Xamarin MVVM push user data to viewmodel - xaml

Question

like the title says I want to give through the user information to my viewmodel, but the problem is that the viewmodel is registered as a dependency and I am binding its content to the xaml page itself. How do I send the user information to the viewmodel itself?
Thank you!
Xaml.cs part:
[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
public partial class Calendar : ContentPage
{
public Calendar(User user)
{
InitializeComponent();
FileImageSource image = new FileImageSource
{
File = "calendar.png"
};
Icon = image;// push user information to the ICalendarViewModel
BindingContext = AppContainer.Container.Resolve<ICalendarViewModel>();
}
}
Interface:
public interface ICalendarViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
}
Bootstrap part registering dependencies:
public class Bootstrap
{
public IContainer CreateContainer()
{
var containerBuilder = new ContainerBuilder();
RegisterDependencies(containerBuilder);
return containerBuilder.Build();
}
protected virtual void RegisterDependencies(ContainerBuilder builder)
{
builder.RegisterType<CalendarViewModel>()
.As<ICalendarViewModel>()
.SingleInstance();
}
}
CalendarViewModel: I do not know if this will help
public class CalendarViewModel : ViewModelBase, ICalendarViewModel
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }
private CourseInformation _information;
private ICourseInformationRepository _repository;
public CalendarViewModel()
{
_repository = new CourseInformationRepository();
LoadData();
}
private ObservableCollection<CourseInformation> _courses;
public ObservableCollection<CourseInformation> Courses
{
get
{
return _courses;
}
set
{
_courses = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(Courses));
}
}
private void LoadData()
{
try
{
ObservableCollection<CourseInformation> CourseList = new ObservableCollection<CourseInformation>(_repository.GetAllCourseInformation());
Courses = new ObservableCollection<CourseInformation>();
DateTime date;
foreach (var course in CourseList)
{
string [] cour = course.Date.Split('/');
cour[2] = "20" + cour[2];
date = new DateTime(Convert.ToInt32(cour[2]), Convert.ToInt32(cour[1]), Convert.ToInt32(cour[0]));
if (date == DateTime.Now)//TESTING WITH TEST DATE, datetime.now
{
if (course.FromTime.Length < 4)
{
course.FromTime = "0" + course.FromTime;
}
if (course.UntilTime.Length < 4)
{
course.UntilTime = "0" + course.UntilTime;
}
course.FromTime = course.FromTime.Insert(2, ":");
course.UntilTime = course.UntilTime.Insert(2, ":");
Courses.Add(course);
}
}
}
catch (ServerUnavailableException e)
{
ErrorMessage = "Server is niet beschikbaar, ophalen van kalender is niet mogelijk.";
}
}
private void RaisePropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
Bootstrap binding in app.xaml.cs:
public partial class App : Application
{
public App()
{
InitializeComponent();
AppContainer.Container = new Bootstrap().CreateContainer();
MainPage = new LoginView();
}
protected override void OnStart()
{
// Handle when your app starts
}
protected override void OnSleep()
{
// Handle when your app sleeps
}
protected override void OnResume()
{
// Handle when your app resumes
}
}

Answer 1

I wanted to comment (not enough reputation) on #LeRoy, use a framework. I would recommend FreshMVVM and you can pass objects into the ViewModel and even pass in Services. It makes it all nice and clean, and it just works.

Answer 2

Should not your CalendarViewModel viewModel contain BindableBase ?
public class CalendarViewModel : BindableBase, ViewModelBase, ICalendarViewModel
what framework are you using? prism, freshmvvm.
Your View and Viewmodel is normally automatically handled by the framework, all you need to do is register your page.
Container.RegisterTypeForNavigation<Views.CalendarPage>();