Overview

This document provides some information on the various error codes from Xamarin.

Category	Description
XA0xxx	mandroid Errors
XA1xxx	File copy / symlinks (project related) Errors
XA2xxx	Linker Errors
XA3xxx	AOT Errors
XA4xxx	Code Generation Errors
XA5xxx	GCC and Toolchain Errors
XA6xxx	mandroid Internal Tools errors
XA7xxx	Reserved
XA8xxx	Reserved
XA9xxx	Licensing Errors

Error Codes

XA0xxx Errors

Error Code	Description
XA0000	Unexpected error - Please fill a bug report at http://bugzilla.xamarin.com
XA0001	'-devname was provided without any device-specific action
XA0002	Could not parse the environment variable '{0}'.
XA0003	Application name '{0}.exe' conflicts with an SDK or product assembly (.dll) name.
XA0004	New refcounting logic requires sgen to be enabled too.
XA0005	The output directory '{0}' does not exist
XA0006	There is no devel platform at '{0}', use --platform=PLAT to specify the SDK
XA0007	The root assembly '{0}' does not exist
XA0008	You should provide one root assembly only
XA0009	Error while loading assemblies: {0}
XA0010	Could not parse the command line arguments: {0}
XA0011	{0} was built against a more recent runtime ({1}) than MonoTouch supports
XA0012	Incomplete data is provided to complete `{0}`.
XA0013	Profiling support requires sgen to be enabled too
XA0014	iOS {0} does not support building applications targeting ARMv6
XA0020	Could not determine mandroid path.
XA0100	EmbeddedNativeLibrary '{0}' is invalid in Android Application project. Please use AndroidNativeLibrary instead.

XA1xxx Errors

Error Code	Description
XA1001	Could not find an application at the specified directory
XA1002	Could not create symlinks, files were copied
XA1003	Could not kill the application '{0}'. You may have to kill the application manually.
XA1004	Could not get the list of installed applications.
XA1005	Could not kill the application '{0}' on the device '{1}': {2}. You may have to kill the application manually.
XA1006	Could not install the application '{0}' on the device '{1}': {2}.
XA1007	Failed to launch the application '{0}' on the device '{1}': {2}. You can still launch the application manually by tapping on it.
XA1008	Failed to launch the simulator: {0}
XA1009	Could not copy the assembly '{0}' to '{1}': {2}
XA1010	Could not load the assembly '{0}': {1}
XA1011	Could not add missing resource file: '{0}'
XA1101	Could not start app
XA1102	Could not attach to the app (to kill it): {0}
XA1103	Could not detach
XA1104	Failed to send packet: {0}
XA1105	Unexpected response type
XA1106	Could not get list of applications on the device: Request timed out.
XA1107	Application failed to launch
XA1201	Could not load the simulator: {0}
XA1301	Native library `{0}` ({1}) was ignored since it does not match the current build architecture(s) ({2})

XA2xxx Errors

Error Code	Description
XA2001	Could not link assemblies
XA2002	Can not resolve reference: {0}
XA2003	Option '{0}' will be ignored since linking is disabled
XA2004	Extra linker definitions file '{0}' could not be located.
XA2005	Definitions from '{0}' could not be parsed.
XA2006	Reference to metadata item '{0}' (defined in '{1}') from '{2}' could not be resolved.

XA3xxx Errors

These are AOT errors.

Error Code	Description
XA3001	Could not AOT the assembly '{0}'
XA3002	AOT restriction: Method '{0}' must be static since it is decorated with [MonoPInvokeCallback].
XA3003	Conflicting --debug and --llvm options. Soft-debugging is disabled.

XA4xxx Errors

These are code generation errors.

