In this section, you will create two mutually-exclusive radio buttons (enabling one disables the other), using the RadioGroup and RadioButton widgets. When either radio button is pressed, a toast message will be displayed.

1. Open the Resources/layout/Main.axml file and add two RadioButtons, nested in a RadioGroup (inside the LinearLayout):

   <RadioGroup
         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:orientation="vertical">
         <RadioButton android:id="@+id/radio_red"
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:text="Red" />
         <RadioButton android:id="@+id/radio_blue"
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:text="Blue" />
       </RadioGroup>

   It's important that the RadioButtons are grouped together by the RadioGroup element so that no more than one can be selected at a time. This logic is automatically handled by the Android system. When one RadioButton within a group is selected, all others are automatically deselected.

2. To do something when each RadioButton is selected, we need to write an event handler:

   private void RadioButtonClick (object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
       RadioButton rb = (RadioButton)sender;
       Toast.MakeText (this, rb.Text, ToastLength.Short).Show ();
   }

   First, the sender that is passed in is cast into a RadioButton. Then a Toast message displays the selected radio button's text.

3. Now, at the bottom of the OnCreate() method, add the following:

   RadioButton radio_red = FindViewById<RadioButton>(Resource.Id.radio_red);
   RadioButton radio_blue = FindViewById<RadioButton>(Resource.Id.radio_blue);
   
   radio_red.Click += RadioButtonClick;
   radio_blue.Click += RadioButtonClick;

   This captures each of the RadioButtons from the layout and adds the newly-created event handlerto each.

4. Run the application.

Tip: If you need to change the state yourself (such as when loading a saved CheckBoxPreference), use the Checked property setter or Toggle() method.

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