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VS For Mac error generating android build - NDK

I installed Visual Studio for Mac and around to build the application for Android it gave me this error. I installed NDK and now this error appears to me.
Do you know how to solve this?
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/External/xbuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(2873,3): error XA5101: C compiler for target Arm was not found. Tried paths: "/Users/UserName/Library/Developer/Xamarin/android-sdk-macosx/ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc; /Users/UserName/Library/Developer/Xamarin/android-sdk-macosx/ndk-bundle/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/gcc" [/Users/UserName/Projetos/ProjectName/app/src/android/ProjectNameApp.Droid/ProjectName.Droid.csproj]
An error occurred when executing task 'Release-Android'.
Teardown
Executing custom teardown action...
Environment: QA
Configuration: Release
Target: Release-Android
Error: One or more errors occurred. (MSBuild: Process returned an error (exit code 1).)
MSBuild: Process returned an error (exit code 1).
I have already seen several solutions but I can not solve it, I have already installed NDK, I have already validated the folder where it is installed, I have already inserted AndroidNdkDirectory in Droid.csproj and so far none of this has resulted.

There are two potential ways to resolve this issue:
You can switch the Android NDK version to r17 or lower. One way to do that is to un-check NDK from the Android SDK manager (the Tools tab from your screenshot) to uninstall version r19, then select the gear icon from the lower right of the window, pick the Microsoft (Recommended) repository, and check NDK version r17 (which should now appear in the list) to install that version.
Or, if you are working on code where you can use a preview version of Xamarin.Android, you can update to the current preview Xamarin.Android version 9.3.0.19 by switching to the Preview updater channel in Visual Studio for Mac.
Additional info
The current Xamarin.Android SDK version 9.2.3.0 is not yet compatible with Android NDK versions r18 or higher, where GCC has been removed.
Compatibility with those newer NDK versions (and in particular, compatibility with the change from gcc to clang) is included in the preview Xamarin.Android SDK version 9.3.

Application Installer: Microsoft database engine 2010 not available under pre-requisites

I have a windows form c-sharp application developed for windows 10. When I am trying to make installer, I cannot find "microsoft database engine 2010" (important for my app) under the "prerequisite" as shown below:
I do not want my customer to separately download it and install it. So is there a way I can generate an installer that will install complete software along with microsoft database engine 2010 ( if it is not already installed on the system) ?

I have never used this runtime, but did you do a Google search? It looks like the runtime is available: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13255. I am sure you did. Perhaps it is the wrong one? Or a format you can't use I guess.
The downloads are x86 and 64-bit versions in EXE format. The EXE files have embedded MSI files (Windows Installer) that you can extract, or you should be able to just run the EXE in silent mode (probably safest). Do a AccessDatabaseEngine_X64.exe /? to get a list of parameters.
Merge Modules
Normally you can use a merge module to add a runtime component to your own MSI at compile time, but this runtime may not be available in this format. Instead you can use a bootstrapper of some kind to run your own MSI installer and this prerequisite database engine runtime MSI / EXE in sequence (or even just a batch file - see towards the bottom).
Bootstrappers
The WiX toolkit (which is a better way to make MSI files than Visual Studio Installer Projects - see the link for some details) features a bootstrapper called Burn - it can install both EXE and MSI files in sequence. There are also other bootstrappers available, but I haven't tried them. Here is a description of some bootstrappers from earlier: Wix - How to run/install application without UI.
As you will see in the link immediately above, there is a sample of the WiX bootstrapper Burn in use here: https://github.com/frederiksen/Classic-WiX-Burn-Theme (it even shows a WiX MSI package as well). WiX and Burn does have a learning curve.
There may be simpler options available using Visual Studio Installer Projects that I am not aware of, but I think you need a bootstrapper to install several MSI files in sequence. As far as I can see these Installer Projects support only the listed prerequisites that you show in your screenshot to download and install on demand, and they seem to allow the addition of (any) standard merge module. It is very strange that you can't tell the Installer Project's setup.exe to kick off the install of any MSI as a prerequisite considering that the whole feature is made to install prerequisites in the first place. PhilDW will surely be able to tell you with certainty.
Commercial tools such as Advanced Installer or Installshield also have features to allow you to bundle setups, in various formats, together for installation in sequence. It might be a feature in the Premium or most expensive edition in Installshield's case. Not sure for Advanced Installer. Bogdan Mitrache will be able to tell us - they may do it better. I don't want to claim something I am not sure of - things like these change as new versions are released (may obviously also be the case for Installshield).
Batch File, PowerShell Script
In closing I should add that you can obviously use a batch file to install files in sequence (or a PowerShell script - which would depend on .NET though). For example wrapped in a self-extracting archive. You can quickly try the built in iexpress.exe self-extracting tool in Windows: Hold down Windows Key and tap R, enter iexpress and press Enter. Click through the options. Be very aware of the security vulnerabilities iexpress suffers from!
Not sure how well well these wrappers clean up their temporary files (particularly if there are errors during installation) - which could be ugly and annoying, but it should work. A bootstrapper can do a lot more though - such as provide a real GUI for your users and handle error conditions among other things.
Security problems with deployment solutions is a pet peeve of mine, so I want to add a link to this: Prevent DLL Hijacking Burn with Clean Room. A WiX Burn issue fixed in the latest version of WiX (as of Jan.2018). As you can see, the allure and simplicity of iexpress.exe generally does not make up for its security shortcomings. It is most definitely not good enough for a world-wide, large-scale, public release.
Should you want to use a batch file or PowerShell for the installation, then the following answer provides some information on using the msiexec.exe command line, and there is also a link to another answer which deals with PowerShell installation: How can I use powershell to run through an installer?

