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Draw string on a button

I want do draw a custom string on the bottom right of an button with an PlatformEffect. Prefer to use an effect to be more flexible and apply this only to specific buttons and not application wide. The buttons are created dynamically without xaml.
Is this possible or do i need to create a custom button + renderer?
Thanks.

You could create your Custom button and then set the text alignment via custom renderer.
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(Xamarin.Forms.Button), typeof(ButtonCustomRenderer))]//set the Button as your custom button
namespace App3.Droid
{
public class ButtonCustomRenderer : ButtonRenderer
{
public ButtonCustomRenderer(Context context) : base(context)
{
}
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Xamarin.Forms.Button> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
Control.Gravity = GravityFlags.End // Set the horizontal text alignment to right
| GravityFlags.Bottom; // Set the vertical text alignment to bottom
}
}
}

I solved it by creating a renderer which overrides the Draw method.
public class HotkeyButtonRenderer : ButtonRenderer
{
HotkeyButton element;
public HotkeyButtonRenderer(Context ctx) : base(ctx)
{
}
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Button> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
element = Element as HotkeyButton;
SetWillNotDraw(false);
}
protected override void OnElementPropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
base.OnElementPropertyChanged(sender, e);
if (element != null && e.PropertyName == HotkeyButton.HotkeyTextProperty.PropertyName)
{
Invalidate();
}
}
public override void Draw(Canvas canvas)
{
base.Draw(canvas);
if (element != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(element.HotkeyText))
{
string textToDraw = string.Format("({0})", element.HotkeyText);
float textSize = Control.TextSize / 1.5f;
SizeF measuredTextSize = GetTextSize(textToDraw, element.FontFamily, textSize);
float x = 5;
float y = Height-measuredTextSize.Height/2;
canvas.DrawText(textToDraw,
x,
y,
new TextPaint
{
Color = element.BorderColor.ToAndroid(),
TextSize = textSize
});
}
}
private SizeF GetTextSize(string text, string fontFamily, float textSize)
{
var textPaint = new SKPaint(new SKFont(SKTypeface.FromFamilyName(fontFamily), textSize));
SKRect textBounds = new SKRect();
textPaint.MeasureText(text, ref textBounds);
return new SizeF(textBounds.Width, textBounds.Height);
}
}
public class HotkeyButton : Button
{
public static readonly BindableProperty HotkeyTextProperty = BindableProperty.Create(
propertyName: nameof(HotkeyText),
returnType: typeof(string),
declaringType: typeof(MobileEntry),
defaultValue: string.Empty);
public string HotkeyText
{
get { return (string)GetValue(HotkeyTextProperty); }
set { SetValue(HotkeyTextProperty, value); }
}
}

Xamarin Forms get cursor position in editor control

How can I get the cursor position inside Editor control?
Ive been looking for an answer but the best I could find was the Cursor class, but that doesnt seem to exist in xamarin.

You could custom a Editor,and use custom renderer to get the SelectionPosition of the EditText.
custom a FormEditor in your fomrs project:
public class FormEditor:Editor
{
public int SelectionPosition;
public EventHandler SelectChanageEvent { get; set; }
}
create AndroidEditor in your Android project:
class AndroidEditor : EditorRenderer, EditTextSelectChange
{
private Context mContext;
public AndroidEditor(Context context) : base(context)
{
mContext = context;
}
public void Change(int lastPos, int curPos)
{
((FormEditor)Element).SelectionPosition = curPos;
((FormEditor)Element).SelectChanageEvent.Invoke(this, null);
}
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Editor> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
MyEditText myEditText = new MyEditText(mContext);
myEditText.SetEditTextSelectChange(this);
SetNativeControl(myEditText);
}
}
custom MyEditText in your Android project:
public class MyEditText : FormsEditText
{
private int mLastPos = 0;
private int mCurPos = 0;
private EditTextSelectChange editTextSelectChange;
public void SetEditTextSelectChange(EditTextSelectChange editTextSelectChange)
{
this.editTextSelectChange = editTextSelectChange;
}
public MyEditText(Context context) : base(context)
{
}
protected override void OnSelectionChanged(int selStart, int selEnd)
{
base.OnSelectionChanged(selStart, selEnd);
if (editTextSelectChange != null)
{
mCurPos = selEnd;
editTextSelectChange.Change(mLastPos, mCurPos);
mLastPos = mCurPos;
}
}
public interface EditTextSelectChange
{
void Change(int lastPos, int curPos);
}
}
then use in your page.xaml:
<local:FormEditor x:Name="editor" Placeholder="Hello"></local:FormEditor>
in your page.xaml.cs:
public YourPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
editor.SelectChanageEvent += SelectEvent;
}
private void SelectEvent(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// you could get the Curson Position by editor.SelectionPosition
Console.WriteLine("curPos = {0}", editor.SelectionPosition);
}

How to fire TextChanged event on a Xamarin Forms entry field programmatically?

