Icon Fonts not showing up in Unpackaged Windows Deployment

[KaFo]

Describe the bug
When using new .NET8 Unpackaged Windows Deployment the icon font is not included/applied in the published App. (MauiIcons 2.0). I haven't tested with MSIX deployment yet, so can't say if it works there.

I made simple example based on .NET8 Maui Hello World template. I only replaced the dot net bot image with a Mood Material Icon.

See code in GitHub Repo (MauiIcon branch)

or patch against base template here:
MauiIconsInHelloWorldMaui.patch

This is how it looks like
from IDE: OK

published: NOT OK

[AathifMahir]

Thanks for reporting this issue, I'll try diagnosing this issue on Sample Application and Get Back to you

[AathifMahir]

@KaFo Also would you mind explaining the patch url? What is that file

[KaFo]

Thanks for the ultra fast response (and thanks for the great package, much appreciated!)
The Patch just illustrates the changes I made to the hello world app. So basically the stuff you have to do to go from blank hello world to an app that reproduces the issue. You can ignore it if you reproduce yourself or use the github example branch I provided.

[AathifMahir]

@KaFo the issue seems to be related this issue
dotnet/maui#9104

Will investigate this further and come with a solution as soon as possible

[KaFo]

Hi. Thank you for investigating this. Seems quite a few problems with maui development end up being bugs@microsoft... But at least they gave it prio "p/1". Which means "Work that is critical for release but we can probably ship without". Hargh Hargh. :-)

[LukasKStavario]

Hi I have same problem here, any solution?

[AathifMahir]

Hi I have same problem here, any solution?

We are waiting for fix on Maui Side, as far as now, I'm not aware of any workarounds

[AathifMahir]

Hello Folks,

Update on this issue, This issue is finally Fixed with Win2D v1.2.0, we can expect to Maui to update the Win2D Dependency to v1.2.0 upcoming service releases. Once that's done, we can finally close this issue

[jeremy-visionaid]

AFAIK, the upstream issue was fixed months ago in Maui. I haven't tried the project myself, but at a quick glance it looks like MauiVersion here has been left at its default, so its value would be defined by the toolchain (currently Maui 8.0.21 assuming VS 17.10.1), currently latest Maui is 8.0.40. But the Win2D dependency could also be bumped explicitly with a PackageReference (if you're targetting 8.0.10 or later).

[FireController1847]

Is there a workaround / solution for using this library on an unpackaged app as of the current state? I noticed this issue referenced recently but the context doesn't make much sense given what I'm able to read. What is the current status of this issue in this regard?