How to execute C # code at runtime in Xamarin Android?

I have an Android app in Xamarin Studio. I want to execute the code put in text (string). For example this question will help me in a Visual Studio Windows application. But I cannot use this answer in Xamarin Android. This is my example in a C # Windows application:

public class CodeLuncher
{
    public static void LunchCSCode(string site, string typeName, string methosName)
    {
        try
        {
            var provider = CSharpCodeProvider.CreateProvider("c#");
            var options = new CompilerParameters();
            string text = new System.Net.WebClient().DownloadString(site);

            foreach (var item in GetRefrences(text))
            {
                options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(item);
            }
            string code = GetCode(text);
            var results = provider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(options, new[] { code });
            if (results.Errors.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (var error in results.Errors)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(error);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                var t = results.CompiledAssembly.GetType(typeName);
                t.GetMethod(methosName).Invoke(null, null);
            }
        }
        catch
        {

        }
    }


    static string[] GetRefrences(string text)
    {
        Regex regExp = new Regex("<Refrences>(.*?)</Refrences>", RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace | RegexOptions.Singleline);
        string str = regExp.Match(text).Groups[1].Value;
        List<string> retText = new List<string>();
        foreach (var item in str.Trim().Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
        {
            retText.Add(item);
        }
        return retText.ToArray();
    }

    static string GetCode(string text)
    {
        Regex regExp = new Regex("<CSharpCode>(.*?)</CSharpCode>", RegexOptions.Multiline | RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace | RegexOptions.Singleline);
        string str = regExp.Match(text).Groups[1].Value;
        return str.Trim();
    }
}

      

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Difficult http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/advanced_topics/limitations/

Since applications on Android require generating Java proxy types during the build process, it is not possible to generate all code at runtime.



From Limited Dynamic Language Support

and Limited Java Generation Support

you can find out more about what is not supported specifically. This means that you can develop specific code, but it won't work for any valid C # code.

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