We have setup some Xamarin behavior for not null entry fields etc, this fires when the user makes a change to a field and we then changed the entry border color, red for invalid.
However, we'd also like to reuse this behaviors when a submit button is tapped.
So I need to fire the TextChanged event manually, any ideas how I can do this, now sure if it's possible ?
public class NotEmptyEntryBehaviour : Behavior<Entry>
{
protected override void OnAttachedTo(Entry bindable)
{
bindable.TextChanged += OnEntryTextChanged;
base.OnAttachedTo(bindable);
}
protected override void OnDetachingFrom(Entry bindable)
{
bindable.TextChanged -= OnEntryTextChanged;
base.OnDetachingFrom(bindable);
}
void OnEntryTextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs args)
{
if (args == null)
return;
var oldString = args.OldTextValue;
var newString = args.NewTextValue;
}
}

If you want an alternative you can use one of the pre-built validation behaviors that comes with Xamarin.CommunityToolkit package, like TextValidationBehavior (by specifying a Regexp) or any more specific derived ones (example NumericValidationBehavior) that may fit your needs or even create a custom one by sub-classing ValidationBehavior.
It let you define custom styles for Valid and InValid states, but more important for the question has an async method called ForceValidate().
Also the Flags property could be interesting.
NotEmptyEntryBehaviour seems closer to TextValidationBehavior with MinimumLenght=1
xaml
<Entry Placeholder="Type something..." x:Name="entry">
<Entry.Behaviors>
<xct:TextValidationBehavior Flags="ValidateOnValueChanging"
InvalidStyle="{StaticResource InvalidEntryStyle}"
ValidStyle="{StaticResource ValidEntryStyle}"/>
</Entry.Behaviors>
</Entry>
Code
await (entry.Behaviors[0] as TextValidationBehavior)?.ForceValidate();
Docs
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/community-toolkit/behaviors/charactersvalidationbehavior
Repo Samples
https://github.com/xamarin/XamarinCommunityToolkit/tree/main/samples/XCT.Sample/Pages/Behaviors
EDIT
If you want to run the validation from the ViewModel you need to bind ForceValidateCommand as explained in this GitHub discussion/question.

