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diff --git a/Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests/MockCompiler.cs b/Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests/MockCompiler.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+using Xamarin.Forms.Build.Tasks;
+
+namespace Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.UnitTests
+{
+	public static class MockCompiler
+	{
+		public static void Compile(Type type)
+		{
+			var assembly = type.Assembly.Location;
+			var refs = from an in type.Assembly.GetReferencedAssemblies()
+					   let a = System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(an)
+					   select a.Location;
+
+			var xamlc = new XamlCTask {
+				Assembly = assembly,
+				ReferencePath = string.Join(";", refs),
+				KeepXamlResources = true,
+				Type = type.FullName
+			};
+
+			var exceptions = new List<Exception>();
+			if (!xamlc.Compile(exceptions) && exceptions.Any())
+				throw exceptions [0];
+		}
+	}
+}
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