Requesting Guidance on Referencing a Method in .NET MAUI within Visual Studio 2022

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Requesting Guidance on Referencing a Method in .NET MAUI within Visual Studio 2022

Sarfaraz Sable 30

I'm currently working with .NET MAUI in Visual Studio 2022 and have encountered an issue while attempting to reference a method I created within my code. The method is intended to be invoked upon clicking a button. However, I'm facing difficulties enabling the reference to this method.

Could you kindly provide guidance on how to properly enable and display the reference to this method when it's called within the code?

   private async void OnSaveButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {}  code

<Button Text="Save" Clicked="OnSaveButtonClicked" HorizontalOptions="End" VerticalOptions="Center" /> -UI

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Your assistance in resolving this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-01-08T04:34:50.37+00:00
I noticed that the “code” you provided is outside the OnSaveButtonClicked method body. I‘m confused about what way you want to call the "code".

Does the whole method look like the following?

private async void OnSaveButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e) {code}

Do you want to reuse “code”? I mean calling the method(code) again somewhere else.
Sarfaraz Sable 30 Reputation points

2024-01-08T05:09:09.6033333+00:00

In the XAML file, there exists a "Save" button that, when clicked, calls the OnSaveButtonClicked method.
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-01-08T05:36:44.1933333+00:00

From the code snippets you provided, the save button and its click action are right. Currently, the OnSaveButtonClicked method cannot be triggered, right? Could you please describe the detailed specific issue you are facing?
Sarfaraz Sable 30 Reputation points

2024-01-08T07:03:30.13+00:00

I am encountering an issue where the OnSaveButtonClicked method, invoked at the UI level upon triggering the "Save" button in the XAML file, doesn't show any references in the reference tag. Typically, in Windows, when a method is called, its references are displayed to indicate where it has been invoked, but in this case, I'm not seeing any references for this method.

The method OnSaveButtonClicked executes properly when triggered, despite the "reference tag" above it showing zero references.

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Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-01-08T04:34:50.37+00:00

I noticed that the “code” you provided is outside the OnSaveButtonClicked method body. I‘m confused about what way you want to call the "code".

Does the whole method look like the following?

private async void OnSaveButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e) {code}

Do you want to reuse “code”? I mean calling the method(code) again somewhere else.
Sarfaraz Sable 30 Reputation points

2024-01-08T05:09:09.6033333+00:00

In the XAML file, there exists a "Save" button that, when clicked, calls the OnSaveButtonClicked method.
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2024-01-08T05:36:44.1933333+00:00

From the code snippets you provided, the save button and its click action are right. Currently, the OnSaveButtonClicked method cannot be triggered, right? Could you please describe the detailed specific issue you are facing?
Sarfaraz Sable 30 Reputation points

2024-01-08T07:03:30.13+00:00

I am encountering an issue where the OnSaveButtonClicked method, invoked at the UI level upon triggering the "Save" button in the XAML file, doesn't show any references in the reference tag. Typically, in Windows, when a method is called, its references are displayed to indicate where it has been invoked, but in this case, I'm not seeing any references for this method.

The method OnSaveButtonClicked executes properly when triggered, despite the "reference tag" above it showing zero references.

Answer 1

Hello,

The "References" doesn't show the reference number from the .xaml. Please see Find code changes and other history with CodeLens - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Learn

If the indicator shows 0 references, you don't have any references from your C# or Visual Basic code. However, there might be references in other items such as .xaml and .aspx files.

（Also, I added a VS tag for this thread since the issue is related to IDE）

Best Regards,

Wenyan Zhang

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