Couchbase not recognised in Xamarin Forms PCL

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I am trying to put together a small application to check out Xamarin Forms functionality with Couchbase. I’m using Visual Studio 2017. Managing NuGet packages in the Android and iOS solutions I can import the 3 packages I need:

Couchbase.Lite.Storage.SystemSQLLite
Couchbase.Lite.Storage.SQLCipher
Couchbase.Lite.Storage.ForestDB

However I get this error while trying to install them in the PCL:

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error Exception while loading assemblies: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load assembly ‘Couchbase.Lite, Version=1.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=’. Perhaps it doesn’t exist in the Mono for Android profile? File name: ‘Couchbase.Lite.dll’ at Java.Interop.Tools.Cecil.DirectoryAssemblyResolver.Resolve(AssemblyNameReference reference, ReaderParameters parameters) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.ResolveAssemblies.AddAssemblyReferences(DirectoryAssemblyResolver resolver, ICollection`1 assemblies, AssemblyDefinition assembly, Boolean topLevel) at Xamarin.Android.Tasks.ResolveAssemblies.Execute(DirectoryAssemblyResolver resolver) XamarinCouchBase.Android

This means that when I insert the required shared code into the App.Xaml.Cs file, I get errors saying the Objects and Methods I’m trying to call are not recognised in this context, but I have definitely referenced the packages in the ‘using’ statements. Does anyone have any experience of Couchbase and Xamarin Forms who might be able to help?

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1.x is not compatible with PCL. You will have to use the shared project setup instead.

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Thanks! I’ll set up a shared project instead.