We have setup some Xamarin behavior for not null entry fields etc, this fires when the user makes a change to a field and we then changed the entry border color, red for invalid.
You can create custom Entry with behavior to get.
The first I’m going to do is to create a new control that inherits from Entry and will add three properties: IsBorderErrorVisible, BorderErrorColor, ErrorText.
public class ExtendedEntry : Entry
{
public static readonly BindableProperty IsBorderErrorVisibleProperty =
BindableProperty.Create(nameof(IsBorderErrorVisible), typeof(bool), typeof(ExtendedEntry), false, BindingMode.TwoWay);
public bool IsBorderErrorVisible
{
get { return (bool)GetValue(IsBorderErrorVisibleProperty); }
set
{
SetValue(IsBorderErrorVisibleProperty, value);
}
}
public static readonly BindableProperty BorderErrorColorProperty =
BindableProperty.Create(nameof(BorderErrorColor), typeof(Xamarin.Forms.Color), typeof(ExtendedEntry), Xamarin.Forms.Color.Transparent, BindingMode.TwoWay);
public Xamarin.Forms.Color BorderErrorColor
{
get { return (Xamarin.Forms.Color)GetValue(BorderErrorColorProperty); }
set
{
SetValue(BorderErrorColorProperty, value);
}
}
public static readonly BindableProperty ErrorTextProperty =
BindableProperty.Create(nameof(ErrorText), typeof(string), typeof(ExtendedEntry), string.Empty);
public string ErrorText
{
get { return (string)GetValue(ErrorTextProperty); }
set
{
SetValue(ErrorTextProperty, value);
}
}
}
Then creating custom render to android platform.
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(ExtendedEntry), typeof(ExtendedEntryRenderer))]
namespace FormsSample.Droid
{
public class ExtendedEntryRenderer : EntryRenderer
{
public ExtendedEntryRenderer(Context context) : base(context)
{
}
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Entry> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
if (Control == null || e.NewElement == null) return;
UpdateBorders();
}
protected override void OnElementPropertyChanged(object sender, System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
base.OnElementPropertyChanged(sender, e);
if (Control == null) return;
if (e.PropertyName == ExtendedEntry.IsBorderErrorVisibleProperty.PropertyName)
UpdateBorders();
}
void UpdateBorders()
{
GradientDrawable shape = new GradientDrawable();
shape.SetShape(ShapeType.Rectangle);
shape.SetCornerRadius(0);
if (((ExtendedEntry)this.Element).IsBorderErrorVisible)
{
shape.SetStroke(3, ((ExtendedEntry)this.Element).BorderErrorColor.ToAndroid());
}
else
{
shape.SetStroke(3, Android.Graphics.Color.LightGray);
this.Control.SetBackground(shape);
}
this.Control.SetBackground(shape);
}
}
}
Finally, Creating an Entry Behavior, handle the error to provide ui feedback to the user when validation occurs
public class EmptyEntryValidatorBehavior : Behavior<ExtendedEntry>
{
ExtendedEntry control;
string _placeHolder;
Xamarin.Forms.Color _placeHolderColor;
protected override void OnAttachedTo(ExtendedEntry bindable)
{
bindable.TextChanged += HandleTextChanged;
bindable.PropertyChanged += OnPropertyChanged;
control = bindable;
_placeHolder = bindable.Placeholder;
_placeHolderColor = bindable.PlaceholderColor;
}
void HandleTextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
{
ExtendedEntry customentry = (ExtendedEntry)sender;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(customentry.Text))
{
((ExtendedEntry)sender).IsBorderErrorVisible = false;
}
else
{
((ExtendedEntry)sender).IsBorderErrorVisible = true;
}
}
protected override void OnDetachingFrom(ExtendedEntry bindable)
{
bindable.TextChanged -= HandleTextChanged;
bindable.PropertyChanged -= OnPropertyChanged;
}
void OnPropertyChanged(object sender, System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.PropertyName == ExtendedEntry.IsBorderErrorVisibleProperty.PropertyName && control != null)
{
if (control.IsBorderErrorVisible)
{
control.Placeholder = control.ErrorText;
control.PlaceholderColor = control.BorderErrorColor;
control.Text = string.Empty;
}
else
{
control.Placeholder = _placeHolder;
control.PlaceholderColor = _placeHolderColor;
}
}
}
}
Update:
You can change custom entry's IsBorderErrorVisible in button.click, to call this from submit button.
private void btn1_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry1.Text))
{
entry1.IsBorderErrorVisible = true;
}
}
<customentry:ExtendedEntry
x:Name="entry1"
BorderErrorColor="Red"
ErrorText="please enter name!">
<customentry:ExtendedEntry.Behaviors>
<behaviors:EmptyEntryValidatorBehavior />
</customentry:ExtendedEntry.Behaviors>
</customentry:ExtendedEntry>

Xamarin slider custom renderer DragCompleted event

I am trying to put in function an IOS custom renderer for Slider control. Due to wrapping class SlideriOS the event are not firing and I need DragCompleted event. Somebody has an idea how to trigger/route the event to the control?
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(CustomGradientSlider), typeof(CustomGradientSliderRenderer))]
namespace HealMate.iOS.Renderers
{
public class CustomGradientSliderRenderer : SliderRenderer
{
public CGColor StartColor { get; set; }
public CGColor CenterColor { get; set; }
public CGColor EndColor { get; set; }
private UIImage GradImage { get; set; }
public string SelectionColor1 { get; set; }
public string SelectionColor2 { get; set; }
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Slider> e)
{
if (Control == null)
{
var customSlider = e.NewElement as CustomGradientSlider;
StartColor = customSlider.StartColor.ToCGColor();
CenterColor = customSlider.CenterColor.ToCGColor();
EndColor = customSlider.EndColor.ToCGColor();
var slider = new SlideriOS
{
Continuous = true,
Height = (nfloat)customSlider.HeightRequest
};
SetNativeControl(slider);
Control.ValueChanged += OnControlValueChanged;
}
base.OnElementChanged(e);
}
...
public class SlideriOS : UISlider
{
public nfloat Height { get; set; }
public override CGRect TrackRectForBounds(CGRect forBounds)
{
var rect = base.TrackRectForBounds(forBounds);
return new CGRect(rect.X, rect.Y, rect.Width, Height);
}
}
}
How can I fire the DragCompleted event for the slider control ?
Thanks!

There are some Events can be invoked in UISlider :
TouchDragExit : Raised on TouchDragExit events.
TouchUpInside : Raised on TouchUpInside events.
TouchUpOutside : Raised on TouchUpOutside events.
You can invoke one of them to have a try as follow :
Control.TouchDragExit += Slider_TouchDragExit;
private void Slider_TouchDragExit(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
===================================Update====================================
After testing in local project , above three methods only TouchUpInside works ,and not finding the reason why other methods not working in iOS renderer . I also test renderer methods in Android, it works . It is a strange phenomenon.
However , I found a workaround to invoke methods something as drag ended function.
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(CustomSlider), typeof(CustomSliderRenderer))]
namespace App8.iOS
{
public class CustomSliderRenderer : SliderRenderer
{
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Slider> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
if (null != Control)
{
CustomSlider customSlider = (CustomSlider)e.NewElement;
customSlider.DragCompleted += CustomSlider_DragCompleted;
}
}
private void CustomSlider_DragCompleted(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("------CustomSlider_DragCompleted-------");
}
}
Here , CustomSlider is my custom Slider in Xamarin.Forms . If later find the reason why TouchDragExit not woking will update here.

