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Xamarin Could Not Load File Or Assembly

When using WireMock.Net in a Xamarin test project, you can encounter these errors:

Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Memory, Version=4.0.1.0

Section titled “Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Memory, Version=4.0.1.0”
WireMock.Exceptions.WireMockException : Service start failed with error: One or more errors occurred. (Could not load type of field 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportOptions:<MemoryPoolFactory>k__BackingField' (1) due to: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Memory, Version=4.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51' or one of its dependencies.)
----> System.AggregateException : One or more errors occurred. (Could not load type of field 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportOptions:<MemoryPoolFactory>k__BackingField' (1) due to: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Memory, Version=4.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51' or one of its dependencies.)
----> System.TypeLoadException : Could not load type of field 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Sockets.SocketTransportOptions:<MemoryPoolFactory>k__BackingField' (1) due to: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Memory, Version=4.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51' or one of its dependencies.
TearDown : System.NullReferenceException : Object reference not set to an instance of an object

or

The operation failed.
Bind result: hr = 0x80070002. The system cannot find the file specified.
Assembly manager loaded from: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\clr.dll
Running under executable C:\git\WireMock.Net\examples\WireMock.Net.Console.Net461.Classic\bin\Debug\WireMock.Net.Console.Net461.Classic.exe

1. Adding System.Memory and System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions as NuGet references.

Section titled “1. Adding System.Memory and System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions as NuGet references.”

Adding assembly binding redirects to the app.config for the assemblies which have an error. Like:

<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Buffers" publicKeyToken="cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="4.0.2.0-4.0.3.0" newVersion="4.0.3.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Numerics.Vectors" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral"/>
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="4.0.0.0-4.1.4.0" newVersion="4.1.4.0"/>
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>