[Monodroid] BUG? Linked assets aren't copied into the apk, Preview 13 Visual Studio

[Amir Waldman]

Project Linker simply creates a link in the same way that you would add a
file to your project and choose 'Add As Link'. 
The thing is that you can't do that with images or media files. Project
Linker allows that and does it automatically when you add media files to the
source project where your original files are stored.

This is how it looks in the csproj file. 

<AndroidAsset Include="..\AnotherProject\Assets\mypicture.png">
<Link>Assets\mypicture.png</Link>
</AndroidAsset>

<AndroidAsset
Include="..\AnotherProject\Assets\SomeFolder\another_picture.png">
<Link>Assets\SomeFolder\another_picture.png</Link>
</AndroidAsset>

In the MonoDroid project I would see under Assets: mypicture.png with a
shortcut icon. This file won't physically appear because it is linked to
another location. 

I don't think a zip would help if you don't have Project Linker installed...

Regards,
Amir
-----Original Message-----
From: monodroid-bounces at lists.ximian.com
[mailto:monodroid-bounces at lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Pryor
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 5:38 PM
To: monodroid at lists.ximian.com
Subject: Re: [Monodroid] BUG? Linked assets aren't copied into the apk,
Preview 13 Visual Studio

On Mar 1, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Amir Waldman wrote:
> Although I do use a class library, I put assets in the main assembly. The
> main assembly is linked (using Project Linker) another project.

I lack knowledge/experience/use of Project Linker, so I have no idea what
impact this would have, if any.

> Bottom line: main assembly has the assets, but they appear as linked (with
a
> shortcut icon on them).

Furthermore, I don't know what this means at the .csproj level, and what
impact this has on the rest of the tooling. Are they listed as
<AndroidAsset/>s within the .csproj? Something else?

Could you zip up a sample project that demonstrates this issue for poking
purposes?

Thanks,
 - Jon

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