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Picker with Data Using Data Binding XAMARIN

I have model Names with 2 fields.
public class Names
{
public string ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
I need to get all names from my model Names to picker in XAMARIN.
<Picker Title="Select a name"
ItemsSource="{Binding AllNames}"
ItemDisplayBinding="{Binding Name}" />
What is the most simple way to do it?

You would want to create an ObservableCollection with the object you want to use inside your list inside your view model.
Like this:
public class ViewModel
{
ObservableCollection<Names> allNames = new ObservableCollection<GroupedReportModel>();
public ObservableCollection<Names> AllNames
{
get { return allNames; }
set { SetProperty(ref allNames, value); }
}
}
The SetProperty is an override you will get by adding an implementation of INotifyPropertyChanged onto your viewModel.
The code I use for that looks like this:
protected bool SetProperty<T>(ref T backingStore, T value, [CallerMemberName]string propertyName = "", Action onChanged = null)
{
if (EqualityComparer<T>.Default.Equals(backingStore, value))
return false;
backingStore = value;
onChanged?.Invoke();
OnPropertyChanged(propertyName);
return true;
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
{
var changed = PropertyChanged;
if (changed == null)
return;
changed.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}

Property changed event is not getting fired wpf

I have to change the value in a text box dynamically, on selecting a value from a combox box, which is present in different view. when changing the dependency property's source, the propertychangedEventHandler value is not changing, i.e it is remaining as null, so the event is not getting fired. As a result the text in the textbox is not changing. Below is the code. I have bound the text in textbox to _name property.
public partial class Details : UserControl, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public string name = "";
public Details()
{
InitializeComponent();
Name = Connector.Name;
DataContext = this;
}
public string Name
{
get { return name; }
set
{
name = value; OnPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
protected void OnPropertyChanged(string s)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(s));
}
}
}
Xaml code
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<TextBlock Text="Student Details" VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Center" FontSize="16" FontWeight="Bold"> </TextBlock>
<StackPanel Margin="0,5" Orientation="Horizontal" >
<Label MinWidth="100" MaxWidth="110">Name:</Label>
<Border BorderBrush="Gray" BorderThickness="2">
<TextBox Name="nametextbox" Text="{Binding Name,Mode=TwoWay}" Width="auto" MinWidth="100" FontWeight="Black"></TextBox>
</Border>
</StackPanel>

Is it possible that you accidentally exchanged name and _name, using name in XAML for the binding?
Usually you have a public property with a capitalized name, and a private field with a non-capitalized name, optionally prefixed with an underscore as you did.
So, you should have
public string Name {
get { return _name; }
set { _name = value; OnPropertyChanged("Name"); }
{
private string _name = "";
Please check the following:
If you're not currently binding to name instead of _name;
Either if that is or is not the case, please fix your naming convention, because it is a source of errors, and every example you'll find follow the convention I included above.

In your XAML, you are binding "Name" property and in your code, you have created _name property. So, you need to change it to "Name" property in your code.
Just change your property as per below:
private string _name = "";
public string Name
{
get { return _name; }
set {
_name = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
Try this and let me know.

