XF.TextIcon

Xamarin Forms Library for Icon font Works in Android and iOS Required Xamarin.Forms 3.5.0.274416 or above

Supporting Font

1. Ionicon https://ionicons.com/
2. FontAwesome 5 Free https://fontawesome.com/icons
3. Icon8 Windows 10 https://github.com/icons8/windows-10-icons
4. Google Material Icon https://material.io/tools/icons/?style=baseline
5. IcoFont https://icofont.com/

Support UI Control

1. Span
2. Label

Setup

1. Forms Project

• Install Nuget Package

Install-Package XF.TextIcon.Forms -Version 1.0.0.0

2. Android Project

• Add Fonts to Asset Folder and make sure Build Action is AndroidAsset

3. iOS Project

• Add Fonts to Resources folder and make sure Build Action is BundleResource
• Insert below to info.plist

<key>UIAppFonts</key>
  <array>
  	<string>ionicons.ttf</string>
  <string>icons8-win10.ttf</string>
  <string>icofont.ttf</string>
  <string>GoogleMaterial.ttf</string>
  <string>FontAwesome5FreeRegular.otf</string>
  <string>FontAwesome5FreeSolid.otf</string>
  <string>FontAwesome5FreeBrand.otf</string>
</array>

How to use

To use in xaml, you may set the icon as below. The IconName can be check from CheatSheet.

  <Label>
           <Label.FormattedText>
               <FormattedString>
                   <texticon:IconSpan IconType="IonicIcon" IconName="ion-ios-arrow-round-forward" FontSize="Large"/>
                   <texticon:IconSpan IconType="Icon8Win10" IconName="icons8-win10-clipboard" FontSize="Large"/>
                   <texticon:IconSpan IconType="IcoFont" IconName="icofont-gift-box" FontSize="Large"/>
                   <texticon:IconSpan IconType="GoogleMaterial" IconName="material-add_shopping_cart" FontSize="Large"/>
                   <texticon:IconSpan IconType="FontAwesomeBrand" IconName="fontawesome5-free-brand-facebook" FontSize="Large"/>
                   <texticon:IconSpan IconType="FontAwesomeRegular" IconName="fontawesome5-free-regular-calendar-check" FontSize="Large"/>
                   <texticon:IconSpan IconType="FontAwesomeSolid" IconName="fontawesome5-free-solid-angry" FontSize="Large"/>
               </FormattedString>
           </Label.FormattedText>
       </Label>
       <texticon:IconLabel IconType="FontAwesomeSolid" IconName="fontawesome5-free-solid-angry" FontSize="Large"/>

Further improvement

Please let me know if any request on different fonts, providing the otf / ttf file will be nice.