve this, I spent the last couple of days to solve it but no luck
NOTE: When I add Reference manually by location in my pc (My library + Log4net) it works fine!!
Create class library in .net standard.
For more info about .net standard visit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/net-standard
How to create .net standard class library -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tutorials/library-with-visual-studio?tabs=csharp
How to create .net standard Nuget -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/quickstart/create-and-publish-a-package-using-visual-studio?tabs=netcore-cli
this image will help you understand the concept behind shared libraries.