VAF dependency to Newtonsoft.Json version 10.0.3

We have nothing to announce right now around altering the Newtonsoft.JSON version (although it was actually discussed again recently).  Oddly, we seemingly receive a similar number of requests for older versions as we do newer ones.

The only way around this right now is to use the AssemblyResolve event to note when Newtonsoft.JSON 13.0.1 is requested and to provide the 10.0.3 version.  This will only work if the external package that requires Newtonsoft will actually work with 10.0.3, obviously.

Regards,

Craig.

I am facing a similar issue (a dependency requires Newtonsoft.Json 12.0). Are there any plans at the moment to update the Newtonsoft.Json dependency?

We have no immediate plans unfortunately.  The advice above still stands.

This issue arises again and again. Is there a still no plans to update, or even make it possible to use latest Newtonsoft.Json?

This was planned to be done as part of the next VAF release (later in December).  Unfortunately we ran into some issues that caused us to roll it back.  Basically: in order to do this we need to update the Newtonsoft reference across the entire stack of code involved.

I am aware of at least one person who has posted on here who has apparently managed to make it work.  It's not an official workaround, and I personally haven't tried it in detail.

Hi,

I'm reactivating this post because I note that the latest version of the VAF 23.6.687.5 still requires version 10.0.3 of Nuget Newtonsoft.json. We really need to use libraries that require versions 13.x of Newtonsoft.json. The version 10.0.3 is over 6 years old. Can you tell us on which version of the VAF we will be able to have a version 13.x of Newtonsoft.json.

Best regards

This is something that is on our development backlog, but I do not have the specific details that you are after unfortunately.

I have nothing valuable to add. Just want to say thank you for this post. Was driving me insane trying to workout why my app wouldn't install.