Error Code	Description
XA4001	The main template could not be expansed to `{0}`.
XA4101	The registrar cannot build a signature for type `{0}`.
XA4102	The registrar found an invalid type `{0}` in signature for method `{2}`. Use `{1}` instead.
XA4103	The registrar found an invalid type `{0}` in signature for method `{2}`: The type implements INativeObject, but does not have a constructor that takes two (IntPtr, bool) arguments
XA4104	The registrar cannot marshal the return value for type `{0}` in signature for method `{1}`.
XA4105	The registrar cannot marshal the parameter of type `{0}` in signature for method `{1}`.
XA4106	The registrar cannot marshal the return value for structure `{0}` in signature for method `{1}`.
XA4107	The registrar cannot marshal the parameter of type `{0}` in signature for method `{1}`.
XA4108	The registrar cannot get the ObjectiveC type for managed type `{0}`.
XA4109	Failed to compile the generated registrar code. Please file a bug report at http://bugzilla.xamarin.com
XA4110	The registrar cannot marshal the out parameter of type `{0}` in signature for method `{1}`.
XA4111	The registrar cannot build a signature for type `{0}' in method `{1}`.
XA4200	Can only generate ACW's for 'claas' types.
XA4201	Unable to determine JNI name for type {0}.
XA4203	The specified type name must be fully qualified.
XA4204	Unable to resolve interface type '{0}'. Are you missing an assembly reference?
XA4205	[ExportField] can only be used on methods with 0 parameters.
XA4206	[Export] cannot be used on a generic type.
XA4207	[ExportField] cannot be used on a generic type.
XA4208	[Java.Interop.ExportFieldAttribute] cannot be used on a method returning void.
XA4209	Failed to create JavaTypeInfo for class: {0} due to {1}
XA4210	You need to add a reference to Mono.Android.Export.dll when you use ExportAttribute or ExportFieldAttribute.
XA4211	AndroidManifest.xml //uses-sdk/@android:targetSdkVersion '{0}' is less than $(TargetFrameworkVersion) '{1}'. Using API-{1} for ACW compilation.

XA5xxx Errors

Error Code	Description
XA5101	Missing '{0}' compiler. Please install Android NDK.
XA5102	Conversion from assembly to native code failed. Please file a bug report at http://bugzilla.xamarin.com
XA5103	Failed to compile the file '{0}'. Please file a bug report at http://bugzilla.xamarin.com
XA5201	Native linking failed. Please review user flags provided to gcc: {0}
XA5202	Native linking failed. Please review the build log.
XA5303	Native linking warning: {0}
XA5300	Android SDK not found or not fully installed.
XA5301	Missing 'strip' tool. Please install Xcode 'Command-Line Tools' component
XA5302	Missing 'dsymutil' tool. Please install Xcode 'Command-Line Tools' component
XA5203	Failed to generate the debug symbols (dSYM directory). Please review the build log.
XA5204	Failed to strip the final binary. Please review the build log.
XA5205	Missing 'aapt' tool. Please install the Android SDK Build-tools package.
XA5206	{0}. Android resource directory {1} doesn't exist.
XA5207	{0}. Java library file {1} doesn't exist.
XA5208	Download failed. Please download {0} and put it to the {1} directory.
XA5209	Unzipping failed. Please download {0} and extract it to the {1} directory.
XA5210	{0}. Native library file {1} doesn't exist.

XA6xxx Errors

Error Code	Description
XA6001	Running version of Cecil doesn't support assembly stripping
XA6002	Could not strip assembly `{0}`.
XA6003	UnauthorizedAccessException message]

XA9xxx Errors

This error codes are licensing and activation errors.

XA9000

Cause: License expired

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
WARNING	WARNING	WARNING	WARNING	WARNING

XA9001

Cause: Trial Expired

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
WARNING	WARNING	WARNING	WARNING	WARNING

XA9002

Cause: AndroidJavaSource

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	OK	OK	OK	OK

Cause: AndroidJavaLibrary

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	OK	OK	OK	OK

If a Binding assembly has the .jar embedded, then this is caught at Package time, not Build time.

Cause: AndroidNativeLibrary

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	OK	OK	OK	OK

XA9003

Cause: System.Runtime.Serialization

Checked During: Package

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	OK	OK	OK

Cause: System.ServiceModel.Web

Checked During: Package

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	OK	OK	OK

Cause: Mono.Data.Tds

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	OK	OK	OK

This is referenced by System.Data.dll, which is permitted

Cause: Mono.Android.Export

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	OK	OK	OK	OK

XA9004

Cause: --profiling

Checked During: Package

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	OK	OK	OK

XA9005

Cause: Size limit (32kb)

Checked During: Package

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	OK	-	-	-

XA9006

Cause: System.Data.SqlClient namespace

Checked During: Package

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	OK	OK	OK

XA9008

Cause: Building from command-line

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	OK	OK	OK

XA9009

Cause: Missing serial number

Checked During: Untestable

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR

XA9010

Cause: Invalid ProductId

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR

**Equivalent to XA9018

XA9011

Cause: Failed to update license file (to new file format)

Checked During: Activation

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR

XA9012

Cause: No internet

Checked During: Activation

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR

XA9013

Cause: Unknown Error

Checked During: Activation

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR

XA9014

Cause: Invalid Activation Code

Checked During: Activation

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR

XA9017

Cause: Activation server doesn't return a valid license

Checked During: Activation

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR	ERROR

XA9018

Cause: Invalid License

Checked During: Build

Starter	Indie	Business(Trial)	Business	Enterprise
-	-	ERROR	-	-