Shell navigation doesn't update view - xaml

I have a Shell MAUI app with two pages: a form and a list. After inserting a new record with the form and navigating to the list page, it's not updated. I can easily achieve this without MVVM using this:
private void OnBackToMenu(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Navigation.PushAsync(new MainPage());
}
How can I achieve the same with MVVM?
Here's my shell:
<Shell
x:Class="Production.Savings.Maui.AppShell"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Production.Savings.Maui"
xmlns:views="clr-namespace:Production.Savings.Maui.Views"
Shell.FlyoutBehavior="Disabled">
<TabBar>
<Tab Title="Transactions">
<ShellContent ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate views:TransactionsPage}" />
</Tab>
<Tab Title="Add New">
<ShellContent ContentTemplate="{DataTemplate views:AddNewPage}" />
</Tab>
</TabBar>
</Shell>
public partial class AppShell : Shell
{
public AppShell()
{
InitializeComponent();
Routing.RegisterRoute(nameof(TransactionsPage), typeof(TransactionsPage));
Routing.RegisterRoute(nameof(AddNewPage), typeof(AddNewPage));
}
}
View:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="Production.Savings.Maui.Views.TransactionsPage"
xmlns:viewmodel="clr-namespace:Production.Savings.Maui.ViewModels"
xmlns:model="clr-namespace:Production.Savings.Maui.Models"
x:DataType="viewmodel:TransactionsViewModel"
Title="TransactionsPage">
<VerticalStackLayout>
<CollectionView x:Name="transactionsList"
ItemsSource="{Binding Transactions}"
SelectionMode="None">
<CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:DataType="model:Transaction">
<Label Text="{Binding Amount}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
</CollectionView>
</VerticalStackLayout>
</ContentPage>
public partial class TransactionsPage : ContentPage
{
public TransactionsPage(TransactionsViewModel vm)
{
InitializeComponent();
BindingContext = vm;
}
}
Viewmodel:
public partial class TransactionsViewModel: ObservableObject
{
public TransactionsViewModel()
{
Transactions = new ObservableCollection<Transaction>(App.TransactionRepository.GetAllTransactions());
}
[ObservableProperty]
ObservableCollection<Transaction> transactions;
}

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XAML Data Binding value not refreshing inside two ContentPages

I am trying to output a value from my object to two different entries. Both entries are on the same view but in different ContentPages as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<TabbedPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="myApp.Views.ViewTabs.ViewHome"
xmlns:localTabs="clr-namespace:myApp.Views.ViewTabs"
xmlns:localObjPages="clr-namespace:myApp.Objects"
>
<ContentPage Title="PageOne">
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
<localObjPages:PagesObj/>
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
<ScrollView>
<StackLayout>
<Entry
x:Name="EntryOne" Text="{Binding BananaCount}"/>
<Entry
x:Name="EntryTwo" Text="{Binding BananaCount}"/>
</StackLayout>
</ScrollView>
</ContentPage>
<ContentPage Title="PageTwo">
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
<localObjPages:PagesObj/>
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
<ScrollView>
<StackLayout>
<Entry
x:Name="EntryThree" Text="{Binding BananaCount}"/>
</StackLayout>
</ScrollView>
</ContentPage>
</TabbedPage>
My Model:
public string BananaCount
{
get { return _bananaCount; }
set
{
if (_bananaCount != value)
{
_bananaCount = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("BananaCount");
}
}
}
The object is updated and returned in EntryOne or in EntryTwo when I change it either in EntryOne or in EntryTwo. However, it is not updated in EntryThree. Why is this? Am I Binding this correctly? Thank you.
The object is updated and returned in EntryOne or in EntryTwo when I change it either in EntryOne or in EntryTwo. However, it is not updated in EntryThree. Why is this? Am I Binding this correctly?
