Right-aligned Labels in iOS - xamarin.forms

Question

I'm using Xamarin Forms. Some of my labels are right-adjusted (i.e TextAlignment = TextAlignment.End) and have a whitespace character in the end to allow a bit of a margin at the right end. This works as designed in Android. However, it looks like iOS simply ignores the trailing space.
A leading space, for left-adjusted labels, works fine on both platforms.
I tried different whitespace characters other than "\u0020": "\u00A0", "\u2000", "\u202F", etc. iOS ignores them all the same.
I cannot use Label.Margin because my label has a different BackgroundColor, and the whole idea is to leave a little space of this color at the right of the text. The Margin is considered outside of the label, so the background color won't extend there.
Is placing the label inside a ContentView with Padding the only solution?

Answer 1

Answer
You're correct: we need to increase the Label's Padding, and Margin won't accomplish this!
The problem is that Label doesn't have a Padding property.
I recommend setting the BackgroundColor and Padding in the Layout that holds the Label:
Remove the BackgroundColor from the Label
Assign the BackgroundColor to the Layout
Set the Padding of the Layout
var stackLayout = new StackLayout
{
Children = { rightJustifiedLabel },
BackgroundColor = Color.Red,
Padding = new Thickness(0, 0, 5, 0)
}
Sample Code
public class App : Application
{
public App()
{
MainPage = new LabelPage();
}
}
public class LabelPage : ContentPage
{
public LabelPage()
{
var rightJustifiedLabel = new Label
{
Text = "Right-Justified Label",
HorizontalTextAlignment = TextAlignment.End,
};
Content = new StackLayout
{
Children = { rightJustifiedLabel },
BackgroundColor = Color.Red,
Padding = new Thickness(0, 0, 5, 0),
HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center,
VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center
};
}
}