How to set the item for a CarouselView from code behind?

Question

I have a CarouselView which is bound to an ItemsSource of images. But I want to change the current Image shown by changing the index of the CarouselView.

I have tried using CarouselView.Position to the index of the element that has to be selected. But unfortunately this does not work.

How can I achieve this? Thanks

Answer 1

I have tried using CarouselView.Position to the index of the element that has to be selected. But unfortunately this does not work.

Since you're using data binding for ItemsSource of CarouselView, you can implement the INotifyPropertyChanged interface for your image model.

For example:

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:cv="clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.CarouselView"
             x:Class="FormsIssue2.Page1">
    <Grid>
        <cv:CarouselView ItemsSource="{Binding Zoos, Mode=OneWay}" x:Name="CarouselZoos">
            <cv:CarouselView.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <Grid>
                        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <RowDefinition Height="*" />
                            <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                        <Image Grid.RowSpan="2" Aspect="AspectFill" Source="{Binding ImageUrl, Mode=OneWay}" />
                        <StackLayout Grid.Row="1" BackgroundColor="#80000000" Padding="12">
                            <Label TextColor="White" Text="{Binding Name, Mode=OneWay}" FontSize="16" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
                        </StackLayout>
                    </Grid>
                </DataTemplate>
            </cv:CarouselView.ItemTemplate>
        </cv:CarouselView>
    </Grid>
</ContentPage>

Code behind:

public partial class Page1 : ContentPage
{
    public Page1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        Zoos = new ObservableCollection<Zoo>
      {
        new Zoo
        {
            ImageUrl = "http://wallpaper-gallery.net/images/image/image-13.jpg",
            Name = "Woodland Park Zoo"
        },
            new Zoo
        {
            ImageUrl =  "https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/powr/defaults/image-slider2.jpg",
            Name = "Cleveland Zoo"
            },
        new Zoo
        {
            ImageUrl = "https://i.sstatic.net/WCveg.jpg",
            Name = "Phoenix Zoo"
        }
    };

        //CarouselZoos.ItemsSource = Zoos;
        this.BindingContext = this;
        CarouselZoos.ItemSelected += CarouselZoos_ItemSelected;
    }

    private void CarouselZoos_ItemSelected(object sender, SelectedItemChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        var item = e.SelectedItem as Zoo;
        if (item == null)
            return;
        item.ImageUrl = "https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W__wiaHUjwI/Vt3Grd8df0I/AAAAAAAAA78/7xqUNj8ujtY/s1600/image02.png";
    }

    public ObservableCollection<Zoo> Zoos { get; set; }
}

public class Zoo : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    private string _ImageUrl;

    public string ImageUrl
    {
        get { return _ImageUrl; }
        set
        {
            if (value != _ImageUrl)
            {
                _ImageUrl = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("ImageUrl");
            }
        }
    }

    private string _Name;

    public string Name
    {
        get { return _Name; }
        set
        {
            if (value != _Name)
            {
                _Name = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Name");
            }
        }
    }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    protected void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {
        var handler = PropertyChanged;
        if (handler != null)
            handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
    }
}

Once an item is selected, you can find this item's instance in SelectedItemChangedEventArgs, then you can change the image source of this item.

Update:

Based on our discussion, I think the item sources for your CarouselView for thumbnails and the CarouselView for your larger images are in the same sequential order, then when you select the item in your thumbnails, you can get the position of thumbnails and scroll the CarouselView for larger images like this:

var postion = CarouselThunbnails.Position;
CarouselImages.Position = postion;