How to implement an ItemTemplate within a ListView using XAML - xamarin.forms

Question

How do I implement an ItemTemplate within a ListView using XAML?
If I do not use ItemTemplate, then my binding works and I receive no errors.
However, I want to format my list view.
As a result, I am attempting to use ItemTemplate but continue to hit a runtime exception:
Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.XamlParseException: Position 30:30. Cannot assign property "View": type mismatch between "Xamarin.Forms.TextCell" and "X…
I receive a runtime exception with the following XAML:
<ListView Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" ItemsSource="{Binding Services}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<ViewCell.View>
<TextCell Text="{Binding Name}" Detail="{Binding Description}" />
</ViewCell.View>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

ViewCell is a class which you can use to create custom cells layouts
TextCell is a predefined cell with predefined layout.
You cannot use a Cell inside another Cell (eg. TextCell in a ViewCell).
You can create a custom cell like this:
<ListView Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" ItemsSource="{Binding Services}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<ViewCell.View>
<StackLayout Orientation="Vertical">
<Label Text="{Binding Name}" />
<Label Text="{Binding Description}" />
</StackLayout>
</ViewCell.View>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
OR use a predefined one:
<ListView Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" ItemsSource="{Binding Services}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextCell Text="{Binding Name}" Detail="{Binding Description}" />
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
A list of predefined cells is here: http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/controls/cells/