one styles project to rule them all?

[maslewandowski]

Is it possible to make one project in a solution to wrap all styles.xaml files?

the problem is: i use devexpress, syncfusion, commmunitytoolkit and the default controls.

so i created three xaml files:
1. DefaultStyles.xaml
2. DevExpressStyles.xaml
3. SyncFusionStyles.xaml

so i configured my project file like this:
References:

  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net9.0-ios'">
    <PackageReference Include="DevExpress.Maui.Charts" Version="24.2.5" />
    <PackageReference Include="DevExpress.Maui.CollectionView" Version="24.2.5" />
    <PackageReference Include="DevExpress.Maui.Controls" Version="24.2.5" />
    <PackageReference Include="DevExpress.Maui.DataGrid" Version="24.2.5" />
    <PackageReference Include="DevExpress.Maui.Editors" Version="24.2.5" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net9.0-windows10.0.19041.0'">
    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit" Version="1.0.4" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Controls" Version="9.0.50" />
</ItemGroup>

Compile:

  <ItemGroup>
    <MauiXaml Update="Colors.xaml">
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </MauiXaml>
    <MauiXaml Update="DefaultStyles.xaml">
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </MauiXaml>
    <MauiXaml Update="DevExpressStyles.xaml" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net9.0-ios'">
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </MauiXaml>
    <MauiXaml Update="SyncFusionStyles.xaml" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net9.0-windows10.0.19041.0'">
      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
    </MauiXaml>
  </ItemGroup>

so i thought like: wow this is nice!
but then i still faces compile errors:
XamlC error XC0000: Cannot resolve type "http://schemas.devexpress.com/maui:ChartView".
XamlC error : Failed to resolve assembly: 'Syncfusion.Maui.Toolkit, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'

Am i missing something? Is it even possible?

p.s.: the reason why i want to separate devexpress and syncfusion is, that devexpress throws a runtime exception on windows maui apps.

[maslewandowski]

no one?