I have used eventaggregator for this purpose, as we need to change the text in the text box dynamically when an event in a different view is fired. Below is the C# code of both the DropView(where we select student name from a list), and DetailsView(where we display the details). I publish events in Drop.xaml.cs and subscribe to those events in Details.xaml.cs
Drop.xaml.cs
public partial class Drop : UserControl
{
private IEventAggregator iEventAggregator;
public Drop(IEventAggregator ieventaggregator)
{
InitializeComponent();
iEventAggregator = ieventaggregator;
this.DataContext = this;
var doc = XDocument.Load("C:\\Users\\srinivasaarudra.k\\Desktop\\students.xml");
var names = doc.Descendants("Name");
foreach (var item in names)
{
droplist.Items.Add(item.Value);
}
}
public string name;
public string Naam
{
get { return name; }
set { name = value;
iEventAggregator.GetEvent<Itemselectedevent>().Publish(Naam);
}
}
public string grade;
public string Grade
{
get { return grade; }
set
{
grade = value;
iEventAggregator.GetEvent<gradeevent>().Publish(Grade);
}
}
public string dept;
public string Dept
{
get { return dept; }
set
{
dept = value;
iEventAggregator.GetEvent<deptevent>().Publish(Dept);
}
}
public static string str;
public static string Str
{
get { return str; }
set {
str = value;
}
}
private void droplist_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
var sel = droplist.SelectedValue;
Str=sel.ToString();
XmlDocument doc2 = new XmlDocument();
doc2.Load("C:\\Users\\srinivasaarudra.k\\Desktop\\students.xml");
var details = doc2.DocumentElement.SelectNodes("/Students/StudentDetails");
foreach (XmlNode node in details)
{
if (node.SelectSingleNode("Name").InnerText == Str)
{
Naam = node.SelectSingleNode("Name").InnerText;
Grade = node.SelectSingleNode("Grade").InnerText;
Dept = node.SelectSingleNode("Department").InnerText;
}
}
// Details det = new Details();
Details dt = new Details(iEventAggregator);
}
}
public class Itemselectedevent:Prism.Events.PubSubEvent<string>
{
}
public class gradeevent : Prism.Events.PubSubEvent<string>
{
}
public class deptevent : Prism.Events.PubSubEvent<string>
{
}
Details.xaml.cs
public partial class Details : UserControl,INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public IEventAggregator iEventAggregator;
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public static string name;
public static string dept;
public static string grade;
[Bindable(true)]
public string Naam
{
get { return name; }
set
{
name = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Naam");
}
}
[Bindable(true)]
public string Grade
{
get { return grade; }
set
{
grade = value; OnPropertyChanged("Grade");
}
}
[Bindable(true)]
public string Dept
{
get { return dept; }
set
{
dept = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Dept");
}
}
public Details(IEventAggregator eventaggregator)
{
InitializeComponent();
this.iEventAggregator = eventaggregator;
iEventAggregator.GetEvent<Itemselectedevent>().Subscribe((str) => { Naam = str; });
iEventAggregator.GetEvent<gradeevent>().Subscribe((str) => { Grade = str; });
iEventAggregator.GetEvent<deptevent>().Subscribe((str) => { Dept = str; });
this.DataContext = this;
}
protected void OnPropertyChanged(string s)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(s));
}
}
private void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Application.Current.Shutdown();
}
}

WPF basic Binding not working

Im new to WPF and Iv been breaking my head over this for past couple of days. I am trying to set a basic binding of textbox to a string property. I followed the MS tutorial but nothing seems to be working.
Here's email class, I am trying to bind its subject property to display in a textbox
public class Email : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _subject;
public string Subject
{
get { return _subject; }
set
{
_subject = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Subject");
}
}
private string _contents;
public string Contents
{
get { return _contents; }
set
{
_contents = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Contents");
}
}
private Category _category;
public Category Category
{
get { return _category; }
set
{
_category = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Category");
}
}
public Email()
{
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string info)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(info));
}
}
}
Here's the email setter inside UserControl that parents the textbox:
private Email _email;
public Email Email
{
get { return _email; }
set
{
_email = value;
if (_email != null)
{
Binding myBinding = new Binding("Subject");
myBinding.Source = _email;
tbSubject.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextProperty, myBinding);
}
}
}
tbSubject is never getting set to anything, its always empty even if email passed is not null and has a subject! If I do just this:
public Email Email
{
get { return _email; }
set
{
_email = value;
if (_email != null)
{
tbSubject.Text = _email.Subject;
}
}
}
it works fine. I dont understand what I am doing wrong.

I think I've got it. Here's the change I had to make:
public partial class EmailContentsTemplate : UserControl, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private Email _email;
public Email Email
{
get { return _email; }
set
{
_email = value;
OnPropertyChanged("Email");
}
}
public EmailContentsTemplate()
{
InitializeComponent();
DataContext = this;
Binding myBinding = new Binding("Email.Subject");
myBinding.Source = this;
tbSubject.SetBinding(TextBlock.TextProperty, myBinding);
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string info)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(info));
}
}
}
So I changed source to "this" and made the user control implement INotifyPropertyChanged. Now it works.
Alternatively I got it working through XAML
<TextBox x:Name="tbSubject" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Margin="3" Text="{Binding Email.Subject}"/>

WP7 - Refresh ListBox on navigation GoBack()

