How can I share XAML UserControls between VS projects?

Question

I have a Portable Class Library project targeting Windows 8.1. The project has some normal C# files (template controls), and some XAML Page files (user controls).

When I build the project, I get the following in the bin/Release folder.

• user_controls
  • example .xbf
• Themes
  • Generic.xbf
• project .dll
• project .pdb
• project .pri
• project .xr.xml

These files are enough to deploy and run a test harness for the library in the same solution. I'd like to know how to package these files so that I can use them in other projects/solutions.

Answer 1

I found how to do this by trial and error. The package manager of choice for VS projects seems to be Nuget, for which the package file structure is as follows.

• project
  • user_controls
    • example .xbf
  • Themes
    • Generic.xbf
  • project .xr.xml
• project .dll
• project .pdb
• project .pri

The above goes in the lib folder. I'd be happy to here about a better (or less haphazard) way of doing this. But at least it works!