Custom image renderer on iOS to get x,y coordinates of the tapped location

I have a xamarin forms image, and when the user taps on the image I want to get the x,y coordinates of where the user tapped. Not the x,y coordinates of the view per se, but the coordinates within the image. I have this working on Android below. What would the iOS custom renderer be like?
Create a interface for touch event:
public interface IFloorplanImageController
{
void SendTouched();
}
Create a custom control for image:
public class FloorplanImage : Image, IFloorplanImageController
{
public event EventHandler Touched;
public void SendTouched()
{
Touched?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
}
public Tuple<float, float> TouchedCoordinate
{
get { return (Tuple<float, float>)GetValue(TouchedCoordinateProperty); }
set { SetValue(TouchedCoordinateProperty, value); }
}
public static readonly BindableProperty TouchedCoordinateProperty =
BindableProperty.Create(
propertyName: "TouchedCoordinate",
returnType: typeof(Tuple<float, float>),
declaringType: typeof(FloorplanImage),
defaultValue: new Tuple<float, float>(0, 0),
propertyChanged: OnPropertyChanged);
public static void OnPropertyChanged(BindableObject bindable, object oldValue, object newValue)
{
}
}
Implement the custom renderer:
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(FloorplanImage), typeof(FloorplanImageRenderer))]
namespace EmployeeApp.Droid.Platform
{
public class FloorplanImageRenderer : ImageRenderer
{
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Image> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
if (e.NewElement != null)
{
if (Control != null)
{
Control.Clickable = true;
Control.SetOnTouchListener(ImageTouchListener.Instance.Value);
Control.SetTag(Control.Id, new JavaObjectWrapper<FloorplanImage> { Obj = Element as FloorplanImage });
}
}
}
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing)
{
if (Control != null)
{
Control.SetOnTouchListener(null);
}
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
private class ImageTouchListener : Java.Lang.Object, Android.Views.View.IOnTouchListener
{
public static readonly Lazy<ImageTouchListener> Instance = new Lazy<ImageTouchListener>(
() => new ImageTouchListener());
public bool OnTouch(Android.Views.View v, MotionEvent e)
{
var obj = v.GetTag(v.Id) as JavaObjectWrapper<FloorplanImage>;
var element = obj.Obj;
var controller = element as IFloorplanImageController;
if (e.Action == Android.Views.MotionEventActions.Down)
{
var x = e.GetX();
var y = e.GetY();
element.TouchedCoordinate = new Tuple<float, float>(x, y);
controller?.SendTouched();
}
else if (e.Action == Android.Views.MotionEventActions.Up)
{
}
return false;
}
}
}
public class JavaObjectWrapper<T> : Java.Lang.Object
{
public T Obj { get; set; }
}
}
Use this control like this:
<local:FloorplanImage HeightRequest="300" x:Name="image" WidthRequest="300"
Aspect="AspectFit" Touched="image_Touched" />
code behind:
private void image_Touched(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var cor = image.TouchedCoordinate;
}

I found this Customer success example on github that does exactly this.
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(CustomImage), typeof(CustomImageRenderer))]
namespace FormsImageTapGesture.iOS
{
public class CustomImageRenderer : ImageRenderer
{
#region properties & fields
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// PROPERTIES & FIELDS
//
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
private UIImageView nativeElement;
private CustomImage formsElement;
#endregion
#region methods
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// METHODS
//
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Set up the custom renderer. In this case, that means set up the gesture
// recognizer.
//
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Image> e) {
base.OnElementChanged (e);
if (e.NewElement != null) {
// Grab the Xamarin.Forms control (not native)
formsElement = e.NewElement as CustomImage;
// Grab the native representation of the Xamarin.Forms control
nativeElement = Control as UIImageView;
// Set up a tap gesture recognizer on the native control
nativeElement.UserInteractionEnabled = true;
UITapGestureRecognizer tgr = new UITapGestureRecognizer (TapHandler);
nativeElement.AddGestureRecognizer (tgr);
}
}
//
// Respond to taps.
//
public void TapHandler(UITapGestureRecognizer tgr) {
CGPoint touchPoint = tgr.LocationInView (nativeElement);
formsElement.OnTapEvent ((int)touchPoint.X, (int)touchPoint.Y);
}
#endregion
}
}