How To Get Automation Id Of Xamarin.Forms Listview In Renderer?

Sample date Updated on Sep 13, 2025
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This example demonstrates how to get automation id of Xamarin.Forms listview in renderer.

Sample

<StackLayout>
    <Button Text="Check AutomationID" Clicked="Button_Clicked"/>
    <local:ExtendedListView x:Name="listView" BackgroundColor="AliceBlue" AllowGroupExpandCollapse="True" 
                            AutomationId="12345"
                        ItemSpacing="3" ItemSize="70" ItemsSource="{Binding contactsinfo}">
        <local:ExtendedListView.ItemTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <ViewCell>
                    <ViewCell.View>
                        <Grid x:Name="grid" RowSpacing="1" >
                            <code>
                            . . .
                            . . .
                            <code>
                        </Grid>
                    </ViewCell.View>
                </ViewCell>
            </DataTemplate>
        </local:ExtendedListView.ItemTemplate>
    </local:ExtendedListView>
</StackLayout>

C#:
private void Button_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DisplayAlert("Message","ListView Automation ID:" +listView.AutomationId,"ok");
}

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Requirements to run the demo

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.

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