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Xamarin - Forms Views Views: Type Description Screenshot

Xamarin.Forms provides a number of built-in views for building user interfaces, including buttons, labels, entries, images, list views, and pickers. Views are subclasses of the View class and represent visual elements like controls and widgets. Xamarin.Forms supports over 20 different view types that can be used to create user interfaces for mobile applications.

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Xamarin - Forms Views Views: Type Description Screenshot

Xamarin.Forms provides a number of built-in views for building user interfaces, including buttons, labels, entries, images, list views, and pickers. Views are subclasses of the View class and represent visual elements like controls and widgets. Xamarin.Forms supports over 20 different view types that can be used to create user interfaces for mobile applications.

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Xamarin.

Forms Views

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:

Type Description Screenshot

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.

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.

Button A button View that reacts to


touch events.
Type Description Screenshot

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

Editor A control that can edit multiple


lines of text. For single line
entries, see Entry.

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.

Image A View that holds an image.


Image API
Working with Images
Demo source
Type Description Screenshot

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.

ListView An ItemView that displays a


collection of data as a vertical
list.
ListView API
ListView documentation

OpenGLView A View that displays OpenGL


content.

Only works for iOS and


Android projects (no
Windows Phone
support).
Requires a reference to
the OpenTK-1.0
assembly in the iOS and
Android projects.
Best suited to use in
Shared Projects; if used
in a PCL then a
DependencyService will
also be required.
Type Description Screenshot
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.

ProgressBar A View control indicating a


progress.

SearchBar A View control that provides a


search box.

Slider A View control that inputs a


linear value.
Type Description Screenshot

Stepper A View control that inputs a


discrete value, constrained to
a range.

Switch A View control that provides a


toggled value.

TableView A View that holds rows of


Cells.
TableView API
TableView documentation
Demo source

TimePicker A View control that provides


time picking. The visual
Type Description Screenshot
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.

WebView A View that presents HTML


content.
WebView API
WebView documentation
Demo source

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