fix: Fix errors for missing binding redirection when running the VSIX extension

VSIX extensions are only loaded into the already running VS IDE AppDomain. So runtime binding redirects for VSIX extensions can only be done by updating the devenv.exe.config. This can be done with attributes on assembly scope.

Author: matherm-aboehm

src/Unchase.OpenAPI.Connectedservice.Shared/Constants.cs

@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ public static class Vsix
         public const string DefaultGeneratedFileName = "OpenAPI";
 
         public const string NewtonsoftJsonNuGetPackage = "Newtonsoft.Json";
+        public const string NewtonsoftJsonAssemblyName = "Newtonsoft.Json";
         public const string SystemNetHttpNuGetPackage = "System.Net.Http";
         public const string SystemComponentModelAnnotationsNuGetPackage = "System.ComponentModel.Annotations";
         public const string PortableDataAnnotationsNuGetPackage = "Portable.DataAnnotations";
         public const string MicrosoftAspNetCoreMvcNuGetPackage = "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc";
+        public const string MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersAbstractionsAssemblyName = "Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions";
+        public const string SystemRuntimeCompilerServicesUnsafeAssemblyName = "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe";
 
         public const string OpenApiConvertSettingsPathPrefix = "OData";
 

src/Unchase.OpenAPI.Connectedservice/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Unchase.OpenAPI.ConnectedService;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell;
 
 // General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
 // set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
@@ -34,3 +35,8 @@
 [assembly: AssemblyFileVersion(Constants.Vsix.Version)]
 [assembly: NeutralResourcesLanguage("en-US")]
 
+[assembly: ProvideCodeBase(AssemblyName = Constants.NewtonsoftJsonAssemblyName)]
+//[assembly: ProvideBindingRedirection(AssemblyName = Constants.NewtonsoftJsonAssemblyName, OldVersionLowerBound = "10.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: ProvideBindingRedirection(AssemblyName = Constants.NewtonsoftJsonAssemblyName, OldVersionLowerBound = "1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: ProvideBindingRedirection(AssemblyName = Constants.MicrosoftExtensionsFileProvidersAbstractionsAssemblyName, OldVersionLowerBound = "1.1.1.0")]
+[assembly: ProvideBindingRedirection(AssemblyName = Constants.SystemRuntimeCompilerServicesUnsafeAssemblyName, OldVersionLowerBound = "0.0.0.0")]