Do one sample about TabbedPage, assign datasource for TabbedPage, not contentpage, that you can take a look:
<TabbedPage
x:Class="FormsSample.tabbedpage.TabbedPage6"
xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:FormsSample.tabbedpage">
<!--Pages can be added as references or inline-->
<ContentPage Title="PageOne">
<ScrollView>
<StackLayout>
<Entry x:Name="EntryOne" Text="{Binding str}" />
<Entry x:Name="EntryTwo" Text="{Binding str}" />
<Button
x:Name="btn1"
Clicked="btn1_Clicked"
Text="change data" />
</StackLayout>
</ScrollView>
</ContentPage>
<ContentPage Title="PageTwo">
<ScrollView>
<StackLayout>
<Entry x:Name="EntryThree" Text="{Binding str}" />
</StackLayout>
</ScrollView>
</ContentPage>
public partial class TabbedPage6 : TabbedPage
{
public tabclass tabc { get; set; }
public TabbedPage6()
{
InitializeComponent();
tabc = new tabclass();
this.BindingContext = tabc;
}
private void btn1_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
tabc.str = "this is test!";
}
}
public class tabclass:ViewModelBase
{
private string _str;
public string str
{
get { return _str; }
set
{
_str = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("str");
}
}
}
The ViewModel is one class that implement INotifyPropertyChanged.
public class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public void RaisePropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}

Xamarin: Set multiple viewmodels by reference from code behind

I need to set two ViewModels from the code behind in the xaml code. Or if there is better way doing would be great to.
When I do it like this way the application crashes. When I set ProductDetailViewModel in the code behind (BindingContext = ViewModel) everything works fine.
update
It's not an good idea to pass viewModels as parameters.
I have now one class "ViewModelLocator" which contains all the ViewModels as static properties. Use Google for more info. This way things are way easier.
example
ViewModelLocator
public static class ViewModelLocator
{
public static AddProductViewModel AddProductViewModel { get; set; } = new AddProductViewModel(App.ProductDataStore, App.NavigationService);
}
end update
update 2
As #Waescher stated, it's better to use FreshMvvm. The static approach is simple and fast but not good for slow devices or larger apps. Thanks.
end update 2
**Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.XamlParseException:** 'Position 9:10. Can not find the object referenced by `ProductDetailViewModel`'
Since I can't set the ViewModels directly in the xaml I need to do it by reference from code behind.
See < *** First ViewModel *** > and < *** Second ViewModel *** > in the xaml code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:controls="clr-namespace:BoerPlaza.Controls"
xmlns:flv="clr-namespace:DLToolkit.Forms.Controls;assembly=DLToolkit.Forms.Controls.FlowListView"
xmlns:ffimageloading="clr-namespace:FFImageLoading.Forms;assembly=FFImageLoading.Forms"
x:Class="BoerPlaza.Views.Product.ProductCustomerPictures">
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
<x:Reference Name="ProductDetailViewModel" /><!-- *** First ViewModel ***!-->
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
<ContentPage.Content>
<StackLayout>
<!-- Total image count -->
<Label Text="{Binding Product.UserImages.Total}"
Style="{StaticResource H2}" />
<!-- Title -->
<Label Text="{Binding Product.Title}"
Style="{StaticResource H1}" />
<!-- reviews -->
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal">
<controls:StarDisplayTemplateView x:Name="customRattingBar"
SelectedStarValue="{Binding Product.RatingTotal}" />
<Label Text="{Binding Product.RatingAmount, StringFormat='{0} reviews | '}" />
<Label Text="Schrijf een review" />
</StackLayout>
<Label Text="{Binding Product.Title, StringFormat='Heb je een productfoto van {0} die je wilt delen? '}" />
<Button Text="Foto's toevoegen"
Command="{Binding SelectImagesCommand}"
BackgroundColor="{StaticResource neutral-color}"
BorderColor="{StaticResource alt-color}"
BorderWidth="1"
TextColor="{StaticResource primary-color}"
HorizontalOptions="Start"
HeightRequest="40"
FontSize="12" />
<!-- hr -->
<BoxView Style="{StaticResource separator}" />
<flv:FlowListView FlowColumnCount="3"
x:Name="listItems"
FlowItemsSource="{Binding Media}"
SeparatorVisibility="None"
HasUnevenRows="false"
RowHeight="100"
HeightRequest="0">
<flv:FlowListView.BindingContext>
<x:Reference Name="MultiMediaPickerViewModel" /> <!-- *** Second ViewModel ***!-->
</flv:FlowListView.BindingContext>
<flv:FlowListView.FlowColumnTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<ffimageloading:CachedImage DownsampleToViewSize="true"
HeightRequest="100"
Source="{Binding PreviewPath}"
Aspect="AspectFill"
HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand">
</ffimageloading:CachedImage>
<Image Source="play"
IsVisible="false"
HorizontalOptions="End"
VerticalOptions="End">
<Image.Triggers>
<DataTrigger TargetType="Image"
Binding="{Binding Type}"
Value="Video">
<Setter Property="IsVisible"
Value="True" />
</DataTrigger>
</Image.Triggers>
</Image>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</flv:FlowListView.FlowColumnTemplate>
</flv:FlowListView>
</StackLayout>
</ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>
Code behind:
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class ProductCustomerPictures : ContentPage
{
public ProductDetailViewModel ProductDetailViewModel
{
get { return _productDetailViewModel; }
set { _productDetailViewModel = value; }
}
public MultiMediaPickerViewModel MultiMediaPickerViewModel
{
get { return _multiMediaPickerViewModel; }
set { _multiMediaPickerViewModel = value; }
}
private ProductDetailViewModel _productDetailViewModel;
private MultiMediaPickerViewModel _multiMediaPickerViewModel;
public ProductCustomerPictures(ProductDetailViewModel viewModel)
{
InitializeComponent();
ProductDetailViewModel = viewModel;
MultiMediaPickerViewModel = new MultiMediaPickerViewModel(MultiMediaPickerServiceStaticVariableHolder.MultiMediaPickerService);
}
}
If I understood this correctly and if you want to keep the pattern to pass in the view model as constructor argument ...
