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.NET MAUI: The name 'InitializeComponent' does not exist in the current context

I have created a ResourceDictionary file that comes with a .cs file. So after creating the ResourceDictionary file I'm getting an error:

The name 'InitializeComponent' does not exist in the current context.

Error Screenshot

Below is the XAML file associated with the above file.

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I'm using VS2022 17.5.0 Preview 1.0

  1. I have set the build action for the C# file to C# Compiler
  2. I have cleaned and rebuilt my project several times and tried deleting the bin and obj folders, but nothing seems to work
Solution

  • When I do Project / rt-click / Add / NewItem / .Net Maui ResourceDictionary (XAML), this is what gets added to .csproj:

    <MauiXaml Update="Dictionary1.xaml"> 
    <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
</MauiXaml>

    Note that the Compile is nested within the MauiXaml element; it is not a separate Item.

    See if your .csproj has TWO separate Items, one for Dictionary1.xaml, another for Dictionary1.xaml.cs.

    If so, replace those two items, with a combined item as shown above.

    (For me, this builds without problem.)

    In your case, the .csproj doesn't show MauiXaml BuildAction?

    Replace:

    <ItemGroup>
  <None Include="Themes\Light.xaml" />
</ItemGroup>

    with:

    <ItemGroup>
    <MauiXaml Update="Themes\Light.xaml">
        <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </MauiXaml>
</ItemGroup>

    I don't know whether this should be kept or removed:

    <ItemGroup>
  <Folder Include="Themes\" />
</ItemGroup>

    Leave it in for now.