[Xamarin Forms] Embed custom fonts in your apps
Recently I had some difficulties to embed custom fonts in my applications. Specially with the iOS application that was crashing with no message (while it was working for the Android version). In fact, it was a font issue. So in this post I will show you some tips to embed quickly custom fonts in both your Android & iOS apps. 1- Select your fonts The first step is to get some cool fonts you want to use. You'll maybe use (free) fonts from various websites like: www.1001freefonts.com www.dafont.com 2- Set font files properties In your solution, include your fonts files: iOS: Create a subfolder (in the the 'Resources' directory) where to embed the fonts Build Action = BundleResource & "Copy Always" Android : Create a subfolder in the 'Assets' directory where to embed the fonts: Build Action = "AndroidAsset" & "Copy Always" 3- iOS application: edit your plist file With iOS you need to specify the e