How to create subdirectories ?

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How to create subdirectories ?

xi guo 40

For Xamarin.Android application, how can I configure to create subdirectories, or even subdirectories, in these directories(such as Resources\layout, Resources\values, Resources\drawable, and so on) so that I can sort out programs that have multiple activities?

Please help me!

Thank you!

Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 50,126 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-09-04T01:54:20.5033333+00:00
For further investigation, could you please provide the following information?

What is your expected behavior? What is the actual behavior of the program at the moment? What are the differences between them?

Could you please give a clarification on sort out programs that have multiple activities?

Please refer to Guidelines for posting a quality question on Microsoft Q&A for more details.
xi guo 40 Reputation points

2023-09-04T02:21:03.3533333+00:00

If there are multiple activities, each activity may use different resources, if all in one directory (e.g. drawable, layout, values), one is inconvenient to manage and appear disorganized, and one is in Solution Explorer, opening a directory may be very long. So, can it be divided and conquered by creating subdirectories or even grandchildren? It's like using namespaces to separate classes for different functions.

I don't know if I made it clear, thanks for your attention.
xi guo 40 Reputation points

2023-09-04T02:50:45.9266667+00:00

The problem is that under the default configuration, a second-level subdirectory is created in the Resources directory at will, and the resources in this directory cannot be found, and an error is reported, which feels that I really don't want Microsoft to do.

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Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 50,126 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-09-04T01:54:20.5033333+00:00

For further investigation, could you please provide the following information?

What is your expected behavior? What is the actual behavior of the program at the moment? What are the differences between them?

Could you please give a clarification on sort out programs that have multiple activities?

Please refer to Guidelines for posting a quality question on Microsoft Q&A for more details.
xi guo 40 Reputation points

2023-09-04T02:21:03.3533333+00:00

If there are multiple activities, each activity may use different resources, if all in one directory (e.g. drawable, layout, values), one is inconvenient to manage and appear disorganized, and one is in Solution Explorer, opening a directory may be very long. So, can it be divided and conquered by creating subdirectories or even grandchildren? It's like using namespaces to separate classes for different functions.

I don't know if I made it clear, thanks for your attention.
xi guo 40 Reputation points

2023-09-04T02:50:45.9266667+00:00

The problem is that under the default configuration, a second-level subdirectory is created in the Resources directory at will, and the resources in this directory cannot be found, and an error is reported, which feels that I really don't want Microsoft to do.

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Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 50,126 Microsoft External Staff

Hello,

After investigation, this issue in Xamarin.Android was determined by design.

In Xamarin.Android, if you need to create a folder under Resource, you need to follow this document to create an alternate resource folder.

Therefore, in Xamarin, it is recommended that you use different prefixes when naming variables to distinguish the resources required by different activities.

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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xi guo 40 Reputation points

2023-09-04T08:14:49.94+00:00

真是醍醐灌顶，一语惊醒梦中人。您真的帮了我的大忙。非常感谢！

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