1# IL linker 2 3The linker is a tool one can use to only ship the minimal possible IL code and metadata that a set of 4programs might require to run as opposed to the full libraries. 5 6It is used by the various Xamarin products to extract only the bits of code that are needed to run 7an application on Android, iOS and other platforms. 8 9### Build & Test Status 10 11[](https://jenkins.mono-project.com/job/test-linker-mainline/) 12