Xamarin.Forms Android Project not showing Resource.Layout folder

Question

I have a Xamarin.Forms solution in which inside my Android project I have a custom BroadcastReceiver . Inside this class I'm trying to create a custom notification layout using RemoteViews which was explained to me using this thread .

However I am having problems with the construction of this class using the RemoteViews(Android.Content.Context,Resource.Layout) constructor. Specifically the Resource.Layout portion. When I go into the 'Resources' folder there is only a Drawable folder (even when 'Show All Files' is enabled). Which is interesting considering I can access layouts after typing Resource.Layouts .

Is there a way to get a custom .xml id int (or .axml if that's the case) to be referenced for this strategy inside the Layout 'folder', or any other way Xamarin does instead that I may not have knowledge of?

Answer 1

Essentially all you have to do is add a folder in the Android project named "Layout" under the Resources folder. Then create the .axml file. Then the file can be referenced using Resources.Layout and the id retrieved using the method from this thread .