Type.GetProperties() missing in Xamarin PCL

Question

In Xamarin PCL, I'm trying to get the System.Reflection.PropertyInfo of a class I've written so that I can access its properties by their string name to get/set, and Type.GetTypeInfo() is missing, as well as Type.GetProperties. But System.Reflection.PropertyInfo is a valid class. How can I obtain the property info of a class? Do I have to write a wrapper for each platform? (It shows up just fine in the Android/iOS projects).

user1054922 · Answer 1 · 2015-11-25T12:35:11.410

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It's an extension, so you need to put

using System.Reflection;

at the top. Then it's available:

        TypeInfo typeInfo = this.GetType().GetTypeInfo();
        foreach (PropertyInfo propInfo in typeInfo.DeclaredProperties)

edited Nov 25 '15 at 12:35

answered Nov 13 '14 at 13:26

user1054922

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Just tried this in Profile78. It's still not available. – Dan Vanderboom May 19 '15 at 15:29
It doesn't work because `GetProperties()` is excluded from the PCL subset. Although this should indeed enable `GetTypeInfo()`. – Marcin Kaczmarek Nov 24 '15 at 10:51
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I've updated my answer to show how I was able to access the object properties by adding using System.Reflection; – user1054922 Nov 25 '15 at 12:35
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Maybe that does solve the problem in your particular case, but the `DeclaredProperties` is not a sibstitute for `GetProperties()`. It's because `DeclaredProperties` does not include inherited properties. – Marcin Kaczmarek Nov 28 '15 at 11:12
How do I filter to public properties? – Shimmy Weitzhandler May 24 '17 at 12:23

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '15 at 01:00

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I have just run into this, pretty sure the answer is to use:

Type.GetRuntimeProperties

answered Jul 08 '15 at 01:00

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More relevant information on a similar issue: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/05eebec9-b56f-4b55-9624-dabfc6d24bbd/typeisassignablefrom-in-portable-class-library – Nestor Ledon Sep 28 '15 at 03:33

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 07 '18 at 08:57

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You can also try

using System.Reflection; 

Type t = typeof(YOURTYPE);
var properties = t.GetTypeInfo().DeclaredProperties

answered Feb 07 '18 at 08:57

Max Chu

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