Internal compiler error integrating jabber-net with Unity3d

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After importing the jabber-net dlls from here into my project and running ``` using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; using jabber; using jabber.client; using jabber.connection; public class XMPP : MonoBehaviour { jabber.client.JabberClient jC; // Use this for initialization void Start () { jC = new JabberClient(); } } ``` Unity complains with: Internal compiler error. See the console log for more information. output was: Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'jabber.connection.XmppStream' from assembly 'jabber-net, Version=2.1.0.710, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=924c5b18328d6f09'. I have read that others (a very select few) have managed to get jabber-net integrated with their Unity code. Could anybody shed some light on how this could be done or point me to an alternative library? I would very much like to be able to use XMPP in my project. Thanks Edit Thanks @Calvin for providing your helpful response and helping me drill down to the problem. Ste…

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I was just able to compile the 2005-jabber-net solution in MonoDevelop and add it to a Unity 3.5.6 project without Unity generating a compiler error.

The solution had references to System.Drawing and System.Windows.Forms, which Unity doesn't support. I removed those, changed the compile target to "Library", and copied the 2005-jabber-net.dll, netlib.Dns.dll, and zlib.net.dll into the Unity project.

Your sample code compiled and ran when attached to a GameObject, but I didn't test further.

edit: Just realized this assembly may require Unity Pro, since .Net socket access is restricted in the free version of Unity.

double edit: I take that back, just checked their product comparison chart and now .Net sockets are listed as available in the free version of Unity.

Internal compiler error integrating jabber-net with Unity3d

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