How to change Suggestion Mode in SfAutoComplete

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Syncfusion SfAutocomplete in Xamarin has the feature of different Suggestion mode. The list of Suggestion mode is given below.

StartsWith
StartsWithCaseSensitive
Contains
ContainsWithCaseSensitive
Equals
EqualsWithCaseSensitive
EndsWith
EndsWithCaseSensitive

To add Data source in autocomplete follow the below given procedure:

Step 1: Create the autocomplete sample with all necessary assemblies.

Step 2: Create a class Countrylist and create an instance for list called countryList and then add the countries in the list using the function Add ().

Step 3: Mention any one of the above suggestion mode in the program.

The below code illustrates the way to achieve this.

Code snippet:

namespace Autocomplete
{
public partial class AutocompletePage : ContentPage
{
    public AutocompletePage()
    {
        //Initialize the autocomplete control.
        SfAutoComplete autocomplete = new SfAutoComplete();
        autocomplete.SuggestionMode = SuggestionMode.StartsWith;
 
        //List to be shown in the autocomplete control
        List<string> countryList = new List<string>();
        countryList.Add("Uganda");
        countryList.Add("Ukraine");
        countryList.Add("United States");
        countryList.Add("United Kingdom");
        countryList.Add("Uzbekistan");
        autocomplete.AutoCompleteSource = countryList;
 
        //Layou for the autocomplete control
        StackLayout autocompleteLayout = new StackLayout();
        autocompleteLayout.Children.Add(autocomplete);
        Content = autocompleteLayout;
    }
}
}

Image for Suggestion Mode StartWith:

Suggestion Mode StartWith in SfAutoComplete