[Mono-bugs] [Bug 643660] New: Make VS Errors Useful

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643660

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643660#c0


           Summary: Make VS Errors Useful
    Classification: Mono
           Product: MonoDroid
           Version: SVN
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Tools
        AssignedTo: mkestner at novell.com
        ReportedBy: jpryor at novell.com
         QAContact: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
          Found By: ---
           Blocker: ---


Consider the following scenario; in VS, start with the default template, then
create a Resources\menu directory, and add a Resources\menu\mainmenu.xml file. 
Paste the following contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <item
               android:id="@+id/new_game"
               android:icon="@drawable/icon"
               android:title="@string/mnuAbout" />
  <item
               android:id="@+id/quit"
               android:icon="@drawable/back"
               android:title="@string/mnuQuit" />
</menu>

Build.

The result is a bunch of errors.

The problem is determining what those errors are.  The VS Error List says:

Error                   1                          
System.InvalidOperationException: Command failed. Command:
C:\android-sdk-windows\platforms\android-8\tools\aapt "package" "-M"
"C:\Users\krli.OFFICE\AppData\Local\Temp\palgunud.ylb\AndroidManifest.xml" "-F"
"C:\Users\krli.OFFICE\AppData\Local\Temp\palgunud.ylb\resources.apk" "-S"
"c:\workproj\MonoDroidApplication1\MonoDroidApplication1\obj\Debug\res" "-I"
"C:\android-sdk-windows\platforms\android-8\android.jar"                       
     c:\workproj\MonoDroidApplication1\MonoDroidApplication1\aresgen 
MonoDroidApplication1

This is, in fact, not useful at all.

If you click View->Options, you can view Full output, which is much more
useful, including the messages:

mainmenu.xml:3: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at
'title' with value '@string/mnuAbout').
mainmenu.xml:7: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at
'icon' with value '@drawable/back').
mainmenu.xml:7: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at
'title' with value '@string/mnuQuit').

Thus, the feature request: surface these underlying errors into a form that is
actually usable by VS users, showing these errors as per-line errors within the
VS Errors list, without requiring that the user dig through View->Output.

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