Assembly Loading in .NET Core

Question

Using VS2017 RC, .NET Core

I am trying to load an assembly from a file. The dependencies of this assembly are in the same folder.

I am using AssemblyL

Answer 1

There is a great enhancement in .Net Core 3.0+, wire AssemblyLoadContext.Default.Resolving event as given below and all dependencies will be resolved and loaded:

 AssemblyLoadContext.Default.Resolving += (context, name) => {
                string assemblyPath = $"{pluginFolder}\\{name.Name}.dll";                
                if (assemblyPath != null)   
                    return context.LoadFromAssemblyPath(assemblyPath);     
                return null;
            };

Remember to define the variabe pluginFolder

Solution2

You can use the AssemblyDependencyResolver class and resolve dependendencies including ones in .deps.json:

  var resolver = new AssemblyDependencyResolver(pluginPath);            

  AssemblyLoadContext.Default.Resolving += (context, name) => {

                string assemblyPath = resolver.ResolveAssemblyToPath(name);               
                if (assemblyPath != null)   
                    return context.LoadFromAssemblyPath(assemblyPath);     
                return null;
            };