The process all starts after launching VS and i see an a alert in my tool tray. "Your apple API is out of date. Click here to update".
Then I get this dialog: "Apple API Documentation is outdated. Do you want to update". bla,bla, I click yes,
Then it starts a long download of a file from the PC to the mac. I see this in the "Mac Server Log".
Mono.IOS.VisualStudio.MonoTouchPackage Warning: 0 : Initializing Mono.IOS.VisualStudio.MonoTouchPackage Mono.IOS.VisualStudio.MonoTouchPackage Warning: 0 : Build server returned an Warning. Mono.IOS.VisualStudio.MonoTouchPackage Warning: 0 : Negotiating server information for pairing process. [2014-04-04 01:01:02.8] Processing /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/External/monodoc/MonoTouch-lib.zip [2014-04-04 01:01:18.9] monotouch.xml [2014-04-04 01:01:18.9] OpenTK.xml [2014-04-04 01:01:18.9] MonoTouch.Dialog-1.xml [2014-04-04 01:01:19.1] MonoTouch.NUnitLite.xml [2014-04-04 01:01:19.1] NamespaceSummaries.xml [2014-04-04 01:03:12.6] % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current [2014-04-04 01:03:12.6] Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed [2014-04-04 01:03:12.6] [2014-04-04 01:03:12.8] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 [2014-04-04 01:03:14.0] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 [2014-04-04 01:03:15.0] 1 336M 1 5477k 0 0 4033k 0 0:01:25 0:00:01 0:01:24 4033k [2014-04-04 01:03:16.0] 3 336M 3 11.4M 0 0 4964k 0 0:01:09 0:00:02 0:01:07 4962k [2014-04-04 01:03:17.0] 5 336M 5 17.7M 0 0 5407k 0 0:01:03 0:00:03 0:01:00 5406k
When the download completes, is starts to unpack this file on the mac. When VS updates the Mac IosLibrary.docset, it throws an exception.
[2014-04-04 01:07:03.7] Duplicated name x between MonoMac.StoreKit.x and System.Reflection.Emit.x [2014-04-04 01:07:03.7] Duplicated name x between MonoMac.WebKit.x and System.Reflection.Emit.x [2014-04-04 01:07:03.7] Duplicated name MonoTouchException between MonoTouch.Foundation.MonoTouchException and MonoTouch.MonoTouchException [2014-04-04 01:07:03.9] Duplicated name CGImageProperties between MonoTouch.ImageIO.CGImageProperties and MonoTouch.CoreGraphics.CGImageProperties [2014-04-04 01:07:03.9] Unexpected exception: System.ArgumentException: DocBase '/tmp/ios-docs-download.4055/unpack/com.apple.adc.documentation.AppleiOS7.1.iOSLibrary.docset/Contents/Resources/Documents/documentation' isn't valid [2014-04-04 01:07:03.9] Parameter name: options.DocBase [2014-04-04 01:07:03.9] at macdoc.AppleDocMerger..ctor (macdoc.Options options) [0x00000] in :0 [2014-04-04 01:07:03.9] at DocGenerator.Main2 (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in :0 [2014-04-04 01:07:03.9] at DocGenerator.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in :0 [2014-04-04 01:07:04.1] Extracting /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/External/monodoc/MonoTouch-lib.zip to /var/folders/zp/_hmnr_9j2gngzjxjq9cs58980000gn/T/635321560282422310/MonoTouch-lib generated an exception Path is empty - at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory (System.String path) [0x00000] in :0 [2014-04-04 01:07:04.3] at Ionic.Zip.ZipEntry.InternalExtract (System.String baseDir, System.IO.Stream outstream, System.String password) [0x00000] in :0
This is apparently all taking place on the mac but the errors are being reported in VS.
Now VS is hung. If i try to File > Exit i get "The build must be stopped before the solution can be closed".
If i try to a Build > Cancel I get "The project xxxxx is not able to cancel deploying at this moment"
So, i have to kill devenv.exe it in process explorer. When i launch VS again, i have to go through the Build Host Pair bonding ritual, and now it asks me again if i want to update the Apple API documentation. Now older and wiser i say No.
I'm thinking of re-installing Xamerin Studio on the mac.
Suggestions???