public ProductCustomerPictures(ProductDetailViewModel viewModel)
{
InitializeComponent();
ProductDetailViewModel = viewModel;
MultiMediaPickerViewModel = new MultiMediaPickerViewModel(MultiMediaPickerServiceStaticVariableHolder.MultiMediaPickerService);
}
... then you can remove this completely ...
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
...
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
... and this property ...
public ProductDetailViewModel ProductDetailViewModel
{
get { return _productDetailViewModel; }
set { _productDetailViewModel = value; }
}
Instead, just set the BindingContext directly in the constructor.
public ProductCustomerPictures(ProductDetailViewModel viewModel)
{
InitializeComponent();
BindingContext = viewModel; // <-- here
MultiMediaPickerViewModel = new MultiMediaPickerViewModel(MultiMediaPickerServiceStaticVariableHolder.MultiMediaPickerService);
}
Now, each and every control in the XAML is binding to the ProductDetailViewModel.
But you still have the FlowListView which should bind to the MultiMediaPickerViewModel. Instead of setting its binding context directly in XAML, it is common to use the binding with a reference, but first you have to give the whole page a name with which we can refer in the binding:
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
...
...
x:Name="thisPage" <--- here
x:Class="BoerPlaza.Views.Product.ProductCustomerPictures">
Now, you can use the name as reference in the binding expression:
<flv:FlowListView FlowColumnCount="3"
x:Name="listItems"
FlowItemsSource="{Binding Source={x:Reference thisPage}, Path=MultiMediaPickerViewModel.Media}"
SeparatorVisibility="None"
HasUnevenRows="false"
RowHeight="100"
HeightRequest="0">
"{Binding Source={x:Reference thisPage}, Path=MultiMediaPickerViewModel.Media}" uses the page itself (by name thisPage) and binds to the property Media of the property MultiMediaPickerViewModel of the page.
With that, you can safely remove this code as well:
<flv:FlowListView.BindingContext>
...
