Cannot build net6.0-ios project on Mac OS X

[mgkcorty]

Device: Macbook M1
OS: Mac OS X Ventura 13.1
Project: net6.0-ios

After i add image texture to Content.mgcb file we receive build error

/Users/user/.nuget/packages/monogame.content.builder.task/3.8.1.303/build/MonoGame.Content.Builder.Task.targets(5,5): Error MSB3073: The command "dotnet mgcb /quiet /@:"/Users/user/Documents/Projects/game/src/testgame/Content/Content.mgcb" /platform:iOS /outputDir:"/Users/user/Documents/Projects/game/src/testgame/Content/bin/iOS/Content" /intermediateDir:"/Users/user/Documents/Projects/game/src/testgame/Content/obj/iOS/net6.0-ios/Content" /workingDir:"/Users/user/Documents/Projects/game/src/testgame/Content/"" exited with code 1. (MSB3073) (testgame)

dotnet mgcb utility not ready to work with .net6.0-iOS projects?

[miles-till]

I'm seeing the same issue building projects for desktop and iOS on my M2 Air. I suspect the issue lies with the MonoGame extension (and therefore MGCB) not working with the latest Visual Studio for Mac.
Visual Studio for Mac 17.4.3
MonoGame extension 3.8.1.303

[topnik-code]

I get the same error when trying to build a net 6.0 DesktopGL project on an M1 mac. Does anybody know a workaround, or is there hope for a fix?

[AristurtleDev]

Visual Studio for Mac is being retired next year. MonoGame has already removed the VS for Mac templates from the develop branch.

Would suggest if using a mac to either switch to VSCode or Rider is possible.

Reference:

• Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Annoucement
• Reference PR that removes templates

[topnik-code]

Oh, I forgot to mention: I got this error when just running "dotnet build" from the command line, so it does not seem to (only) be a problem with Visual Studio.

[topnik-code]

I stand corrected, the error resulted from an error with a relative path in my mgcb file! So it was unrelated to this issue. I am sorry for the confusion! 🙏

[mrhelmut]

Do you mind retrying with the latest develop packages and net8? (and with rosetta enabled)

[harry-cpp]

You need to manually install x64 dotnet 6 sdk for content compilation on M1 macs.

[mrhelmut]

I've added that note to the getting started documentation: MonoGame/monogame.github.io#67

macOS checklist:

• install the x64 .NET SDK
• install and/or enable Rosetta if running on M1+
• if targeting mobile, make sure that the corresponding workload is installed (e.g. dotnet workload install ios)

[mrhelmut]

Please refer to #8124 while this issue is being worked on.