SF in Xojo

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Is there an easy way to use SF symbols in Xojo ?

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Do you use MBS Xojo Plugins?

We recently added imageWithSystemSymbolName method for NSImageMBS class to query picture for a symbol name.

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@Christian_Schmitz has NSImageMBS documentation said it works for Mac, Console and Web not for iOS

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Well, there is no plugin SDK for iOS in Xojo 2020r1.

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For iOS, you can use iOSImage.SystemImage to retrieve them.

You’ll definitely want Apple’s SF Symbols app if you don’t have it.

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Thank you @Gavin_Smith.

In ImageView open method I just write

me.Image = iOSImage.SystemImage("pencil",me.Width, iOSImage.SystemImageWeights.Regular)

And it works fine!

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This only works in iOS 13 and above so I use:

If System.Version >= “13” Then
customCell.SFSymbolsIcon.Image = iOSImage.SystemImage(“list.bullet”,0,iosimage.SystemImageWeights.Regular,SymbolColorGroup,Nil)
Else
customCell.SFSymbolsIcon.Image = listicon
End If

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You can set the fallback image also in iOSImage.SystemImage. Then it’s ready for iOS Versions < iOS 13 :wink:

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@Martin_T sorry I don’t understood what you mean

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Look here: iOSImage — Xojo documentation

iOSImage.SystemImage(name as Text, size as Double, weight as iOSImage.SystemImageWeights = SystemImageWeights.Regular, templateColor as ColorGroup = Nil, fallbackTemplateImage as iOSImage = nil) As iOSImage

Retrieves an SF Symbol on iOS 13+ and optionally colorizes it with the option of supplying a fallback template image for older versions of iOS, which will also be colorized.

Set Parameter fallbackTemplateImage with an Static Image and it should work fine for < iOS 13.

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Speaking of “optionally colorizes”, that currently doesn’t work.

<https://xojo.com/issue/58923>

I still assign a ColorGroup to it, in case it starts working in the future.