</flv:FlowListView.BindingContext>
By the way, you can condense the properties in the code behind:
public MultiMediaPickerViewModel MultiMediaPickerViewModel { get; private set; }
public ProductCustomerPictures(ProductDetailViewModel viewModel)
{
InitializeComponent();
BindingContext = viewModel;
MultiMediaPickerViewModel = new MultiMediaPickerViewModel(MultiMediaPickerServiceStaticVariableHolder.MultiMediaPickerService);
}

Xamarin forms Add button in TabbedPage

I have a question. I created the following TabbedPage:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<TabbedPage 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"
xmlns:views="clr-namespace:MyApp.Views"
mc:Ignorable="d"
x:Class="MyApp.Views.MainPage"
xmlns:android="clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.PlatformConfiguration.AndroidSpecific;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Core"
android:TabbedPage.ToolbarPlacement="Bottom"
BarBackgroundColor="White"
BarTextColor="Black"
android:TabbedPage.BarItemColor="#B2B2B2"
android:TabbedPage.BarSelectedItemColor="#56D7A5"
android:TabbedPage.IsSwipePagingEnabled="False">
<TabbedPage.Children>
<NavigationPage Title="page1" IconImageSource="navbar_page1">
<x:Arguments>
<views:page1 NavigationPage.HasNavigationBar="False" />
</x:Arguments>
</NavigationPage>
<NavigationPage Title="page2" IconImageSource="navbar_page2">
<x:Arguments>
<views:page2 NavigationPage.HasNavigationBar="False" />
</x:Arguments>
</NavigationPage>
<NavigationPage Title="page3" IconImageSource="navbar_page3">
<x:Arguments>
<views:page3 NavigationPage.HasNavigationBar="False" />
</x:Arguments>
</NavigationPage>
</TabbedPage>
Now on every page I have added this custom FabMenu like this:
<c:FloatingMenu Margin="0, 0, 10, 10" BGColor="#56D7A5" OpenIcon="openFab_icon" CloseIcon="closeFab_icon"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds=".95,.95" AbsoluteLayout.LayoutFlags="PositionProportional">
<c:FloatingButton x:Name="btnAddHomework" BGColor="#59E1FF" IconSrc="add_homework_icon" OnClickCommand="{Binding btnAddHomeworkCommand}" />
<c:FloatingButton x:Name="btnAddDeadline" BGColor="#0FF1A0" IconSrc="add_deadline_icon"/>
<c:FloatingButton x:Name="btnAddTest" BGColor="#5988FF" IconSrc="add_test_icon"/>
</c:FloatingMenu>
The problem is that every page has his own FabMenu, so you see it dissapear and reappear on every page, so my question is: Is there some kind of root view that overlays all the tabs in the TabbedPage?
Please let me know how I do that!
Disclaimer
I came up with a way to create the effect wanted using only pure Xamarin.Forms. Read along and pay attention to the tricky parts of the solution.
Abstract
This solution is achieved implementing AbsoluteLayout, CarouselView, IndicatorView and DataTemplateSelector. Xamarin.Forms 4.8 is supposed in what follows. If a lower version is used, please take into account that features like CarouselView or IndicatorView could be in Preview status.
DataTemplateSelector, CarouselView and IndicatorView are used to simulate a TabbedPage, and AbsoluteLayout is used to provide the Overlay.
So, now with the solution:
Create your Views
Here you create a view for each of the pages you want. In this example i want my application to consist of two pages, so i create two views (code behind remains untouched):
View1.xaml
<ContentView xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="overlayTest.View1"
BackgroundColor="Black">
<ContentView.Content>
<StackLayout>
<Label Text="Welcome to Xamarin.Forms 1!"
TextColor="White"
VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
</StackLayout>
</ContentView.Content>
</ContentView>
View2.xaml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ContentView xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="overlayTest.View2">
<ContentView.Content>
<StackLayout>
<Label Text="Welcome to Xamarin.Forms 2!"
VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
</StackLayout>
</ContentView.Content>
</ContentView>
Create a DataTemplateSelector
This will be used by the CarouselView in order to select one view or the other depending on the current Position.
using System;
using Xamarin.Forms;
namespace overlayTest
{
class MyTemplateSelector : DataTemplateSelector
{
readonly DataTemplate view1, view2;
public MyTemplateSelector()
{
view1 = new DataTemplate(typeof(View1));
view2 = new DataTemplate(typeof(View2));
}
protected override DataTemplate OnSelectTemplate(object item, BindableObject container)
{
String s = item.ToString();
if(s == "1")
{
return view1;
}
return view2;
}
}
}
Create your Main Page
Page1.xaml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:t="clr-namespace:overlayTest"
x:Class="overlayTest.Page1">
<ContentPage.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<t:MyTemplateSelector x:Key="templateSelector"/>
</ResourceDictionary>
</ContentPage.Resources>
<ContentPage.Content>
<AbsoluteLayout>
<StackLayout AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds="0,0,1,1"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutFlags="All"
Padding="0"
Spacing="0">
<CarouselView ItemTemplate="{StaticResource templateSelector}"
IndicatorView="indicatorView">
<CarouselView.ItemsSource>
<x:Array Type="{x:Type x:String}">
<x:String>1</x:String>
<x:String>2</x:String>
</x:Array>
</CarouselView.ItemsSource>
</CarouselView>
<IndicatorView x:Name="indicatorView">
<IndicatorView.IndicatorTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackLayout HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand">
<Frame Margin="10">
<Label/>
</Frame>
</StackLayout>
</DataTemplate>
</IndicatorView.IndicatorTemplate>
</IndicatorView>
</StackLayout>
<ContentView
IsVisible="True" VerticalOptions="Start"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds="0,0,1,1"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutFlags="All"
BackgroundColor="Transparent">
<Frame CornerRadius="10"
Margin="20"
VerticalOptions="StartAndExpand"
HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" InputTransparent="False">
<StackLayout Padding="0">
<Label
FontSize="Medium"
TextColor="Black"/>
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal"
HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand">
<Label Text="I am floating here"/>
<Switch IsToggled="True" />
</StackLayout>
<Button Text="Save"
BackgroundColor="Accent"/>
</StackLayout>
</Frame>
</ContentView>
</AbsoluteLayout>
</ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>
And in the code behind we set the name of the tabs. Here please put attention in the fact that i am supposing an element tree of a StackLayout -> Frame -> Label. If you change the IndicatorTemplate, you will have to also modify this part of the code!
