Xamarin.Forms Views
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Xamarin.Forms views are the building blocks of cross-platform mobile user interfaces.
Views
Xamarin.Forms uses the word View to refer to visual objects such as buttons, labels or text entry boxes - which may be more commonly known as controls of widgets.
These UI elements are typically are subclasses of View.
Xamarin.Forms supports:
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| ActivityIndicator | A visual control used to indicate that something is ongoing. This control gives a visual clue to the user that something is happening, without information about its progress. |
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| BoxView | A View used to draw a solid colored rectangle. BoxView is a useful stand-in for images or custom elements when doing initial prototyping. BoxView has a default size request of 40x40. If you need a different size, assign the VisualElement.WidthRequest and the VisualElement.HeightRequest. |
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| Button | A button View that reacts to touch events. |
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| DatePicker | A View that allows date picking. The visual representation of a DatePicker is very similar to the one of Entry, except that a special control for picking a date appears in place of a keyboard |
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| Editor | A control that can edit multiple lines of text. For single line entries, see Entry. |
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| Entry | A control that can edit a single line of text. Entry is a single line text entry. It is best used for collecting small discrete pieces of information, like usernames and passwords. |
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| Image |
A View that holds an image.
Image API Working with Images Demo source |
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| Label | A View that displays text in a read only format. A Label is used to display single-line text elements as well as multi-lines blocks of text. |
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| ListView |
An ItemView that displays a collection of data as a vertical list.
ListView API ListView documentation |
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| OpenGLView |
A View that displays OpenGL content.
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| Picker | A View control for picking an element in a list. The visual representation of a Picker is similar to a Entry, but a picker control appears in place of a keyboard. |
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| ProgressBar | A View control indicating a progress. |
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| SearchBar | A View control that provides a search box. |
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| Slider | A View control that inputs a linear value. |
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| Stepper | A View control that inputs a discrete value, constrained to a range. |
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| Switch | A View control that provides a toggled value. |
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| TableView |
A View that holds rows of Cells.
TableView API TableView documentation Demo source |
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| TimePicker | A View control that provides time picking. The visual representation of a TimePicker is very similar to the one of Entry, except that a special control for picking a time appears in place of a keyboard. |
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| WebView |
A View that presents HTML content.
WebView API WebView documentation Demo source |
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