Change the location of the component folder

Question

In Visual Studio 2012, I use the project type Xamarin.iOS, and when I add components to the project, they are added to the folder: [Solution-directory] / Components / [component-name] /

Can I choose where the components are stored?

My dependency management strategy is to keep the dependencies outside the scope of the project and the solution in their own folder.

I assume that I could rip out the DLL from the / lib / folder in the components directory, but I wonder if there is an easier solution.

Answer 1

You can specify the components directory with the components.config file. This is described in detail here regarding Xamarin Studio , but I just checked it myself, having it in the root of the solution catalog, and it really worked.