Page1.xaml.cs
using System.Linq;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Xaml;
namespace overlayTest
{
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class Page1 : ContentPage
{
public Page1()
{
InitializeComponent();
indicatorView.PropertyChanged += (s, a) =>
{
if (a.PropertyName == IndicatorView.HeightProperty.PropertyName)
{
var indicators = indicatorView.IndicatorLayout.Children.ToList();
int counter = 0;
foreach(var indicator in indicators)
{
var indicatorBaseStack = (StackLayout)indicator;
var indicatorFrame = (Frame)indicatorBaseStack.Children[0];
var indicatorFrameLabel = (Label)indicatorFrame.Content;
indicatorFrameLabel.Text = counter == 0 ? "View1" : "View2";
counter++;
}
}
};
}
}
}
Finally set that Page to the MainPage property of App:
public App()
{
InitializeComponent();
MainPage = new Page1();
}
The final result looks like this:
As a workaround, you could set ToolbarItem of each ContentPage (or you can define a base ContentPage).
<ContentPage.ToolbarItems>
<ToolbarItem Text="Example Item"
IconImageSource="xxx.png"
Order="Secondary"
Clicked="{Binding xx}"
Priority="0" />
<ToolbarItem Text="Example Item"
IconImageSource="xxx.png"
Order="Secondary"
Priority="1" />
<ToolbarItem Text="Example Item"
IconImageSource="xxx.png"
Order="Secondary"
Priority="2" />
</ContentPage.ToolbarItems>
I recommend creating a BaseContentPage that includes a static FloatingButton. This allows every page to inherit from BaseContentPage and use the same FloatingButton.
Code
BaseContentPage
abstract class BaseContentPage : ContentPage
{
protected static Button Button { get; } = new Button { Text = $"This button was created at {DateTimeOffset.UtcNow}" }.Invoke(button => button.Clicked += HandleButtonClicked);
static async void HandleButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e) =>
await Application.Current.MainPage.DisplayAlert("Button Clicked", "This is the same button on both pages", "OK");
}
Example LabelPage
class LabelPage : BaseButtonPage
{
public LabelPage()
{
Title = "LabelPage";
Content = new StackLayout
{
Children =
{
new Label { Text = "Label Page" }.TextCenter().Center(),
Button
}
}
}
}
Example ButtonPage
class ButtonPage : BaseButtonPage
{
public ButtonPage()
{
Title = "ButtonPage";
Content = Button;
}
}
Example App
public class App : Application
{
public App()
{
Device.SetFlags(new[] { "Markup_Experimental" });
MainPage = new TabbedPage
{
Children =
{
new ButtonPage(),
new LabelPage()
}
};
}
}
Sample App
Here is the sample app used to create the attached GIF:
https://github.com/brminnick/TabbedPageButton/

toolbar items xamarin.forms disappeared

I want to add toolbar item to save the user input. I used the contentpage.toolbar items as shown in the code below:
<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="firstXamarin.HistoryPage">
<ContentPage.ToolbarItems>
<ToolbarItem Text="Add"
Order="Primary"
Priority="0"
Clicked="Add_OnClicked" />
</ContentPage.ToolbarItems>
<ContentPage.Content>
<StackLayout Margin="30,30">
<Entry x:Name="UsernameEntry" Placeholder="username" VerticalOptions="Center" Height="50" />
</StackLayout>
</ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>
the toolbar item and the toolbar are missed. I followed these solutions but they do not work:
Toolbar item not showing in xamarin forms
ToolbarItem are not shown
this my .cs file for the page:
public HistoryPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Add_OnClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Post post = new Post()
{
Username = UsernameEntry.Text
};
SQLiteConnection conn = new SQLiteConnection(App.DatabaseLocation);
conn.CreateTable<Post>();
int rows = conn.Insert(post);
conn.Close();
if (rows > 0)
{
DisplayAlert("Success", "the data inserted successfully", "ok");
}
else
{
DisplayAlert("failure", "the data are not inserted ", "ok");
}
}
Note:
I have read that i would use navigation page but I did not find xaml example for NavigationPage implementation
