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Jason Richmeier
Jason Richmeier

Reputation: 1645

Resource Error When Creating Xamarin Forms Project Via Standard Template Versus Prism Template

Yesterday afternoon, I created a Xamarin forms project using the standard blank template.

When I attempt to deploy the project to an Android emulator running version 4.4, the following exception is thrown:

Android.Content.Res.Resources+NotFoundException: 'File res/drawable/abc_vector_test.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f070059'

This occurs on the line of code base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState); in MainActivity.cs in the Android project.

A forum post (here) seems to indicate that this is caused by an unsupported (older) version of Android. This seems plausible as it will work if I run the application on a later version. My understanding is that 4.4 is still supported so I am not sure what the issue is. I commented on this forum post but was not sure if anyone would see it as it was marked as resolved.

I marked this question with the Prism tag but it is not a Prism issue. I thought maybe someone from the Prism realm might be able to tell me what is going on since the Prism template is working.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1078

Answers (1)

nevermore
nevermore

Reputation: 15816

After some research, I found there is an know issue listed in the Xamarin.Andorid release note:

GitHub 3314: "Java.Lang.Exception: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: File res/drawable/abc_vector_test.xml from drawable resource ID #0x7f080058" will abort app execution on Android 4.4 KitKat (API level 19) or lower for apps built with AAPT2 that use Android Support Libraries.

Workaround:

Add the --no-version-vectors option to the $(AndroidAapt2LinkExtraArgs) MSBuild property in your .csproj file:

XML

<PropertyGroup>
    <AndroidAapt2LinkExtraArgs>--no-version-vectors</AndroidAapt2LinkExtraArgs>
</PropertyGroup>

Then clean and rebuild the project.

Follow the Github thread or the new release note to check the process of this issue:xamarin/xamarin-android/pull

Upvotes: 13

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