Fix previewer sometimes not finding deps file (#14552)

AvaloniaUI · Feb 9, 2024 · 0c4b19b · 0c4b19b
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commit 0c4b19b
Showing 1 changed file with 11 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/src/tools/Avalonia.Designer.HostApp/DesignXamlLoader.cs b/src/tools/Avalonia.Designer.HostApp/DesignXamlLoader.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,17 @@ private void PreloadDepsAssemblies(Assembly targetAssembly)
         var depsJsonFile = Path.ChangeExtension(assemblyLocation, ".deps.json");
         if (!File.Exists(depsJsonFile))
         {
-            return;
+            var sameDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(depsJsonFile);
+            var fallbackDepsFiles = Directory.GetFiles(sameDir, "*.deps.json");
+            if (fallbackDepsFiles.Length == 1)
+            {
+                depsJsonFile = fallbackDepsFiles[0];
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($".deps.json file \"{depsJsonFile}\" doesn't exist, it might affect previewer stability.");
+                return;   
+            }
         }
 
         using var stream = File.OpenRead(depsJsonFile);