How to create a Xamarin.Forms CheckBox?

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This article shows how to add a CheckBox to the Xamarin.Forms application.

Step 1: Install the Syncfusion.Xamarin.Buttons nuget as specified in the guidelines below.

https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin/checkbox/getting-started#adding-sfcheckbox-reference

Step 2: Include a namespace to access the CheckBox in your application.

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:buttons="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.XForms.Buttons;assembly=Syncfusion.Buttons.XForms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:GettingStarted"
             x:Class=" GettingStarted.MainPage">
</ContentPage>

Step 3: Initialize the Xamarin CheckBox in XAML

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:buttons="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.XForms.Buttons;assembly=Syncfusion.Buttons.XForms"
………
>
   
    <StackLayout>
        <buttons:SfCheckBox Text="Checked"/>
    </StackLayout>
</ContentPage>

Step 4: The following code snippet describes how to change the state of the CheckBox.

<buttons:SfCheckBox Text=" Checked" IsChecked="True"/>

Output with various state change:

Xamarin.Forms CheckBox with various checked states.

How to create a Xamarin.Forms CheckBox?

Output with various state change:

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