TPL on PCL for MvvmCross for PCL Profile 78 - xamarin.android

Trying to use PCL for mvvmcross with TPL by Profile 78
(regarding question TPL on PCL of mvvmcross)
On iOS project it's working, but NOT for android.
here the Error:
Exception while loading assemblies: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load assembly 'System.Runtime, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.Perhaps it doesn't exist in the Mono for Android profile? File name: 'System.Runtime.dll' at Xamarin.Android.Tuner.DirectoryAssemblyResolve
So,
does anyone know how to use Profile 78 with android
(or other profile to work with that includes TPL) ?

We're using Profile111 and Profile259 (on different projects) with MvvmCross.

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