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xerotolerant
xerotolerant

Reputation: 2079

Xamarin.forms custom font exception

Hello I am trying to apply a custom font to a Label using the following code

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             x:Class="ExerClub.Pages.Profile" Title="Profile">
  <StackLayout>
    <Label Text="Login">
      <Label.FontFamily>
        <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="x:String">
          <OnPlatform.iOS>MarkerFelt-Thin</OnPlatform.iOS>
          <OnPlatform.Android></OnPlatform.Android>
          <OnPlatform.WinPhone></OnPlatform.WinPhone>
        </OnPlatform>
      </Label.FontFamily>
    </Label>
    <Label Text="Club Name"/>
    <Label Text="More randomness"/>

  </StackLayout>
</ContentPage>

Code Behind

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

using Xamarin.Forms;

namespace ExerClub.Pages
{
    public partial class Profile : ContentPage
    {
        public Profile()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }
}

This is taken from Xamarin.forms Documentation

I am getting the following error on iOS

System.ArgumentException: Object of type 'System.String' cannot be converted to type 'Xamarin.Forms.View'.

I am new to Xamarin and don't really understand why this might fail.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 354

Answers (1)

eakgul
eakgul

Reputation: 3698

You need to put font name <x:String>fontName</x:String> tags or simply write like below:

<Label Text="Login">
  <Label.FontFamily>
  <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="x:String"
              iOS="MarkerFelt-Thin" Android=""
              WinPhone=""/>
  </Label.FontFamily>
</Label>

Upvotes: 1

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