GroupShortNameBinding adds a bullet point - how to remove - xamarin.forms

I have enabled Grouping on a list in iOS and added an Alphabet index to each entry
However, even though it displays the letters correctly, it's showing me a bullet point delimeter between each one?
I want to get rid of these, can anyone advise how please?
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding allGames}" IsGroupingEnabled="True" GroupShortNameBinding="{Binding LETTER}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<Label TextColor="Black" Text="{Binding GAME_NAME}"/>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
Code for adding the index key (alphabet) to the list
if (allGames == null)
{
allGames = new ObservableCollection<GAME_TBL>();
}
var services = new DataModels();
GAME_SELECTION _select = new GAME_SELECTION();
allGames = await services.Games(1, _select);
foreach (GAME_TBL _indexTable in allGames)
{
_indexTable.LETTER = _indexTable.GAME_NAME.Substring(0, 1);
}

You can't remote the so-called "bullet points" - that is by design. The official term for that part is called Jump list.
What is happening behind the scenes is that you have too many grouped items. In this case, sometimes the phone's height can't fit all of them, so it is hiding some of the items behind the dots.
You can customize the list - change its color, etc, but the bullets can't be removed. However, what you can do is to reduce the count of your items, because I see some that are repeating - you have 3xS & 2xT, etc. If that is by design, then leave it like so. If not, try to better group the items.

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CarouselView Snap Points Alignment not working in Xamarin

I am using CarouselView to display data, do I use SnapPointsAlignment property for it:
<CarouselView x:Name="_data" PeekAreaInsets="40" ItemsUpdatingScrollMode="KeepItemsInView" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Never" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Never">
<CarouselView.ItemsLayout>
<LinearItemsLayout Orientation="Horizontal" SnapPointsType="Mandatory" SnapPointsAlignment="Start" />
</CarouselView.ItemsLayout>
<CarouselView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
.....
</DataTemplate>
</CarouselView.ItemTemplate>
</CarouselView>
I made AutoPlay for it:
...
Device.StartTimer(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(6), (Func<bool>)(() =>
{
_data.Position = (_data.Position + 2) % _listProd.Count;
return true;
}));
In the example I use SnapPointsAlignment="Start". However when I display my first data it stays in the middle. I searched in the documentation. However, still not found the solution described
What I look forward to
Note that I don't want to use CollectionView, because I have a hard time looping it
I am using XF 5.0.0.2291. Looking forward to everyone's help. Thank you

What to use when i need a box with a border and some different text with different fonts and sizee

Hi i have spend some days searching for the answer how to solve this
This is what i want, just made a image how it should look like
What is the best solution to use to solve this?
I tryed to do this with a Frame but it just allowed be to use 1 content .
Can i use more then one content in some way
( Content can just have one setup of fontcolor and fontsize and so on. )
I just get to this part
Here i try to put a label with margin with - so it go above.
But this is really bad to to. because i need to have the implementation under the frams. like this.
_stack.Children.Add(frame);
_stack.Children.Add(bordertext);
and when i fill the frame with content the lable apear in another position because how it relate to the margin when the Frame get higher.
But if i put the lable implementation above the Frame then it appear in the background of the frame
_stack.Children.Add(bordertext);
_stack.Children.Add(frame);
And the label get weard with the shadow that i cant figure out how to get rid of.
C#
Frame frame = new Frame
{
BorderColor = Color.Brown,
CornerRadius = 10,
HasShadow = false,
Margin = 10,
BackgroundColor = Color.White,
};
Label bordertext = new Label( );
bordertext.Text = "BorderText";
bordertext.Margin = new Thickness(40, -65,0 , 0);
bordertext.BackgroundColor = Color.White;
_stack.Children.Add(frame);
_stack.Children.Add(bordertext);
PART OF THE SOLUTION
#Jason 's solution to put
the Content in a Stacklayout and then put it in a Frame Solves the problem with having more then one text with different font,sizes and stuff.
But i put a text outside the Stacklayout so i can have the Text on the border. But because i put the Bordertext first and then the Frame. Then the Border text gets in the background.
If i put it after the Frame then i gets in the front. But then i have a big problem with dynamic text that the BorderText will appear very strange depending on how much text.
How i cant put the BorderText in front even if i implement in before so i cant move it down a little bit.
_stack.Children.Add(new Label { Text = "Bordertext", Margin = new Thickness(0, 0, 0, -25) });
_stack.Children.Add(_frame);
To compose a layout, first determine what boxes (rectangles) you need inside other boxes. Each "box" is some container (layout) type.
I see one box "A", the size of the parent-container, containing the border lines "B", overlaid by a box "C" that blocks part of one line, and contains a text "D".
I see a second box "E", inset slightly from the parent-container, which contains additional content "F".
To overlay multiple items, use a one-cell Grid, with children at (row,column) of 0,0 - which can be omitted because is default:
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="FormsApp1.MainPage">
<Grid BackgroundColor="Violet">
<!-- Border lines formed by one box visually "inside" another, via margins.
Instead use "Rectangle" if need rounded corners. -->
<BoxView BackgroundColor="Red" Margin="10"/>
<BoxView BackgroundColor="LightCoral" Margin="16"/>
<!-- Text "box" given size by putting inside a StackLayout. -->
<!-- Some of these dimensions may not be needed. -->
<StackLayout WidthRequest="300" HeightRequest="30">
<Label Text="Header Text" TextColor="Black" BackgroundColor="White" FontSize="18"
HorizontalOptions="Start"
WidthRequest="150" HeightRequest="30" Margin="20,0" Padding="20,0,0,0"/>
</StackLayout>
<!-- this contains your contents. -->
<StackLayout BackgroundColor="#2196F3" Padding="10" Margin="40">
<Label Text="Content line 1" HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" TextColor="White"/>
<Label Text="Content line 2" HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" TextColor="White"/>
</StackLayout>
</Grid>
</ContentPage>
"Positioning" is done via "Margin" and "Padding" properties.
I've used various colors, so you can see the parts of this layout. "ContentPage" wrapper might not be needed; use whatever your app expects as topmost container.
layout of group' frame' with header text:

