I'm working on a Xamarin.Forms project. In my xaml page, order to avoid "Cannot resolve property 'xxx'" warning, I've set a design-time data context.
In this page I have a SfDataGrid object.
In the following code snippet, the text property of the custom entry is binding to the Quantity field of a Part item. The Parts object is an ObservableCollection<Part>.
<xForms:SfDataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding Parts}" AutoGenerateColumns="false" Margin="0"
ScrollingMode="PixelLine"
HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" >
<xForms:SfDataGrid.Columns>
<xForms:GridTextColumn MappingName="ProductName" HeaderText="Product"
HeaderTextAlignment="Start" ColumnSizer="Star"
TextAlignment="Start" Padding="5,0,5,0"/>
<!--#region Quantity column -->
<xForms:GridTemplateColumn MappingName="Quantity" HeaderText="Quantity"
HeaderTextAlignment="Center"
ColumnSizer="Auto" Padding="0" >
<xForms:GridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<controls:CustomEntry Text="{Binding Quantity, Mode=TwoWay,
Converter={StaticResource NullableDouble}}"
Keyboard="Numeric" HorizontalTextAlignment="Center"
VerticalOptions="End"/>
</DataTemplate>
</xForms:GridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
</xForms:GridTemplateColumn>
<!--#endregion -->
</xForms:SfDataGrid.Columns>
</xForms:SfDataGrid>
The warning is displayed under the Quantity word in Text={Binding Quantity, Mode...
What should I do to avoid the warning for the binding used in the cell templates?
Should I add a BindingContext="{d:DesignInstance models:Part}", or d:DataContext="{d:DesignInstance models:Part}" on each field ?
Hi Crusty Applesniffer,
Thanks for using Syncfusion Product.
We have checked your query with following details.
By using SfDataGrid have created the GridTemplateClolumn and added CustomEntry as DataTemplate in XAML page
Text property of this custom entry is binding to the double type
property named as OrderId
We have set this Text property binding
Mode as TwoWay, And we have written the converter for this property.
And we have added the Xaml
Complilation([XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]) Tag in .cs of the XAML
class file.
But unfortunately, We are unable to reproduce the “Cannot resolve property 'xxx'" warning” from our side, So Kindly provide More details in order to reproduce the issue.
Have you enabled any Style Cop or FxCop rule set in your application
? If yes, Mention those rule set details.
Type of property you have used to bind the Custom Entry Text Property.
SfDataGrid product version that you are currently using.
If possible kindly provide us the Issue replicating sample or modify the attached sample to replicate the issue.
We have prepared the sample as per your requirement, Do check and let us know Is there anything needs to add more to reproduce “Cannot resolve property 'xxx'" warning” issue.
Sample Link : http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/DataGrid-1806700714
Regards,
Vigneshkumar R
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I'm using Windows Template Studio V3.0 the create a UWP App using MVVMLight that implements a Master/Detail page. I'm sure I'm going to kick myself but I can't work out how to access the ViewModel from the Details page. I need to access a property on the View Model to set the Visibility of some XAML elements.
In previous versions of the WTS I could use the Locator to access the ViewModel as follows:
<TextBlock
Margin="8"
Text="{x:Bind MasterMenuItem.Name , Mode=OneWay}"
Style="{StaticResource BodyTextBlockStyle}"
Visibility="{Binding Source={StaticResource Locator}, Path=DriverDetailsViewModel.EditMode, Converter={StaticResource InverseBoolToVisibilityConverter}}" />
In V3 of WTS the implementation of the Locator has changed and does not appear to accessible as a Static Resource?
As I suspected, after studying the WTS code a bit more I realised that I can access the ViewModelLocator from the XAML code-behind. I just needed to add the following to my detailsview code-behind:
private DriverDetailsViewModel ViewModel
{
get { return ViewModelLocator.Current.DriverDetailsViewModel; }
}
Then the following XAML works
Visibility="{x:Bind ViewModel.IsEditMode, Mode=OneWay, Converter={StaticResource InverseBoolToVisibilityConverter}}"
I have a Xamarin.ios project running on Visual Studio for Imac.
