Installing Couchbase Lite on .Net
Description — How to install Couchbase Lite on .Net
Abstract — Using Nuget to install Couchbase Lite on csharp
That’s it!
You should be ready to build you app using this version.
The rest of this content contains more detail, for those who want tp know more about the install or who encountered issues
Install Methods
Couchbase recommends installing Nuget packages via PackageReference.
Package Reference
This is the recommended method of dependency management because it supports the strict version requirement between the core Couchbase Lite for .Net package and its dependent Support library, which comprises:
Couchbase.Lite.Enterprise-
Couchbase.Lite.Enterprise.Support.UWP -
Couchbase.Lite.Enterprise.Support.ios -
Couchbase.Lite.Enterprise.Support.Android -
Couchbase.Lite.Enterprise.Support.NetDesktop -
Couchbase.Lite.Enterprise.Support.WinUI
Couchbase.Lite-
Couchbase.Lite.Support.UWP -
Couchbase.Lite.Support.ios -
Couchbase.Lite.Support.Android -
Couchbase.Lite.Support.NetDesktop -
Couchbase.Lite.Support.WinUI
Activating (on Android platform only)
| Couchbase Lite must be activated before any other calls can be made. |
Within your Android app, include a call the relevant Activate() function inside of the class that is included in the support assembly.
There is only one public class in each support assembly, and the support assembly itself is a nuget dependency.
For example, UWP looks like:
Couchbase.Lite.Support.UWP.Activate()
Currently the support assemblies provide dependency injected mechanisms for default directory logic, and platform specific logging (So, C# will log to logcat with correct log levels and tags. No more "mono-stdout" always at info level.)
Activating with MAUI
To activate with .NET MAUI, you must override the OnCreate() method in the MainActivity.cs file to ensure activation at the beginning of the application lifecyle.
Below is an example of how you can override the OnCreate() method.
public class MainActivity : MauiAppCompatActivity
{
protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
Couchbase.Lite.Support.Droid.Activate(this);
}
}