How do I add an Android .XML Vector Asset in Xamarin Forms?

Issue

I have several Android .XML Images, which supposedly loads faster.

In C#, how do I assign the XML file to an ImageSource.

Currently I have an example phone.xml file in the Drawable folder of my android project.

I try to call this:

var imgSource = ImageSource.FromFile("phone.xml");

but no image is displayed. Can I display an image directly from the drawable folder of the Android project?

Solution

You can use drawable/phone.xml and as you mentioned in your comment drawable/phone.

Obviously you’d need to add a conditional statement so it uses that string only for android:

string source = "phone.png";
if (Device.RuntimePlatform == Device.Android)
    source = "drawable/phone"
var imgSource = ImageSource.FromFile(source);

Answered By - Saamer