Merge/Embed multiple assemblies with/into a monogame app

1

I have made an app in monogame. When I build it, I get something that looks like this:
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and my app structure looks like this:
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The highlighted “Program.cs” file is the one that contains the main entry point for the application, it look like this:

using System;

namespace MapEditor
{
#if WINDOWS || LINUX
    /// <summary>
    /// The main class.
    /// </summary>
    public class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>

        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            using (var game = new MapEdit())
                game.Run();
        }
    }
 #endif
}

I would like to merge/embed these within MapEditor.exe.
Here are the things I have tried:

  • Using jeffrey richter’s method.
    • The error I get is that the app still can’t find the file.
    • I have also tried the CodeProject version of this
  • Using ILMerge through the command line
  • Using the GUI version of ILMerge doesn’t work
    • It throws an error about it not being compatible with .Net 4.7
  • Using the batch script for ILMerge
    • It just puts the arguments for ILMerge onto the command line

Very many thanks to any help received, I am new to monogame and really like it!

3

Tried using Fody / Costura? It mostly just works.

Alternative, you can put them into a sub-folder and set it up in your app.config via probing.

4

Many apps do not embed dlls. Even Microsoft ones and many games engines.
And it may create other issues not foreseeable for instance

5

Thanks! I used this method after all and it worked!
From now on I will use community.monogame.net for any questions related to a monogame project. Thanks a ton!!!

6

I have already finished developing this app, and also, it is more of like a side tool that shouldn’t be too large.