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Where does the style file that defines the Maui.SplashTheme for Android actually live?

dg2k 1,416 Reputation points
2022-09-28T16:32:14.993+00:00

As start-up default, .NET Maui for Android defines the MainActivity as follows: 

[Activity(Theme = "@style/Maui.SplashTheme", MainLauncher = true, ConfigurationChanges = ConfigChanges.ScreenSize | ConfigChanges.Orientation | ConfigChanges.UiMode | ConfigChanges.ScreenLayout | ConfigChanges.SmallestScreenSize | ConfigChanges.Density)]

Which means "@STYLE /Maui.SplashTheme" indicates that the Theme is Maui.SplashTheme presumably defined as a Style in the file styles.xml.

But no such file exists.

Where exactly is the Maui.SplashTheme style that Maui defines for Android?

Developer technologies | .NET | .NET MAUI
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  1. Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 50,126 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2022-09-29T02:27:06.61+00:00

    Hello,

    It is hidden by MAUI to prevent it from being modified.

    You could find the following content from Add a splash screen to a .NET MAUI app project:

    On Android, the splash screen is added to your app package as Resourcs/values/maui_colors.xml and Resources/drawable/maui_splash_image.xml. .NET MAUI apps use the Maui.SplashTheme by default, which ensures that a splash screen will be displayed if present. Therefore, you should not specify a different theme in your manifest file or in your MainActivity class.:

    The source code of Splash theme is here: styles.xml.

    Best Regards,

    Alec Liu.

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