Unable to add DLL reference in Windows Phone 8

Question

I am attempting to port a game to Windows Phone 8 with Visual studio 2012 and monogame. The problem is that I cant seem to add the DLL required, the error is \"A reference t

Answer 1

Copy the xml in C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETPortable\v4.5\Profile\Profile78\SupportedFrameworks folder (changing the drive letter accordingly) and select [plattform].xml

and paste in your profile.

To know your profile open csproj with (notepad or sublime)

Answer 2

WP8 uses a subset of WinRT API, it don't support all Framework API

Just make a right-click on each of the DLL that you want to add, choose Properties and then click on the Unblock button

Answer 3

the dll need to be a Windows Phone dll or a Portable class library dll. You can't add a regular .net dll to a windows phone project.