I have a MainPage.xaml where is ListBox and Button. When I click on the button then MainPage is navigated to AddPage.xaml. This page is for adding new items, there are two TextBoxes and submit Button. When I click on that submit Button,then data from TextBoxes are saved to XML file and then is called GoBack().
I need to refresh ListBox in my MainPage.xaml when Im going back from AddPage.xaml, but it doesnt work automaticly. How can I do that?
My MainViewModel.cs
public class MainViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public ObservableCollection<Context> Contexts { get; private set; }
public MainViewModel()
{
this.Contexts = new ObservableCollection<Context>();
}
public bool IsDataLoaded
{
get;
private set;
}
public void LoadData()
{
try
{
var file = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
XElement xElem;
using (IsolatedStorageFileStream read = file.OpenFile("contexts.xml", FileMode.Open))
{
xElem = XElement.Load(read);
}
var contexts = from context in xElem.Elements("Context")
orderby (string)context.Element("Name")
select context;
foreach (XElement xElemItem in contexts)
{
Contexts.Add(new Context
{
Name = xElemItem.Element("Name").Value.ToString(),
Note = xElemItem.Element("Note").Value.ToString(),
Created = xElemItem.Element("Created").Value.ToString()
});
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
this.IsDataLoaded = true;
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void NotifyPropertyChanged(String propertyName)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (null != handler)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}
and Context.cs
public class Context : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _name;
public string Name
{
get
{
return _name;
}
set
{
if (value != _name)
{
_name = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
}
private string _note;
public string Note
{
get
{
return _note;
}
set
{
if (value != _note)
{
_note = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Note");
}
}
}
private string _created;
public string Created
{
get
{
return _created;
}
set
{
if (value != _created)
{
_created = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("Created");
}
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void NotifyPropertyChanged(String propertyName)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (null != handler)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}

You'll need to tell the main page that there is new data to reload.
At it's simplest, something like this:
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
if (e.NavigationMode == NavigationMode.Back)
{
(this.DataContext as MainViewModel).LoadData();
}
}

Tip: You aren't raising a property changed notification for your View Model's properties.
On the load event of the MainPage, call LoadData. You should also clear the observable collection when you call the LoadData method before adding anything to it because simply loading the data will cause duplicate entries in your collection.

WPF DataGrid-DataGridCheckBoxColumn vs2010 c# .net

I am working in vs2010.
I have created a DataGrid which is bounded to
ObservableCollection List;
the Class_CMD looks like this :
public class Class_RetrieveCommand
{
public string CMD { get; set; }
public bool C_R_CMD { get; set; }
public bool S_CMD { get; set; }
public bool C_S_CMD { get; set; }
}
i have 4 delegates which i pass to another window, and this window needs to update the list during runtime. During the runtime i can see the string column of the grid updated all the time but the DataGridCheckBoxColumns are never updated.
the DataGrid -
<DataGrid Background="Transparent" x:Name="DataGrid_CMD" Width="450" MaxHeight="450" Height="Auto" ItemsSource="{Binding}" AutoGenerateColumns="True">
one of the delegates which updates the bool is -
public void UpdateC_S_CMD(string Msg)
{
foreach (Class_CMD c in List.ToArray())
{
if (c.CMD.Equals(Msg))
c.C_S_CMD = true;
}
}
I don't understand why the bool columns are not updated....
can anyone help please?
thanks.

Your class Class_RetrieveCommand needs to implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface. Otherwise the individual rows databound to the instances of the class don't know that the underlying properties have changed. If you change it to something like this, you should see the changes reflected in your grid:
public class Class_RetrieveCommand : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private bool _cRCmd;
private bool _cSCmd;
private string _cmd;
private bool _sCmd;
public string CMD
{
get { return _cmd; }
set
{
_cmd = value;
InvokePropertyChanged(new PropertyChangedEventArgs("CMD"));
}
}
public bool C_R_CMD
{
get { return _cRCmd; }
set
{
_cRCmd = value;
InvokePropertyChanged(new PropertyChangedEventArgs("C_R_CMD"));
}
}
public bool S_CMD
{
get { return _sCmd; }
set
{
_sCmd = value;
InvokePropertyChanged(new PropertyChangedEventArgs("S_CMD"));
}
}
public bool C_S_CMD
{
get { return _cSCmd; }
set
{
_cSCmd = value;
InvokePropertyChanged(new PropertyChangedEventArgs("C_S_CMD"));
}
}
#region INotifyPropertyChanged Members
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
#endregion
public void InvokePropertyChanged(PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, e);
}
}
}

You should implement INotifyPropertyChanged in the Class_RetrieveCommand like this:
public class Class_RetrieveCommand : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private string _CMD;
public string CMD
{
get { return _CMD; }
set { _CMD = value; OnPropertyChanged("CMD"); }
}
... similar for the other properties
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
var handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
}
Unfortunately you can't use auto properties anymore then (except you resort to proxygenerators).