msbuild 15.3 and Microsoft.Bcl.Build issue

P.S. September 2017, current msbuild 15.3.0.0 works normally.

update :: VSCode 1.16.1 and C# (OmniSharp) 1.12.1

Visual Studio Code 1.16.1
C# plugin (powered by OmniSharp) 1.12.1

works normally with both - Droid and PCL projects.

needs only one link (similar to the previous version):

To fix the next issue:
~/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.12.1/.omnisharp/xbuild/Microsoft/Portable/v4.5/Microsoft.Portable.CSharp.targets was not found.

cd ~/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.csharp-1.12.1/.omnisharp

ln -s /usr/lib/mono/xbuild

But it can't see the netstandard dlls.
Monodevelop 5.10 can.

P.S. My settings:

{
"editor.minimap.enabled": false,
"editor.fontSize": 15,
"workbench.colorTheme": "Default Light+",
"editor.codeLens": false,
"omnisharp.loggingLevel": "information",
"extensions.autoUpdate": false,
"update.channel": "none",
"workbench.editor.enablePreview": false,
"workbench.editor.enablePreviewFromQuickOpen": false,
"editor.renderWhitespace": "all"
}

issue :: Culture name ... is not supported

Solution: rebuild may help.

Issue:

Target _ResolveSatellitePaths:
/usr/lib/mono/xbuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets: error : Error executing task ResolveAssemblyReference: Culture name % �b is not supported.
Parameter name: name
Build FAILED.

...

Errors:
/home/workerlamp/XamarinProject/Xamarin-Fork/Droid/CentroForms.Droid.csproj (default targets) ->
/usr/lib/mono/xbuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets (_ResolveSatellitePaths target) ->
/usr/lib/mono/xbuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets: error : Error executing task ResolveAssemblyReference: Culture name % �b is not supported.
Parameter name: name

Xamarin.Forms Android on Linux documentation in one file

https://goo.gl/mQvTJk

new issues :: Beta Mono release 5.4.0

After the last upgrade (the Mono Beta repository - Beta Mono release 5.4.0 Preview 3)

Unpacking mono-4.0-gac (5.4.0.199-0xamarin2+debian9b1) over (5.2.0.224-0xamarin1+debian9b1)

I've got this:

MSBUILD : error MSB1025: An internal failure occurred while running MSBuild.
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not resolve field token 0x04000304
File name: 'Microsoft.Build'

And I could not use the xbuild.

Probably it needs the clean install and/or the xamarin-android re-build using the newest version. I don't know. I don't have a time for experiments and I don't have one more computer+disk to play with it.

So, I decided to migrate from the Mono Beta repository to the Mono Stable that have Mono version 5.2.0 SR4 (5.2.0.224) today.

Now it works.

Working software versions are:

mono - Mono JIT compiler version 5.2.0.224 (tarball Mon Sep 18 17:31:59 UTC 2017)

msbuild - Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 15.3.0.0 ( Mon Aug 14 21:03:24 UTC 2017) for Mono
monodevelop 5.10

and my "old" (because I've disabled the update) Visual Studio Code 1.13.1 - C# 1.11.0 (1.11.0 can't work with the Droid project, but it can still work with the PCL projects today).

for myself - .NET Standard links - to review it later

Customizing the Build System

https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-studio/build-system/