How to set different background color for each column header in Xamarin.Android DataGrid?
You can set the different background color for each column header in Xamarin DataGrid by adding the TextView to the column header using GridColumn.HeaderTemplate property.
The below code illustrates how to set the different background color for each columns header in SfDataGrid.
private SfDataGrid datagrid; private ViewModel viewModel; private TextView textView; private TextView textView1; private TextView textView2; private TextView textView3; protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle) { base.OnCreate(bundle); datagrid = new SfDataGrid(BaseContext); viewModel = new ViewModel(); textView = new TextView(this); textView1 = new TextView(this); textView2 = new TextView(this); textView3 = new TextView(this); datagrid.ItemsSource = viewModel.OrdersInfo; datagrid.ColumnSizer = ColumnSizer.Star; datagrid.AutoGenerateColumns = false; textView.Text = "OrderID"; textView.Gravity = Android.Views.GravityFlags.Center; textView.SetBackgroundColor(Color.SandyBrown); textView1.Text = "CustomerID"; textView1.Gravity = Android.Views.GravityFlags.Center; textView1.SetBackgroundColor(Color.Crimson); textView2.Text = "Freight"; textView2.Gravity = Android.Views.GravityFlags.Center; textView2.SetBackgroundColor(Color.Gray); textView3.Text = "Country"; textView3.Gravity = Android.Views.GravityFlags.Center; textView3.SetBackgroundColor(Color.Blue); GridTextColumn column = new GridTextColumn() { MappingName = "OrderID", HeaderTemplate = textView }; GridTextColumn column1 = new GridTextColumn() { MappingName = "CustomerID", HeaderTemplate = textView1 }; GridTextColumn column2 = new GridTextColumn() { MappingName = "Freight", HeaderTemplate = textView2 }; GridTextColumn column3 = new GridTextColumn() { MappingName = "Country", HeaderTemplate = textView3 }; datagrid.Columns.Add(column); datagrid.Columns.Add(column1); datagrid.Columns.Add(column2); datagrid.Columns.Add(column3); SetContentView(datagrid);
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How to set different background color for each column header in SfDataGrid?
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning how to set different background color for each column header in Xamarin.Android DataGrid.
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