How to access resource located in merged dictionary from code

Question

I have a bunch of Colors inside a couple of ResourceDicitonaries like this:

<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
                    xmlns:s="clr-namespace:System;assembly=netstandard">

    <Color x:Key="Color.Background">#301536</Color>
</ResourceDictionary>

And I simply add both to the App.xaml like so:

<!--Colors-->
<ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Colors/Light.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Colors/Dark.xaml"/>

The ResourceDicitonary file is simply a .xaml file without any bundled .cs, and both of the two dictionaries are set on the App.xaml without having to define them inside a MergedDicionaries group.

When trying to access the a Color from the code, I'm not able to find it, looks like it was not added to the resource list.

var color = Application.Current.Resources.FirstOrDefault(f => f.Key == "Color.Background")
    .Value as Color? ?? Color.Crimson;

Is there any way to access a resource like FindResource/TryFindResource available in WPF?

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I also tried to access/see the contents of the MergedDictionaries but for some reason the merged dictionaries are always empty.

Answer 1

Thanks to another person I was able to construct this working code:

internal static Color TryGetColor(string key, Color fallback)
{
    Application.Current.Resources.TryGetValue(key, out var color);

    return color as Color ?? fallback;
}