I would like to display a png image file using XAML and C#. Would it be best to use a dependency service to construct the image object in C#?
code snippet:
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image Name="MyImage" Width="180" />
</StackLayout>
I placed my png file in the assets.xcassents folder. The file name is picture.png. How would I get this code to display in the xaml? What would the
code look like. Thanks for your input.
In your case you can use the property Source of the Image tag in XAML. Than you are able to use the following code snippet:
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal">
<Image x:Name="MyImage" Source="picture.png" WidthRequest="180" />
</StackLayout>
And there was another issue in your XAML snippet, because the property Width is a readonly property for internal use by Xamarin.Forms. So if you want to specify the width of the image you must use the WidthRequest property.
Got the code working! Changed to BundleResouces and do not copy for the property on the image file. Also move image File to a separate folder.
I am a complete noob to xamarin :)
So was wondering if someone could point me to right resources.
To be short, I want to implement something like this in prism using Xamarin MasterDetailPage.
Using the master detail sample here, the hamburger menu doesn't act as a fly out.
<MasterDetailPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:prism="clr-namespace:Prism.Mvvm;assembly=Prism.Forms"
prism:ViewModelLocator.AutowireViewModel="True"
x:Class="HelloWorld.Views.MyMasterDetail">
<MasterDetailPage.Master>
<ContentPage Title="Default">
<StackLayout>
<Button Text="ViewA" Command="{Binding NavigateCommand}" CommandParameter="MyNavigationPage/ViewA?id=A" />
<Button Text="ViewB" Command="{Binding NavigateCommand}" CommandParameter="MyNavigationPage/ViewB?id=B" />
<Button Text="ViewC" Command="{Binding NavigateCommand}" CommandParameter="MyNavigationPage/ViewC?id=C" />
</StackLayout>
</ContentPage>
</MasterDetailPage.Master>
</MasterDetailPage>
Right now, though there is enough space, it shows something like
(just as a sample, I am not using SplitViewMenu at all)
I need icons/some small text to show initially and on clicking hamburger, it should expand (you know just like the first link/ groove music app behavior).
Tips?
Right now, though there is enough space, it shows something like
In my experience, if you have assigned the Symbol property for SimpleNavMenuItem, the possible reason is you haven't imported the Themes file Generic.xaml under Themes folder
This file includes templates, styles for custom controls. For example, for NavMenuItem's template, FontIcon's Glyph property needs to be assigned correctly here:
<DataTemplate x:Key="NavMenuItemTemplate">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="48" />
<ColumnDefinition />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<FontIcon FontSize="16" Glyph="{Binding Path=SymbolAsChar}" VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" ToolTipService.ToolTip="{Binding Path=Label}" />
<TextBlock Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Path=Label}" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
While SimpleNavMenuItem class's SymbolAsChar property is based on Symbol's value:
public sealed class SimpleNavMenuItem : INavigationMenuItem
{
......
public Symbol Symbol { get; set; }
public char SymbolAsChar => (char) Symbol;
......
}
And if you still can make it work, please share a demo:)
I've sort of been looking for something like this myself since I can't hide the NavigationBar shown in the Master page of the MasterDetailPage when i run it on a Windows 10 Mobile device (I can hide for PC though). So basically, I'm looking into eventually building my own version of the MasterDetailPage.
Since I have not built it yet, I can't tell you exactly how to achieve what you're asking, but I do know that it will require you to either:
Write your own custom renderer for MasterDetailView or,
Write a new control and its renderer
In both cases, your renderer will involve creating and manipulating a new SplitView (which is the native UWP control that your SplitViewMenu example is extending). There's a tutorial for creating the actual UWP control here. If you havent learned about Xamarin's renderers yet, they are the "Translator" and "Interpreter" between a Xamarin.Forms control and a given platform's native control. I suspect Xamarin will eventually rewrite their MastDetailPage renderer for UWP to use a SplitView as a base, but who knows when that will be. Xamarin also has an open source SDK for Xamarin.Forms (as well as the others) on GitHub so you can study the MasterDetailPageRenderer for UWP.