Below is the code of tabbed page :
<TabbedPage 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"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:firstXamarin;assembly=firstXamarin"
mc:Ignorable="d"
x:Class="firstXamarin.MainPage">
<TabbedPage.ToolbarItems></TabbedPage.ToolbarItems>
<local:ReportPage Title="Report" />
<local:HistoryPage Title="History"/>
</TabbedPage>
{
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class MainPage : TabbedPage
{
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
}
App Page Code :
<Application.Resources>
<Color x:Key="ButtonColor">CornflowerBlue</Color>
<Color x:Key="EntryColor">Gainsboro</Color>
<Style TargetType="Button">
<Setter Property="BackgroundColor" Value="{StaticResource ButtonColor}"/>
<Setter Property="TextColor" Value="{StaticResource EntryColor}"/>
</Style>
</Application.Resources>
</Application>
public partial class App : Application
{
public static string DatabaseLocation = string.Empty;
public App()
{
InitializeComponent();
MainPage = new NavigationPage(new MainPage());
}
public App(string dblocation)
{
InitializeComponent();
MainPage = new NavigationPage(new MainPage());
DatabaseLocation = dblocation;
}
protected override void OnStart()
{
}
protected override void OnSleep()
{
}
protected override void OnResume()
{
}
}
If the MainPage of App is a TabbedPage .
in App.xaml.cs
MainPage = new MainPage()
in MainPage
Set the children page as NavigationPage
<TabbedPage.Children>
<NavigationPage Title="xxx">
<x:Arguments>
<local:HistoryPage />
</x:Arguments>
</NavigationPage>
<NavigationPage Title="xxx">
<x:Arguments>
<local:ReportPage />
</x:Arguments>
</NavigationPage>
</TabbedPage.Children>

ContentView binding doesn't work properly

I have a resuable control like this to display a loading spinner:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ContentView 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="Framework.Controls.Loading" x:Name="LoadingControl" IsVisible="{Binding LoadingIndicator}"
HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand">
<ContentView.Content>
<ActivityIndicator HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand" Color="DarkBlue"
IsVisible="{Binding LoadingIndicator}"
IsRunning="{Binding LoadingIndicator}">
</ActivityIndicator>
</ContentView.Content>
</ContentView>
I am trying to consume it on a page like this:
<controls:Loading LoadingIndicator="{Binding IsLoading}"></controls:Loading>
However, the loading spinner fails to appear on-screen.
When I set the LoadingIndicator property to true, it appears just fine:
<controls:Loading LoadingIndicator="true"></controls:Loading>
My 'IsLoading' binding is definitely working properly, because if I place the following code directly in my XAML page it also works fine:
<ActivityIndicator HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
Color="DarkBlue" IsVisible="{Binding IsLoading}" IsRunning="{Binding IsLoading}">
</ActivityIndicator>
Therefore, what is it about this that's wrong?
<controls:Loading LoadingIndicator="{Binding IsLoading}"></controls:Loading>
The 'IsLoading' property gets set on each of my pages from my view model. Here is a snippet from the view model:
public ICommand OnSave => new Command(async () =>
{
IsLoading = true;
await CreateItem();
IsLoading = false;
});
The code-behind for my control looks like this:
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class Loading : ContentView
{
public static readonly BindableProperty LoadingIndicatorProperty =
BindableProperty.Create(
propertyName: nameof(LoadingIndicator), typeof(bool),
typeof(Loading), default(string), BindingMode.OneWayToSource);
public bool LoadingIndicator
{
get => (bool)GetValue(LoadingIndicatorProperty);
set => SetValue(LoadingIndicatorProperty, value);
}
public Loading()
{
InitializeComponent();
BindingContext = this;
}
}
Do I need to write code to handle the change if the IsLoading binding gets updated?
