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Spacedog12
Spacedog12

Reputation: 1

How to access the Styles.xaml file and use it in the c# markup code

I am new to dotnet maui and I can't figuring out how to use the styles defined in the Styles.xaml sheet in the c# markup code.

When I use the following code, my application crashes

new Label
{
    Text = "Hello, World!",
    Style = (Style)Application.Current.Resources["TitleLabel"]
}

The style exists in the stylesheet:

<Style TargetType="Label" x:Key="TitleLabel"\>
    <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Montserrat" /\>
    <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="20" /\>
    <Setter Property="FontAttributes" Value="None" /\>
    <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="{StaticResource Black}" /\>
</Style\>

So how do I get this style to work with my c# markup code?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 158

Answers (2)

Spacedog12
Spacedog12

Reputation: 1

I was able to access the Colors.xaml file with the following if-statement:

if (App.Current.Resources.TryGetValue("ReadTag", out var colorvalue))
            StatusTagColor = (Color)colorvalue;

Upvotes: 0

Liqun Shen-MSFT
Liqun Shen-MSFT

Reputation: 8245

Styles can be defined globally by adding them to the app's resource dictionary. See Global styles. So you could put your TitleLabel in the app level.

<Application.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/Colors.xaml" />
            <ResourceDictionary Source="Resources/Styles/Styles.xaml" />
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
        <Style TargetType="Label" x:Key="TitleLabel">
            <Setter Property="FontFamily" Value="Montserrat" />
            <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="20" />
            <Setter Property="FontAttributes" Value="None" />
            <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="Black"/>
        </Style>
    </ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>

Then you could get the style using your code without throwing the error,

new Label
{
    Text = "Hello, World!",
    Style = (Style)Application.Current.Resources["TitleLabel"]
}

Upvotes: 0

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