Just starting a new project with MVVM light after a few years hiatus. I am wiring up my first VM using the ViewModelLocator and I see that for each new view model we need to create a new property. I am just wondering how to avoid this as the app may end up having quite a few view models (50+). I have gotten it to work using a value converter but then I loose intellisence in the XAML editor.
Any examples from those who may have a solution to this is appreciated.
Note - here is a solution using a value converter, so I can then just pass the parameter into some IoC and get the VM, but then I loose intellisense (WelcomeTitle gets the squiggle).
<Window x:Class="My.MainWindow"
DataContext="{Binding Source={StaticResource Locator},
Converter={StaticResource Locator}, ConverterParameter='foo'}">
<Window.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="Skins/MainSkin.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
<TextBlock FontSize="36"
FontWeight="Bold"
Foreground="Purple"
Text="{Binding WelcomeTitle}"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Center"
TextWrapping="Wrap" />
</Grid>
</Window>
Update:
Here is another approach, better than using a converter, but still suffers from WelcomeTitle squiggle because the XAML editor does not know the type. I wonder if this effects "blendability"? (I do not have blend handy.)
http://maartendewilde.blogspot.com/2011/01/auto-viewmodel-binding-with-ninject.html
Thanks
For the intellisense, you can try yet more boilerplate on the resources?
/// <summary>
/// Class to contain things
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">UserID</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TK">UserName</typeparam>
public class MyDictionary<T,TK> : Dictionary<T,TK>
or what about using a shared resource dictionary to make intellisense happy?
Dependency injection is a good way to reduce redundant locator code. It involves a generic way of registering service or model providers. From the MSDN.
If you have to create a new property for each view model, it may indicate a weakness in your actual model. When working with VMs I usually find that they are reductive, in that the model contains all pertinent data, and view models get constructed as a subset of properties important to that view.
It is not uncommon for a large project to have 50+ view models.
I have a DataGrid which is bound to an ObservableCollection of a custom class. The collection is a property in a ViewModel, and the grid works fine, including with changes to the collection.
I want to use the RowDetailsTemplate to display two additional collections in a StackPannel, like so:
<DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Name="GrcidSP" Orientation="Horizontal">
<DataGrid Name="ClusterIndexGrid" AutoGenerateColumns="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding ClusterIndexColumns}"
CanUserAddRows="False" CanUserResizeRows="False"
Width="Auto"/>
<DataGrid Name="IndexGrid" AutoGenerateColumns="True"
ItemsSource="{Binding IndexColumns}"
CanUserAddRows="False" CanUserResizeRows="False"
Width="Auto"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
ClusterIndexColumns and IndexColumns, the binding sources of the inner grids, are also collections in the ViewModel.
Problem is, when i display the rowdetails, the datagrids are empty, i.e. not loaded at all, no columns or rows.
In a bid to understand what is going on, i replaced the inner datagrids with label:
<DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Name="GridSP" Orientation="Horizontal">
<Label Content="{Binding}" Width="Auto" Background="AliceBlue"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
and did not specify the binding source - {Binding}
The label now displays the name of the custom class which is in the collection that is the source of the outer grid.
So somehow, i need to navigate back to the ViewModel as the data context for the inner grids.
But how, pray tell?
OK, so I solved this by adding the ClusterIndexColumns and IndexColumns collections as properties to the custom class which is the displayed in the main grid. Now, when i click on the row, the rowdetails area is opened and the inner grids are loaded fine.
BTW, the collections are populated when the selected row changes in the main grid, by binding the SelectedIndex property to a property in the ViewModel, using
Mode=OneWayToSource
Hope this helps someone.