Jul 19, 2019

Xamarin Android Archiving failed: An item with the same key has already been added

In visual studio xamarin while generating apk file,
if you get this error: "Archiving failed: An item with the same key has already been added"
then

delete the bin and obj directories within android project
click project properties, android manifest
increase version number
change version name

click on archive

now apk will generate without any errors!