This is the full code for the page where I am using the control:
ItemCreatePage.xaml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage Title="{Binding PageTitle}"
xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:userControls="clr-namespace:Framework.UserControls"
xmlns:converters="clr-namespace:Framework.ValueConverters"
xmlns:controls="clr-namespace:Framework.Controls;assembly=Framework.Android"
x:Class="Framework.Views.Item.ItemCreatePage">
<ContentPage.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<converters:DoubleConverter x:Key="DoubleConverter"></converters:DoubleConverter>
</ResourceDictionary>
</ContentPage.Resources>
<ContentPage.Content>
<Grid>
<ScrollView>
<Grid RowSpacing="0" VerticalOptions="Start">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackLayout Grid.Row="1" Padding="20,20,20,0" VerticalOptions="Start">
<Label Text="Category" />
<userControls:BindablePicker
ItemsSource="{Binding Categories}"
SelectedItem="{Binding Path=Item.CategoryName, Mode=OneWay}"
DisplayMemberPath="Name"
SelectedValuePath="Id"
SelectedValue="{Binding Path=Item.CategoryId, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
<Label Text="Description" />
<Editor Text="{Binding Item.Description}" HeightRequest="100"/>
<Label Text="Area"/>
<Entry Text="{Binding Item.LineNumber}"/>
<Label Text="Identifier"/>
<Entry Text="{Binding Item.Identifier}"/>
<Label Text="Code"/>
<Entry Text="{Binding Item.Code}"/>
<Label Text="Priority" />
<userControls:BindablePicker
ItemsSource="{Binding Priorities}"
SelectedItem="{Binding Path=Item.ItemPriority, Mode=OneWay}"
DisplayMemberPath="Name"
SelectedValuePath="Id"
SelectedValue="{Binding Path=Item.ItemPriorityCode, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
<Label Text="Owner" />
<userControls:BindablePicker
ItemsSource="{Binding Users}"
SelectedItem="{Binding Path=Item.OwnerName, Mode=OneWay}"
DisplayMemberPath="Name"
SelectedValuePath="Id"
SelectedValue="{Binding Path=Item.OwnerId, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
<Label Text="Due Date" />
<DatePicker Date="{Binding Item.DateDue}" />
<Label Text="Date Identified" />
<DatePicker Date="{Binding Item.DateIdentified}" />
<Label Text="Status" />
<userControls:BindablePicker
ItemsSource="{Binding Statuses}"
SelectedItem="{Binding Path=Item.Status, Mode=OneWay}"
DisplayMemberPath="Name"
SelectedValuePath="Id"
SelectedValue="{Binding Path=Item.StatusCode, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
<Label Text="Comment" />
<Editor Text="{Binding Item.Comment}" HeightRequest="100"/>
<Label Text="IOM" />
<Entry Text="{Binding Item.OutcomeMeasurementInitial, Mode=TwoWay, Converter={StaticResource DoubleConverter}}" Keyboard="Numeric" />
<Label Text="FOM" />
<Entry Text="{Binding Item.OutcomeMeasurementFinal, Mode=TwoWay, Converter={StaticResource DoubleConverter}}" Keyboard="Numeric" />
<Label Text="Longitude" />
<Entry Text="{Binding Item.Longitude, Mode=TwoWay, Converter={StaticResource DoubleConverter}}" Keyboard="Numeric" />
<Label Text="Latitude" />
<Entry Text="{Binding Item.Latitude, Mode=TwoWay, Converter={StaticResource DoubleConverter}}" Keyboard="Numeric" />
<Button Margin="0,20,0,20" Command="{Binding OnSave}" BackgroundColor="{StaticResource Primary}"
BorderRadius="2" Text="Save" VerticalOptions="End" TextColor="White" ></Button>
</StackLayout>
</Grid>
</ScrollView>
<controls:Loading LoadingIndicator="{Binding IsLoading}"></controls:Loading>
</Grid>
</ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>
ItemCreatePage.xaml.cs
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class ItemCreatePage : ContentPage
{
public ItemCreatePage ()
{
InitializeComponent ();
}
protected override async void OnAppearing()
{
var vm = BindingContext as ItemCreateViewModel;
vm.Item = new Data.Entities.Item();
await vm?.GetDeviceLocation();
base.OnAppearing();
}
}
The view model code:
public class ItemCreateViewModel : FormViewModel<Data.Entities.Item>
{
public async Task GetDeviceLocation()
{
this.Item = await this.Item.AddDeviceLocation();
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(this.Item));
}
public ILookupService LookupService { get; set; }
public IItemService ItemService { get; set; }
