Adding a custom font in Xamarin

Question

The new way to add a custom font is to add the font as an embeddedResource and then add this line in App.xaml.ca:

[assembly: ExportFont("DSEG7ModernRegular.ttf")]

But I get this error:

Error   CS0246  The type or namespace name 'ExportFontAttribute' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

My project references:

"In this post we will see how to use it in Xamarin.Forms 4.5.530 and up." — Jason
– Jason, Commented Apr 10, 2020 at 20:05
I'm going to assume that's a typo and he means 4.5.0.530 - nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Forms/4.5.0.530 — Jason
– Jason, Commented Apr 10, 2020 at 20:44
it's in the release notes for that build - learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/release-notes/…. It should be in the main Xamarin.Forms namespace - I assume you have using Xamarin.Forms; in the file? You might try the usual tricks of restarting VS, clearing bin/obj folders, etc — Jason
– Jason, Commented Apr 10, 2020 at 21:17

Jason · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-10 21:32:16Z

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ExportFontAttribute is in the Xamarin.Forms namespace, so be sure you have

using Xamarin.Forms;

answered Apr 10, 2020 at 21:32

Jason

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