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Common folders for Image and font assets?

JKnottJKnott Member ✭✭✭
in Cross Platform with Xamarin

I was curious if there were a way I could use a common folder to hold all my icons and fonts? for now I am only building the android project so it's not been an issue, but I am getting close to working on the iOS port for it. I was hoping to be able to manage the images within the PCL project, but I gather that's not possible. I would prefer to have a common source for all of my icons rather than having to keep multiple copies in multiple locations. I know that the various platforms probably have different dimensional requirements, but I can just keep all of them in the same place so modifications to specific icons can be checked and reflected in the same location.

Cheers!

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  • LeonLuLeonLu Member, Xamarin Team Xamurai

    You can put your image or font in the PCL with EmbeddedResource. set image's Build Action: from None to EmbeddedResource. However I do not recommend to use this way, this way will affect your application's performance(like make I/O operation to read external file). The best way is put image separately(for android and iOS).

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/user-interface/images?tabs=windows#embedded-images

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  • JKnottJKnott Member ✭✭✭

    I figured it would be something like that, but it never hurts to make sure.
    Thanks!

  • LeonLuLeonLu Member, Xamarin Team Xamurai

    You are welcome, if reply is helpful, please click the Yes tab under the helpful answer. It will help others who have similar issue.

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