How can I reference a resource (png) from a seperate project in the same solution

Question

My solution is structured as follows:

1. Class Library (Name = Chess)
   • Images
     • Pawn.png
2. WPF Core 3.1 Project (Name =

Answer 1

Tried this with a plain netcoreapp3.1 class library.

While in XAML Designer the ChessApp's MainWindow correctly shows the image resource, I see a System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException at runtime.

Changing the class library project's Sdk property from

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

to

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">

fixed the problem.