String Resource Not Working With Font Tag

Question

I have a Xamarin.Android app which contains the following string resource in the strings.xml file:

<string name="ChallengeText"><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionRed">C</font><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionGreen">H</font><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionBlue">A</font><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionYellow">L</font><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionRed">L</font><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionGreen">E</font><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionBlue">N</font><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionYellow">G</font><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionRed">E</font><font fgcolor="@color/IllusionGreen">!</font></string>

But when I attempt to access this resource in a TextView as follows:

android:text="@string/ChallengeText"

Visual Studio 2022 gives the message "This resource URL cannot be resolved". However, if I change the string resource to the following:

<string name="ChallengeText">CHALLENGE!</string>

Everything is fine. I have used the font tag in string resources before with no problem, why can't I use it here?

Answer 1

Hello @Nathan Sokalski ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I can reproduce this issue and I have submitted a ticket on our Developer Community, here’s the thread link: This resource URL cannot be resolved. Please kindly follow up that thread, and if there’s any update, I will inform you as soon as possible.

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Sincerely,

Tianyu

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