how to change Height of Calendar control in Xamarin form?

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="LeaveManagerApp.UpcomingLeavesPage"
xmlns:controls="clr- namespace:XamForms.Controls;assembly=XamForms.Controls.Calendar"
>
<Grid >
<controls:Calendar
x:Name="MyLeaveCalendar"
ShowNumberOfWeek="false"
StartDay="Sunday"
WeekdaysBackgroundColor="DarkBlue"
TitleLabelTextColor="DarkBlue"
SelectedDate="{Binding Date}"
SpecialDates="{Binding Attendances}"
DateCommand="{Binding DateChosen}"
>
</controls:Calendar>
</Grid>
How to fit calendar to screen size in xamarin form ,
i am using calendar control of xamarin form ,tried HeightRequest but its not working.
This is not a default Xamarin.Forms control, it originates from here: https://github.com/rebeccaXam/XamForms.Controls.Calendar
It looks like the control is rendered with a fixed height. Searching through the issues, I found this one: https://github.com/rebeccaXam/XamForms.Controls.Calendar/issues/54
You can influence the height of a row with this code:
yourCalendar.OnEndRenderCalendar += (sender, e) =>
{
(calendar.Content as StackLayout).Children.Last().HeightRequest = 500;
};
The only thing you need to do is determine the right height, build something yourself for it or open an issue on the repo.
You should post a full XAML code but as per Xamarin standard how to expand full view of child control. Check the below code.
<Grid VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand">
<controls:Calendar
x:Name="MyLeaveCalendar"
ShowNumberOfWeek="false"
StartDay="Sunday"
WeekdaysBackgroundColor="DarkBlue"
TitleLabelTextColor="DarkBlue"
SelectedDate="{Binding Date}"
SpecialDates="{Binding Attendances}"
DateCommand="{Binding DateChosen}"
VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand">
</controls:Calendar>
</Grid>
And also it's depend on Xamarin Layout which layout you are using for XAML design. And how to use XAML extensible language in Xamarin form Please check the link.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/xaml/

How to Start At Selected Index in Carousel View Xamarin Forms

I'm trying to implement a carousel view that, when a user selects an image from a list, the Carousel View shows that image from the selected index on start.
My Attempt:
In my code I'm setting the Position field to the selected index, but its not working for me. I also don't see any other fields associated with CarouselView that would move to a selected index from an index number or matching object (unless I missed something).
Heres my code so far:
public partial class ImagePreview : ContentPage
{
int index;
public ImagePreview(Picture photo, int i)
{
InitializeComponent();
this.index = i;
photo_carousel.Position = index;
photo_carousel.ItemsSource = App.rug.photos;
}
}
Heres the backend:
<ContentPage.Content>
<cv:CarouselView x:Name="photo_carousel">
<cv:CarouselView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Image Grid.RowSpan="2" Aspect="AspectFill" Source="{Binding ImageUri}"/>
<StackLayout Grid.Row="1" BackgroundColor="#80000000" Padding="12">
<Label TextColor="White" Text="{Binding Date}" FontSize="16" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand"/>
<Label TextColor="White" Text="{Binding Length}" FontSize="16" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand"/>
</StackLayout>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</cv:CarouselView.ItemTemplate>
</cv:CarouselView>
</ContentPage.Content>
There is currently a bug in the Xamarin.Forms Carousel View on iOS where it does not scroll to the position on initial load. This is a bug in the library Xamarin have provided.
The pull request which fixes this can be found here: https://github.com/xamarin/Xamarin.Forms.CarouselView/pull/9
They have planned to make the CarouselView stable by February 2017:
CarouselView v1 Stable - Feature CarouselView was introduced at
Xamarin Evolve 2016 and has been in prerelease ever since. v1 brings
stability and performance improvements.
Instead of:
photo_carousel.Position = index;
photo_carousel.ItemsSource = App.rug.photos;
Try with:
photo_carousel.ItemsSource = App.rug.photos;
photo_carousel.Position = index;
Every time you set the ItemSource, Position will be set to default value of 0

