Xamarin.Android Release failed to build the project because of Unable to get provider com.google.mlkit.common.internal.MlKitInitProvider

[valerii-sovytskyi]

Xamarin android that targets Android 12 (API 31)

The issue: For my case I was not able to RUN the application on release mode, and by researching I found that the problem was next:

Unable to get provider com.google.mlkit.common.internal.MlKitInitProvider

To fix this issue I needed to update the AndroidManifest.xml

Just add this code

~~<provider android:name="com.google.mlkit.common.internal.MlKitInitProvider" android:authorities="${your app id}.mlkitinitprovider" tools:node="remove" /> <meta-data android:name="com.google.mlkit.vision.DEPENDENCIES" android:value="barcode" />~~ And inside Manifest

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

I'm suggesting to update the Wiki section so developers will add it to the AndroidManifest

The fix found here https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/vision/barcode-scanning/android

UPD: The fix for my case was to set Code shrinker to be empty, not R8

[JimmyPun610]

Interesting. Didn't get this error.... Anyway, I have added into wiki. Thanks a lot

[valerii-sovytskyi]

Sorry, but I didn't test it well, this fix is not working, the crash was fixed, but the Scanner is not working I guess because I removed MLKit at all, I will update you on my investigation

[valerii-sovytskyi]

@JimmyPun610 The problem was here Android Options -> Code shrinker -> not to be r8 in my case it's an empty selector.

Please, remove what I suggested.