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Kullis
Kullis

Reputation: 73

Xamarin Android assets folder not updating when building the solution

I have a Xamarin.Forms app that needs to read data from a json file. I placed the file into the Android assets folder and selected the build action AndroidAssets

Example

Then I try to load the file in MainActivity with Assets.Open(filename) and I get a FileNotFoundException. I deleted the Android and PCL bin folders and tried to build the project again but got the same result. Then I opened the .apk file in WinRar and when I go to the assets folder, the files that I added to the project are not there.

Does anyone have any idea what's the problem here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1861

Answers (2)

Kullis
Kullis

Reputation: 73

The problem was with using the "-" character in resource file names. Changed it as suggested by York Shen and it started working as it was supposed to.

Upvotes: 2

FabriBertani
FabriBertani

Reputation: 1636

Did you set the files as embedded resources from the file properties?

If you not, right click on the file -> Properties -> set as Embedded Resources in Build Action

Upvotes: 2

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