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Groupping layout xml files from resources layout folder
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Melnic, Vadim
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I have a Visual Studio 2019 Xamarin.Android (None Forms) with ~ 200 xml layout files in ~\Resources\layout project folder.
Is there any way somehow to group layout xml files from ~\Resources\layout folder into several groups and support Visual Studio building the project ?
Example:
Current structure:
~\Resources\layout
----- x_layout1.xml
----- x_layout2.xml
----- x_layout3.xml
----- x_layout4.xml
----. . .
----- x_layout200.xml
Necessary structure:
~\Resources\layout
----\activities
--------- x_layout1.xml
--------- x_layout2.xml
--------. . .
----\fragments
--------\common
------------- x_layout10.xml
------------- x_layout11.xml
------------. . .
--------\blocks
------------- x_layout21.xml
------------- x_layout22.xml
------------. . .
--------\actions
------------- x_layout31.xml
------------- x_layout32.xml
------------. . .
----\dialogs
--------- x_layout41.xml
--------- x_layout42.xml
--------. . .
Developer technologies | .NET | Xamarin
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Cole Xia (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 6,756 Reputation points2021-03-23T09:57:40.663+00:00 The feature has been raised here : https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/issues/2741 .
You could try the workaround erikpowa mentioned : https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/issues/2741#issuecomment-470708668 .
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Melnic, Vadim 1 Reputation point
2021-03-23T10:23:08.61+00:00 Thank's for response, I'll investigate it more deeply, but already I see from comments: 1) This works but the problem is that you cannot saw your files on the solution explorer, they are "hidden" Also the designer wont work cause the file it's not visible.
My own temp solution is next one: 1) Create some UIResources/layout folder with all layouts (with Build Action = Content/None) and subfolders inside 2) In Droid project in Pre-build event command line add a script which is doing next: - a) Clears all from Resources/layout - b) Copy all files from UIResources/layout (including files from subfolders) into Resources/layout
BUT in this case during editing xml files from UIResources/layout, at least VS designer and intellisense will not work.
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Melnic, Vadim 1 Reputation point
2021-03-23T10:24:02.907+00:00 A nice feature which would solve the issue would be some "Virtual folder" support in Visual Studio Solution Explorer, but seems there is no such feature.
Maybe there is some VS plugin to support "Virtual folder" feature in Visual Studio Solution Explorer?
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