具有共享项目和XAML的字符串资源

Question

I'm trying to put all my string resources in one place. I have created a Shared Project in Visual Studio called MySolution.Shared which contains my string resources file, ie,

MySolution.Shared/Strings/en-US/Resources.resw

In that file I have defined a single string with key MyKey and value MyString . I have then added a reference to this Shared Project to a Universal Apps project called MySolution.Universal .

Using <TextBlock Name="MyTextBlock" x:Uid="MyKey"/> in XAML neither shows anything nor throws an exception. Using MyTextBlock.Text = ResourceLoader.GetForCurrentView().GetString("MyKey") in code behind does work.

So, how do I correctly reference shared string resources in a Shared Project directly from XAML?

Answer 1

The reason is that WPF doesn't know which property of "MyTextBlock" should the value of "MyKey" be assigned to.

So you need to change the key of "MyKey" to "MyKey.Text". this means that any element with the x:Uid="MyKey" should have its text property set to "MyString".

It is mostly useful for Localizable UI's and when you want to set RTL or LTR flow direction of elements, or their fonts, etc...

example: (in resources)

<data name="Inputs.FontFamily" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Segoe UI</value> </data>

and in xaml:

<TextBox x:Uid="Inputs" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="0"/>