Very confusing to start using on Android about xamarin.plugins HOT 7 CLOSED

👍 I agreed with @RefuX. The installation doc is great, but no simple how-to. I'm figuring out how to use this plugin now. Still, I couldn't find a way to use it yet. 😢

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Ok, it turned out that I haven't looked hard enough. We can use this plugin by interpolating the icon name in string (like "{fa-user} User"), but I still can't make it to change to the icon yet.

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Just bind a string property to your button e.g.:
<iconize:IconButton Text="{Binding MyIcon}" />

And the property should look like this:

private string _myIcon;
public string MyIcon
        {
            get
            {
                return _myIcon;
            }
            set
            {
                _myIcon = value;
                FirePropertyChanged();
            }
        }

And there was an import change by version 1.0.6: You can't use Icon names like this: {fa-navicon} instead you have to use now: fa-navicon

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Thanks, @L4rS6. I think I'll wait for the document.

(I've just started using Xamarin.Forms this week, still in the beginning of the learning curve. I hope I can contribute to the community when I'm more familiar with the tools.)

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I've just installed this plugin again and it works great! Thanks for this wonderful plugin.

The trick is to follow the installation instruction carefully, then use the provided custom controls with the Text property as the icon name (in case of IconLabel). For example, <iconize:IconLabel Text="fa-users" />. Other controls might use different properties.

Don't forget to add the namespace in the beginning of the XAML file, too.
xmlns:iconize="clr-namespace:FormsPlugin.Iconize;assembly=FormsPlugin.Iconize"

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Tried to add this to my xamarin forms project, works like a charm on IOS but when I try to add the INIT command to the MainActivity I get the error:

The name `MaterialIconControls' does not exist in the current context

The MaterialIconControls exists in the IOS implementation but does not seem to in the Driod (I Tried adding

using MaterialIcons.FormsPlugin.Droid;

manually but it still can't resolve the namespace (although it does suggest adding a using to the IOS version to fix this which must be wrong)

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@asj-it use Iconize and not MaterialIcons

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