Stretch BindableLayout.ItemTemplate in Maui horizontally - xaml

Question

I have a HorizontalStackLayout with elements in it added via the BindableLayout.Itemsource.
This is an example of what I mean:
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="StackLayoutStretchTest.MainPage">
<VerticalStackLayout>
<HorizontalStackLayout
HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
BackgroundColor="Green">
<BindableLayout.ItemsSource>
<x:Array Type="{x:Type x:String}">
<x:String>Baboon</x:String>
<x:String>Capuchin Monkey</x:String>
<x:String>Blue Monkey</x:String>
<x:String>Squirrel Monkey</x:String>
<x:String>Golden Lion Tamarin</x:String>
<x:String>Howler Monkey</x:String>
<x:String>Japanese Macaque</x:String>
</x:Array>
</BindableLayout.ItemsSource>
<BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Label Text="{Binding .}"
VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
HorizontalTextAlignment="Center"
TextColor="White"
BackgroundColor="DarkBlue"/>
</DataTemplate>
</BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
</HorizontalStackLayout>
<VerticalStackLayout HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand">
<Label Text="Text"
HorizontalTextAlignment="Center"
TextColor="Black"
BackgroundColor="White"/>
</VerticalStackLayout>
</VerticalStackLayout>
</ContentPage>
How can I make the Labels(Blue) FillAndExpand into the free space(Green)?
The Maui learn page says:
A HorizontalStackLayout only respects the alignment preferences on
child views that are in the opposite direction to the orientation of
the layout.
Is there a way to stretch the children, or what is the appropriate "container" for this use case?

Answer 1

Please be noted that it's a known issue that being tracked in [Bug] LayoutOptions Expand not work in HorizontalStackLayout and VerticalStackLayout . To be clear, the AndExpand options are deprecated, and are not supported in the new HorizontalStackLayout and VerticalStackLayout. As an alternative solution, you can achieve the same layout with a Grid. Or you can continue to use StackLayout for another choice.