Stand alone ResourceDictionary resource not found

Question

I followed https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/xaml/resource-dictionaries#stand-alone-resource-dictionaries but i get the error.

XFC0124 Resource "ResourceDictionary1.xaml" not found.

my code is

ResourceDictionary1.xaml (code-behind deleted) compile option: embeded resource

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
                    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml">

 <x:String x:Key="test">
        test string
    </x:String>

</ResourceDictionary>

ContentPage1.xaml

   <ContentPage.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="ResourceDictionary1.xaml"/>
  </ContentPage.Resources>

Answer 1

I test with the steps provided in the link , everything works fine .

Check the steps below

1. Add a ContentView file and rename it ResourceDictionary1 .

   

2. Delete code-behind

   

3. Remove x:Class="FormsApp.ResourceDictionary1" in the xaml and change the tag from ContentView to ResourceDictionary .

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ResourceDictionary xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" 
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" >
    
    
    <x:String x:Key="test">
        test string
    </x:String>
</ResourceDictionary>

4. Usage in other xaml

    <ContentPage.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="ResourceDictionary1.xaml"/>
    </ContentPage.Resources>
    
    
    <ContentPage.Content>
        <StackLayout>
            <Button Clicked="Button_Clicked" Text="{StaticResource test}"/>
        </StackLayout>
    </ContentPage.Content>

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If you have done all the steps above and problem persists , it must be something wrong with the file path .

The ResourceDictionary file should locate at the same level with the page which using the ResourceDictionary.

• We can place them at the root of the forms project.

  

• We can place them in same folder .

  

• If they are not in same level , we should set the relative file path in the page .

  

   // in page4.xaml
    <ContentPage.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary Source="MyFolder/ResourceDictionary1.xaml"/>
    </ContentPage.Resources>