CommunityToolkit Error in Library in MAUI

Using the following code in a ContentPage will cause an error: Cannot resolve type "http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2022/maui/toolkit".

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xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2022/maui/toolkit"
<ContentPage.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <toolkit:InvertedBoolConverter x:Key="InvertedBoolConverter"/>
        <!--<toolkit:IsEqualConverter x:Key="IsEqualConverter"/>-->
    </ResourceDictionary>
</ContentPage.Resources>

When using CommunityToolkit in an app project, the following code is required

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var builder = MauiApp
         .CreateBuilder()
         .UseMauiApp<App>()
         .UseMauiCommunityToolkit()

This code cannot be used in a class library. The error occurs because the Visual Studio linker removes code it considers invalid during compilation. To resolve this, add x:Name to each converter.

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<toolkit:InvertedBoolConverter x:Key="InvertedBoolConverter"  x:Name="InvertedBoolConverter"/>
<!--<toolkit:IsEqualConverter x:Key="IsEqualConverter" x:Name="IsEqualConverter"/>-->