Fonts are not working on UWP App..

[mikeimhof]

Created a very simple app but the icons are not working on windows app. I used your Page1.xaml and App.xaml.cs and the project compiles fine without errors but only shows [] where the icons should be. It runs fine on Android. I must be missing something...

Thanks in advance.

[cresilva]

Hi,

Copy iconize-fontawesome.ttf to resource folder, in iOS app work perfectly ;)

[Denny966]

Still doesn't work for me on UWP

[linck]

I have this problem when run on Relase mode. On Debug mode works, but Release not work

[TimBurris]

linck I have the same issue, works with Debug, but not release. did you ever resolve? i'm about to dive into the code and try to figure it out.

Update: while i have not been able to fix it, yet, it only fails when using"compile with .net native tool chain" which is on by default for release builds. if you uncheck it will work (and build 10 times faster) but you won't be able to publish to the store, so it's not a solution.

Update again Finally got it working! in your OnLaunched, replace your simple Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init(e) with:

var assembliesToInclude = new List<Assembly>();

// Now, add in all the assemblies your app uses
assembliesToInclude.Add(typeof(FormsPlugin.Iconize.IconButton).Assembly);
assembliesToInclude.Add(typeof(FormsPlugin.Iconize.UWP.IconControls).Assembly);
assembliesToInclude.Add(typeof(Plugin.Iconize.IIconModule).Assembly);
assembliesToInclude.Add(typeof(Plugin.Iconize.UWP.IconizeExtensions).Assembly);
assembliesToInclude.Add(typeof(Plugin.Iconize.Fonts.FontAwesomeModule).Assembly);

//init xamarin with the UWP overload to include those assemblies
Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init(e, assembliesToInclude);

The reason is kind of documented, but they use language like "might" and "maybe": https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/platform-features/windows/installation/universal/#Troubleshooting

if your UWP app is referencing multiple assemblies (for example third party control libraries, or your app itself is split into multiple libraries), Xamarin.Forms may be unable to load objects from those assemblies (such as custom renderers).

This might occur when using the Compile with .NET Native tool chain which is an option for UWP apps in the Properties > Build > General window for the project.

You can fix this by using a UWP-specific overload of the Forms.Init call in App.xaml.cs as shown in the code below (you should replace ClassInOtherAssembly with an actual class your code references):

[DuncanMcIntyre]

The UWP specific overload to load the plugin assemblies worked for me.