Xamarin.Forms: ListView inside StackLayout: How to set height?

In a ContentPage I have a ListView inside a StackLayout inside a ScrollView. The ListView is populated (ItemSource is set) in the ContentPage when OnAppearing gets called and I can see that the list is populated in the emulator. The StackLayouts orientation is Vertical and below the ListView I have a Button.
My problem is that no matter how many elements the ListView has, it gets the height of 53.33. I would like the height of the ListView to match the total height of the items in it. By setting HeightRequest I can set the height of the ListView to anything I want, but since I do not know the height of the items inside the ListView the result is most often that the distance to the button below it is incorrect and therefore looks ugly. I have tried to set VerticalOptions on both the ListView and the StackLayout to Startand other settings, but this does not change the height from 53.33 (and if I try to combine using HeightRequest and Start it turns out that HeightRequest wins out).
How can I solve this?
(please excuse the cross posting from Xamarin forum)
With the new BindableLayout feature in Xamarin Forms 3.5 you can easily use the ItemsSource on StackPanel.
So, basically you can write something like this:
<StackLayout BindableLayout.ItemsSource="{Binding list}">
<BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
...
</DataTemplate>
</BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
</StackLayout>
You can read more about it here: https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-3-5-a-little-bindable-love/
The solution in my case was to put the ListView inside a StackLayout and then put that StackLayout inside the main StackLayout. Then I could set the VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand on the inner StackLayout (the one containing the ListView) with the result that the ListView got the space it needed (which of course varies depending on the data).
Here is the main code:
listView.ItemsSource = alternativeCells;
listView.ItemSelected += ListViewOnItemSelected;
var listStackLayout = new StackLayout
{
VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand,
Orientation = StackOrientation.Vertical
};
listStackLayout.Children.Add(listView);
_stackLayout.Children.Add(listStackLayout);
As you see, I added a new StackLayout with the only purpose of putting the ListView inside it. Then I put that listStackLayout inside the main _stackLayout.
See the post on this Xamarin forum post for more information
I ran into the same problem, and for me this worked like a charm:
listView.HasUnevenRows = true;
(http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/working-with/listview/#Display_Rows_with_Variable_Heights)
I had the same problem, and this was the only thing I did that solved for me (in XAML):
<StackLayout Orientation="Vertical"
VerticalOptions="Fill"
HorizontalOptions="StartAndExpand">
<ListView VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
RowHeight="<some row height>">
</ListView>
</StackLayout>
Hope it works!
Below code worked for me,
protected override void OnAppearing()
{
base.OnAppearing();
listViewOrderCloths.HeightRequest = model.ListOrderedCloths.Count*100)/2 ;
}
I had a similar struggle, with a slightly different solution. First, setting a RowHeight on the ListView seemed to be pivotal. Second, I was running into a binding + timing issue. If the ListView was displayed and had no contents, it was set to a default height (showing the empty space). If I moved away from this page and came back, the size was fine.
So my approach was to bind the ListView's visibility to the presence (or lack of) something being bound to. Then when data came back, the ListView became visible and had the proper size.
<ListView x:Name="lvSettlements" ItemsSource="{Binding RecentSettlements}" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" RowHeight="25" IsVisible="{Binding RecentSettlements, Converter={StaticResource nullConverter}}">
...SNIP...
</ListView>
On Android, my table created in code was leaving gaps above and below it.
This fixed it...
HeightRequest="1000000"
I think I have the hackiest solution.
The accepted answer wasn't applicable to my situation, where my ListView might be longer then the length of the display, hence it needs be placed within a ScrollView, which brings back the empty space.
They way I solved this, was to have top level StackLayout and then place the ListView in an immediate ScrollView, like the following XAML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<local:ContentPage>
<StackLayout x:Name="entirePage">
<ScrollView VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
Orientation="Vertical">
<ListView x:Name="listView" ItemsSource="{Binding Items}"
Margin="0">
<!-- ListView Stuff -->
</ListView>
</ScrollView>
</StackLayout><!--entirePage-->
</local:ContentPage >

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