XmlSerializer doesn't work

Hi there! I'm trying to make very simple xml deserialization of a very simple class, but on WebGL platform i got errors. The problem occurs only when class, that I want to deserialize is stored in precompiled plugin DLL. Maybe this is some kind of limitation of ILCPP at the moment? I couldn't find any information about it. Here is the code...

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. //This class stored in precompiled dll
3. //If you put it in the "Assets" folder, the problem disappear, but i need it this way
4. public class Character
5. {
6.     public string Name {get;set;}
7. }
8.  
9. //And this one lives in "Assets" folder
10. public class Tests : MonoBehaviour
11. {
12.     private void Start ()
13.     {
14.         var rawConfig = @"<Character>
15.                                <Name>Joe</Name>
16.                           </Character>";
17.  
18.         //This line throws exception :
19.         //InvalidOperationException: Character cannot be serialized because it
20.             //does not have a default public constructor
21.         //Rethrow as InvalidOperationException: There was an error reflecting
22.             //type 'Character'.
23.         var character = Deserialize(rawConfig);
24.        
25.         if (character.Name == null)
26.         {
27.             //This error occurs if I add [SerializableAttribute] to the "Character" class
28.             Debug.LogError("Name is null");
29.             return;
30.         }
31.  
32.         //I can reach this line only in the editor
33.         Debug.Log("Name : "+character.Name);
34.     }
35.  
36.     public static Character Deserialize(string data)
37.     {
38.         using (var textReader = new StringReader(data))
39.             return (Character)new XmlSerializer(typeof(Character)).Deserialize(textReader);
40.     }
41. }
42.  

 

Old post but I had this issue and figured out a resolution so I'm posting it here for anyone's future reference.

You will need to add a link.xml file to your project to tell IL2CPP not to strip the types you use (it is stripping out the default constructor since it sees it is not explicitly called). You can just add your assembly reference to it and tell it to preserve everything, or be more precise with specific types, your choice. I went the former route and it resolved this problem for me. See the Unity docs on managing code stripping for full details on how to set it up.