XAML Binding to a static resource

Question

Hello,
i'm setting a value to a static property like this:

<Setter Property="BackgroundColor" Value="{x:Static e:MyClass1.Blau}">

This works fine, if MyClass1 is:

public static class MyClass1
{
 public static Color Blau { get; } = Color.Blue;
}

But i have a static class MyClass2 within MyClass1 like this:

    public static class MyClass1
    {
          public static class MyClass2
          {
                     public static Color Blau { get; } = Color.Blue;
          }
    }

in this case, i should be able to access with the following xaml-code:

<Setter Property="BackgroundColor" Value="{x:Static e:MyClass1.MyClass2.Blau}">

But this does not work, because get the errormessage "cannot resolve type MyClass1.MyClass2"
How can i solve this problem?

Christian

Answer 1

Hello,​

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get the errormessage "cannot resolve type MyClass1.MyClass2"

When using a nested type in xaml, please using MyAssembly.MyClass+MyOtherClass style instead.

Here is the sample code, you could refer to it.

   <Setter Property="BackgroundColor" Value="{x:Static e:MyClass1+MyClass2.Blau}">  

Similar issue case: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48080481/xamarin-xaml-xstatic-reference-to-property-in-a-nested-class

Best Regards,

Jarvan Zhang

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