C# Getting Parent Assembly Name of Calling Assembly

Question

I\'ve got a C# unit test application that I\'m working on. There are three assemblies involved - the assembly of the C# app itself, a second assembly that the app uses, and

Answer 1

This will return the the initial Assembly that references your currentAssembly.

var currentAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
var callerAssemblies = new StackTrace().GetFrames()
            .Select(x => x.GetMethod().ReflectedType.Assembly).Distinct()
            .Where(x => x.GetReferencedAssemblies().Any(y => y.FullName == currentAssembly.FullName));
var initialAssembly = callerAssemblies.Last();