#region selectLists
public List<EnumListItem<ItemPriority>> Priorities => EnumExtensions.ToEnumList<ItemPriority>();
public List<EnumListItem<ItemStatus>> Statuses => EnumExtensions.ToEnumList<ItemStatus>();
public string PageTitle => $"{PageTitles.ItemCreate}{this.OfflineStatus}";
public List<Data.Entities.User> Users => UserService.GetAll(this.Offline);
public List<Data.Entities.Lookup> Categories => LookupService.GetLookups(this.Offline, LookupTypeCode.ItemCategories);
#endregion
public Data.Entities.Item Item { get; set; }
public ICommand OnSave => new Command(async () =>
{
await Loading(CreateItem);
});
private async Task CreateItem()
{
// ... Save logic is here
}
FormViewModel:
public class FormViewModel<T> : BaseViewModel
{
public IValidator<T> Validator => Resolve<IValidator<T>>();
public bool IsLoading { get; set; }
/// <summary>
/// Render a loading spinner whilst we process a request
/// </summary>
/// <param name="method"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task Loading(Func<Task> method)
{
IsLoading = true;
await method.Invoke();
IsLoading = false;
}
}
BaseViewModel:
public class BaseViewModel : IViewModelBase
{
public BaseViewModel()
{
if (this.GetCurrentUserToken() != null && !UserService.IsActive())
{
SettingService.ClearToken();
Bootstrapper.MasterDetailPage.IsPresented = false;
Application.Current.MainPage = new LoginPage();
}
}
public T Resolve<T>() => AutofacBootstrapper.Container.Resolve<T>();
public IUserService UserService => Resolve<IUserService>();
public INavigator Navigator => AutofacBootstrapper.Navigator;
public IDisplayAlertFactory DisplayAlert { get; set; }
public INavigation MasterNavigation => Bootstrapper.MasterDetailPage?.Detail?.Navigation;
public bool Offline => SettingService.GetSetting<bool>(CacheProperties.Offline);
public string OfflineStatus => this.Offline ? " - Offline" : string.Empty;
public Token GetCurrentUserToken() => SettingService.GetToken() ?? null;
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyname = null)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyname));
}
}
You don't need to set your custom control's BindingContext here:
public Loading()
{
InitializeComponent();
BindingContext = this;//It's wrong!
//because the custom control's BindingContext will
//automatically be set to the BindingContext of
//the page where it's used which is what we usually want.
}
Here is a way to achieve what you want:
Your Custom Control's XAML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ContentView 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="Framework.Controls.Loading" x:Name="LoadingControl"
HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand">
<ContentView.Content>
<ActivityIndicator x:Name="TheIndicator" HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand" Color="DarkBlue"/>
</ContentView.Content>
</ContentView>
And here is its code-behind:
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class Loading : ContentView
{
public static readonly BindableProperty LoadingIndicatorProperty =
BindableProperty.Create(propertyName:nameof(LoadingIndicator),
returnType: typeof(bool), declaringType: typeof(Loading), defaultValue: default(bool),
defaultBindingMode:BindingMode.Default, propertyChanged:LoadingBindingChanged);
private static void LoadingBindingChanged(BindableObject bindable, object oldvalue, object newvalue)
{
var view = (Loading)(bindable);
view.SetLoadingVisibility((bool)newvalue);
}
public Loading()
{
InitializeComponent();
IsVisible = false; // we do this because by default a view' IsVisible property is true
}
public bool LoadingIndicator
{
get => (bool)GetValue(LoadingIndicatorProperty);
set => SetValue(LoadingIndicatorProperty, value);
}
public void SetLoadingVisibility(bool show)
{
IsVisible = show;
TheIndicator.IsVisible = show;
TheIndicator.IsRunning = show;
}
}
You are not invoking PropertyChanged event when you change IsLoading property. If you want UI to refresh you need to invoke this event for the chosen property.
Change implementation of IsLoading property to:
private bool _isLoading;
public bool IsLoading
{
get=> _isLoading;
set
{
_isLoading=value;
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsLoading));
}
}
and it should work