How to use "resx" in a .NET MAUI library?

Question

Hello,

I migrated my shared Xamarin project to .NET MAUI Library. I need to use translations that are stored there. They need to be accessible from this library and from the MAUI app project that references this library.

How can I configure my csproj to generate strongly typed properties for the resx file? I couldn't find any information on that. Tutorial only says to put this file in MAUI app project. However, then it wouldn't be accessible by my modules inside .NET MAUI Library (migrated Xamarin shared project)?

So far I figured out that I have to rename the previously generated file Strings.Designer.cs to Strings.cs and replace internal with public. However, this is just a workaround, because the new translations are not auto-generated.

Answer 1

Hello,

After testing, using Resx files in MAUI's Class Library is basically the same as the steps in this document. All you need to do is set the Access Modifier for the basic resource file to public.

• Create resource files to store strings

After that, you can refer to the following code to reference the resource files in the library.

<ContentPage xmlns="
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MauiLib1;assembly=MauiLib1">

<Label
    Text="{x:Static local:AppResources.AddButton}"
    Style="{StaticResource Headline}"
    SemanticProperties.HeadingLevel="Level1" />

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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