Referencing static objects created in XAML - xaml

Question

I am trying to create some design-time data using XAML. I am afraid I can't find guidance on the Web on how to create an array by referencing other XAML-created objects. Something similar to this...
<MyClass x:Key="Obj1" Prop1="..." Prop2="..." />
<MyClass x:Key="Obj2" Prop1="..." Prop2="..." />
<x:Array Type={x:Type my:MyClass} x:Key="MyObjects">
<StaticResource Key="Obj1" />
<StaticResource Key="Obj2" />
</x:Array>
Unfortunately, the above doesn't work. Is there something that would work?
I reproduced the error by creating an empty Xamarin Forms app with the latest VS Studio for the Mac. I added this to ContentPage.Resources...
<ContentPage.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<n:String x:Key="myString">Hello World</n:String>
<x:Array x:Key="myArray" Type="{x:Type n:String}">
<StaticResource Key="myString" />
</x:Array>
</ResourceDictionary>
</ContentPage.Resources>
I get the following error at the start of the application:
Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.XamlParseException
... StaticResource not found for key myString
I am building a Xamarin.Forms application using the latest version of Visual Studio for Mac.
Also, I am aware I can create the objects as direct children of the array. I am trying to create them separately so that I can include them in different collections.
Update (after the suggestion from #junior-jiang-msft)
I tried Junior Jiang's proposal but I get the following build error...
/Users/savasp/Projects/test/test/MainPage.xaml: Error: The given key 'Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.XmlName' was not present in the dictionary.
Here's the sample XAML Form in a new, vanilla Xamarin.Forms project...
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" xmlns:d="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms/design" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="d" x:Class="test.MainPage">
<ContentPage.Resources>
<x:String x:Key="m1">hello</x:String>
<x:String x:Key="m2">world</x:String>
<x:Array x:Key="array" Type="{x:Type x:String}">
<Setter Value="{StaticResource m1}" />
<Setter Value="{StaticResource m2}" />
</x:Array>
</ContentPage.Resources>
<StackLayout>
<!-- Place new controls here -->
<ListView ItemsSource="{StaticResource array}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<Label Text="{Binding}" />
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</StackLayout>
</ContentPage>

Answer 1

Maybe you misunderstand something about ResourceDictionary.For the value and assignment of StaticResource.
<ContentPage...>
<ContentPage.Resources>
<x:String x:Key="myStringOne">Hello String One</x:String>
<x:String x:Key="myStringTwo">Hello String Two</x:String>
<x:Array x:Key="myArray" Type="{x:Type x:String}">
<x:String>mono</x:String>
<x:String>monodroid</x:String>
<x:String>monotouch</x:String>
<x:String>monorail</x:String>
<x:String>monodevelop</x:String>
<x:String>monotone</x:String>
<x:String>monopoly</x:String>
<x:String>monomodal</x:String>
<x:String>mononucleosis</x:String>
</x:Array>
</ContentPage.Resources>
<StackLayout>
<ListView ItemSource="{StaticResource myArray}"/>
</StackLayout>
</ContentPage>
You can refer to this document Creating and Consuming a ResourceDictionary.

Answer 2

You should declare like this:
<x:Array Type="{x:Type x:String}">
<x:String>Hello</x:String>
<x:String>World</x:String>
</x:Array>
Or, another example using Color Object:
<ListView.ItemsSource>
<x:Array Type="{x:Type Color}">
<Color>Aqua</Color>
<Color>Black</Color>
<Color>Blue</Color>
<Color>Fuchsia</Color>
<Color>Gray</Color>
<Color>Green</Color>
<Color>Lime</Color>
<Color>Maroon</Color>
<Color>Navy</Color>
<Color>Olive</Color>
<Color>Pink</Color>
<Color>Purple</Color>
<Color>Red</Color>
<Color>Silver</Color>
<Color>Teal</Color>
<Color>White</Color>
<Color>Yellow</Color>
</x:Array>
</ListView.ItemsSource>
You can check the XAML Markup docs here