How to create a library engine project in vs2019?

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Hi, i am to monogame i want to create a engine but i can’t find portable class library and monogame does not support .net standard ( i think )

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There is a “Monogame Shared Project” solution, though I have never managed to get it to work.

Anyone else tried?

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Create new solution which contains shared project and project for platform you want use (win, android…), and from there add reference to shared project.

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Yes, tried that.

Doesn’t work.

You get errors around .Net and target frameworks not being compatible

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That is how you’re supposed to do it. Be more specific about the errors, what they say and where they show up

EDIT: Based on the vague description it sounds like you picked the wrong TargetFramework for your project

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Create a new .NET standard 2.0 library and then just add reference to the MonoGame nuget package. I use the DesktopGL.Core package, I would assume you can use a .NET Framework package instead, but it really doesn’t matter since your library itself can’t be used without some other app referencing it.

Open your project file and change the <PackageReference> entry to include the PrivateAssets="All" attribute.

<PackageReference Include="MonoGame.Framework.DesktopGL.Core" Version="3.7.0.7" PrivateAssets="All" />

This essentially doesn’t include a specific MonoGame reference in your compiled library. When someone uses your library they will decide which MonoGame library to reference and add that MonoGame nuget package to their project.

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