SonarLint Binding Project Count Error since Version 2.8.0.214

I have the same problems as the user on the page SonarLint Binding Error since Version 2.8.0.214 - Project Count out of Range?.
On your Jira board I found the ticket https://jira.sonarsource.com/browse/SVS-123 that bug will be fixed in the version 2.8.1.
For that reason I´m interested on the information, when do you plan to release this version.
Otherwise is there a workaround? Is there a possibility to install an older version for example?

We are still working on another issue we wanted to ship within the same version and we will let you know when the fix will be ready. In the meantime, I can suggest to you to either:
Clone our git repository, compile the code and install the extension.
Uninstall the current version of the extension. Download and install version 2.7 and in your Visual Studio options uncheck the automatic update of the extensions (otherwise you will get back to 2.8). Remark: v2.7 doesn't provide the connected mode for VB.Net.

Using Microsoft's Visual UI Automation Verify

I'm doing my first steps in automated QA, doing a UI automation for a WPF app.
After a long research I figured the best tool for the task is TestStack.White.
I'm stuck at the stage of identifying the type of ui element on which I want to perform. Some were easy to find and some weren't.
I've read about a tool by MS, Visual UIA Verify, which should be a part of Windows SDK.
I have SDK installed, but I don't have VUIAV.
So my questions are:
Is UIA verify indeed the right tool for the job?
How should I use it? I tried downloading from this link, but still couldn't get it to work.
I did a lot of googling before posting, with no real answer.
I'm working with VS 2015, on a machine running Win7 pro 64bit, if it matters.
Thanks,
Tal

I recomend using Inspect.exe (also part of Windows SDK) instead of VUIAV, it is faster and has more options, like using ms accesibility not only automation (ss attached)
the path in my installation is C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\bin\x64\inspect.exe

1) Yes UIA verify is ok for this.
UIA Verify 1.0 and UISpy use the original managed API.
UIA Verify 2.0 uses the newer native COM UIA library that was released in the UIA 3.0 update alongside Windows 7.

As was said above it comes together with Windows SDK. And personally for me the path to it is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64\UIAVerify\VisualUIAVerifyNative.exe
Also I can find it here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64\inspect.exe
But it's a little bit different tool.
Compare inspect.exe:
With VisualUIAVerifyNative.exe:

Install Matlab MCR as part of the C# Installer Wizard

I have wrote a program HelloApp with Matlab and packaged it as .NET Assembly using deploytool as described here. As a result I have got helloapp.dll library, which I included into my Visual Studio 2015 as a reference, so I can run Matlab methods directly from C#. To run the code without Matlab installed, the end user needs Matlab Runtime (MCR) installed at least.
Now I want to create an installer for my C# program. I have came across Visual Studio 2015 Installer Projects which provides some tools to create program setup wizard. The problem is, I don't know how to include download and setup of MCR package as a step in installation process to ensure the user has all the required prerequisites in order for program to run.

Well this is not really an answer, but comment area in question was too short ...
I don't know much about VS2015 Installer as I personnally use innosetup. Anyway to check if runtime is installed on target machine you can look if following key exists in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MathWorks\MATLAB Runtime\9.0
See my posts here and here for further details.
NB1: Note that installer for Matlab runtime is very large (about 1 GB). I would not package it with application to deploy, but just warn the user to install it separately.
NB2: I think Mathworks is packaging C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2015b\toolbox\compiler\deploy\win64\InstallAgent.zip (~66MB) rather than MCRInstall.exe (~1GB) when deploying standalone installer with deploytool for downloading the runtime during install but I don't know how it works.