Adding a custom font in Xamarin

Question

The new way to add a custom font is to add the font as an embeddedResource and then add this line in App.xaml.ca:

[assembly: ExportFont("DSEG7ModernRegular.ttf")]

But I get this error:

Error   CS0246  The type or namespace name 'ExportFontAttribute' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

My project references:

"In this post we will see how to use it in Xamarin.Forms **4.5.530** and up." — Jason, Apr 10 '20 at 20:05
I'm going to assume that's a typo and he means **4.5.0.530** - https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Forms/4.5.0.530 — Jason, Apr 10 '20 at 20:44
it's in the release notes for that build - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/release-notes/4.5/4.5.0-sr4#embedded-fonts. It should be in the main Xamarin.Forms namespace - I assume you have `using Xamarin.Forms;` in the file? You might try the usual tricks of restarting VS, clearing bin/obj folders, etc — Jason, Apr 10 '20 at 21:17
@Jason, that fix my problem... Can you write an answer? I forgot to add a using... Thanks a lot !!! — Eric Ouellet, Apr 10 '20 at 21:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '20 at 21:32

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ExportFontAttribute is in the Xamarin.Forms namespace, so be sure you have

using Xamarin.Forms;

answered Apr 10 '20 at 21:32

Jason

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