Cannot find all types required by the async modifier

Question

I get the following two compiler errors (Resharper 7.0.1 reports no errors):

Predefined type 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IAsyncStateMachine' is not defined or imported

Cannot find all types required by the 'async' modifier. Are you targeting the wrong framework version, or missing a reference to an assembly?

but this code will not compile:

public class Class1
{
    public Class1()
    {
        Um();
    }
    public async Task<DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs> Um()
    {
        var client = new WebClient();
        return await Observable.FromEvent<DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs>(x => client.DownloadStringCompleted += x,
                                    x => client.DownloadStringCompleted -= x);
    }
}

I've seen MSBuild doesn't find async required references already except that I have VS 2012 NOT VS 11 Beta - although it was installed. Also I tried it in a brand new assembly, no xaml namespace pointing to the application.

Fungosity

Answer 1

You need the Async Targeting Pack to support async in Silverlight 5.

Sandisandidge

Answer 2

We just released a beta of Async for .NET Framework 4, Silverlight 4 and 5, and Windows Phone 7.5: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bclteam/archive/2012/10/22/using-async-await-without-net-framework-4-5.aspx.

Rodmur

Why not WP7.1? A project can only target WP7.1 or WP8.0, so supporting only WP7.5+ is useless. – Cultured

Answer 3

You cannot use AsyncCTP in Visual Studio 2012. You can use Async Targeting Pack (available on NuGet) for Silverlight 5. No solution is yet available for Silverlight 4, not sure if there will be any.

Booby