How To Customize Xamarin.Forms Listview Group Header Template In MVVM ?
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This example demonstrates How to customize Xamarin.Forms listview group header template in MVVM.
Sample
<ContentPage.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<DataTemplate x:Name="GroupHeaderTemplate" x:Key="GroupHeaderTemplate">
<ViewCell>
<ViewCell.View>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="30" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="40" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image x:Name="NormalImage" Grid.Column="0" HorizontalOptions="Center"
Source="{Binding IsExpand, Converter={StaticResource BoolToImageConverter}}"
VerticalOptions="Center"/>
<Label x:Name="label" Text="{Binding Key}" Grid.Column="1"
IsVisible="{Binding Path=BindingContext.IsLabelVisible,
Source={x:Reference listView}}"/>
</Grid>
</ViewCell.View>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ResourceDictionary>
</ContentPage.Resources>
<Grid>
<syncfusion:SfListView x:Name="listView"
GroupHeaderTemplate="{StaticResource GroupHeaderTemplate}"
ItemsSource="{Binding contactsinfo}">
<syncfusion:SfListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<ViewCell.View>
<Grid x:Name="grid" RowSpacing="1">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="1" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid RowSpacing="1">
<Grid>
<Image Source="{Binding ContactImage}"
VerticalOptions="Center"
HorizontalOptions="Center"
HeightRequest="50"/>
</Grid>
<Grid Grid.Column="1"
RowSpacing="1"
Padding="10,0,0,0"
VerticalOptions="Center">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Label LineBreakMode="WordWrap"
TextColor="#474747"
Text="{Binding ContactName}">
</Label>
<Label Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="0"
TextColor="#474747"
Text="{Binding ContactNumber}">
</Label>
</Grid>
</Grid>
<StackLayout Grid.Row="1" BackgroundColor="Gray" HeightRequest="1"/>
</Grid>
</ViewCell.View>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</syncfusion:SfListView.ItemTemplate>
</syncfusion:SfListView>
</Grid>
Requirements to run the demo
- Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio for Mac.
- Xamarin add-ons for Visual Studio (available via the Visual Studio installer).
Troubleshooting
Path too long exception
If you are facing path too long exception when building this example project, close Visual Studio and rename the repository to short and build the project.