[SOLVED] Embed Spine animations in Xamarin.Forms using Monogame

Embed Spine animations in Xamarin.Forms using Monogame

I'm trying to embed an animated avatar that was created using Spine in Xamarin.Forms.

The idea is as follows: I want to create a Xamarin.Forms UI (XAML) in a PCL, instantiate a Game class of the Monogame Framework (Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game) and have that game instance render on the Xamarin.Forms View.

I have managed to get a Spine animation to run on Xamarin.Android so far.

In the Android project, I can request an "Android View" service type from the Monogame game class, like that:

protected override void OnCreate (Bundle bundle)
{
    base.OnCreate (bundle);

    var g = new Game1(); //inherits from Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game
    SetContentView((View)g.Services.GetService(typeof(View)));
    g.Run();
}

Is there a generic view type I can request from the Game class as to take that view and have it render on a Xamarin.Forms page? (That way I could leave all animation-related code in the PCL and have it render in a cross-platform style.)

Or is there any other way I can integrate the animation in Xamarin.Forms? The animation should exist alongside other Xamarin.Forms controls like buttons or a menu.

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