Uno Platform - Reference resource dictionary within Shared project

Question

I'm building an Uno app and need to reference a Resource Dictionary defined and stored in the Shared Project.

The project is set up like so:

And in MainPage.xaml, I'm using:

<Page.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="ms-appx:///LaunchShowcase.Shared/Themes/CenteredPivotHeadersStyle.xaml" />
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</Page.Resources>

This results in the error message Cannot locate resource from 'ms-appx:///LaunchShowcase.Shared/Themes/CenteredPivotHeadersStyle.xaml'

What's the proper way to reference this resource dictionary?

Just to check - this doesn't work in UWP either right? – Martin Zikmund Aug 06 '21 at 14:08 — Martin Zikmund, Aug 06 '21 at 14:08

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 04 '21 at 20:16

The shared project is not a "real" project, as would a library. The resource dictionary file is behaving as if it were directly integrated in the head project, therefore the name LaunchShowcase.Shared does not exist.

Try using this instead:

<Page.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="ms-appx:///Themes/CenteredPivotHeadersStyle.xaml" />
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</Page.Resources>

Uno Platform - Reference resource dictionary within Shared project

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