Type Task<> exists in both Unity.Tasks and mscorelib

Hello fellow coders. I have run across an infuriating issue. I am using System.Threading.Tasks in my project. I recently imported a new plugin (Google Firebase) which ships with it's own dll (Unity.Tasks). Well, it seems like the geniuses at Google didn't realize that Unity has full support of System.Threading.Tasks and decided to bundle that namespace with their dll. I cannot get rid of Unity.Tasks or it breaks Firebase. I cannot use an extern alias to reference mscorelib or I get errors stating that my code doesn't return a Task<> (when it indeed did before I used the alias). I am at a loss of what I should do here. I would really like to use firebase as it is very easy to implement, but I also need to use Tasks in my project for asynchronous programming. Anybody have any bright ideas?

Note: I am using Unity 2020 beta 2 and .Net 4.0 with the IL2CPP backend. I have tried with .NET 2.0, mono backend, and Unity 2019.x. No success. Any and all help appreciated.

 

you can use namespace alias
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/using-directive

edit:
In fact, I'm not sure which Task you want and which Task you had, and why you can't specify it via namespace. I can't understand the problem.

 

use Firebase tasks as Firebase.Task
use System tasks as System.Threading.Task
if you want to favor one task over the other, use i.e.

using Task = System.Threading.Task;

or you can easily distinguish both if you just

using FBTask = Firebase.Task;

using SysTask = System.Threading.Task;

I hope I'm understanding you correctly.

 

So unfortunately I have tried using aliases already. The problem is that they both use the same namespace in different assemblies. so systask referencing System.Threading.Tasks wouldn't work because System.Threading.Tasks exists in 2 different dll's (mscorelib AND Unity.Tasks).

 

One workaround that almost worked was defining an alias in the reference tab in Visual Studio. I then called extern alias above my using statements. However for some reason that changed the type that my Task was so I couldn't use my async method

 

Can you upload a minimal example that's already set up to produce the error and ready to fiddle with?

 

I don't know, maybe this can help you
https://stackoverflow.com/questions...-task-exist-in-both-unity-tasks-and-mscorelib

 

I have tried that post, the fix does not work in my case

 

What about:

 

The fix that worked from me came from this GitHub issue

1. Remove the Unity.Compat and Unity.Tasks dlls from the Parse/ root folder
2. Enable the Unity.Compat and Unity.Tasks dlls in the Parse/dotnet45/ folder

 

I was able to fix it. Sorry I have not answered. I uninstalled Firebase from my project and re-installed it using the Package Manager (with .NET set to 4.x). I can now use System.Threading.Tasks just fine with Firebase working as well. One thing to note is (for now) Firebase does not work on Android builds in the Unity 2020 beta. Just food for thought.

 

The @bellicapax solution worked! Thanks @didwell94 for share solution.

 

The @bellicapax solution worked for me too ! Thanks guys !

 

Thanks @bellicapax works for me!

 

Thanks @bellicapax ! It works for me too !

 

Solved for me!
I deleted Assets/Parse/Plugin Unity.Compact and Tasks, but not the dotnet45 folder

 

This is still a working solution as of today.

 

Excellent!
Thanks!

 

i did it and it is work for me https://stackoverflow.com/questions...-task-exist-in-both-unity-tasks-and-mscorelib

 

It works still

 

thanks, I was resolved it

 

If you still have errors in Visual Studio after *disabling* the DLLs outside `dotNet45` via Unity's import settings, make sure to *delete* the files. Visual Studio seems to pick them up by mistake.

 

Worked for me in 2022 almost 2023

 

Check this

It will work

 

this thread is one terrible proof that Firebase is very bad craftmanship
FIrebase is like -> "this is fine"

 

DId you try if Firebase stuff works in IOS/Android mobile build still after deleting the 2 files?

 

I know it's almost been 10 years but thanks so much man I was struggling with a similar error and I managed to solve it using a similar approach to the one you've stated. I got NuGet for Unity and I installed an API through it, directly in Unity. That's what fixed it for me, thanks a lot!

 

Worked!
parse folder is in assets

 

Oh iam a little bit late but yes they work, maybe becosue i have 2 accounts ups

 

still works, thanks!