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Jackilion
Jackilion

Reputation: 97

How to set the CommandParameter to the ListView item itself in Xamarin.Forms

I'm using a custom ViewCell defined in C# to populate a ListView in Xamarin.Forms. The ViewCell contains an Image, that acts as a button and when clicked, should be able to manipulate the underlying data of the ListView.

Basically I am looking for the code behind equivalent for:

<Image.GestureRecognizers>
    <TapGestureRecognizer                                           
        Command="{Binding Path=BindingContext.PlusClickedCommand, Source={x:Reference Name=ChallengesLV}}"
        CommandParameter="{Binding}"/>
</Image.GestureRecognizers>

I have tried:

plusButton.GestureRecognizers.Add(new TapGestureRecognizer() {
Command = bindingContext.AddProgressToChallengeCommand, 
CommandParameter = new Binding(".")} });

But it gives me an NullReference exception when I try to access the object of type Challenge in my viewmodel like so:

AddProgressToChallengeCommand = new Command( (sender) => doSomething((Challenge)sender) );

When I inspect the sender object in debug mode, it tells me it is an object of type Binding with every property null except path="."

How do I get the Item this Binding refers to?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3442

Answers (1)

Jackilion
Jackilion

Reputation: 97

Thanks to Jason: The Command needs to be initialized like that, to access the parameter:

AddProgressToChallengeCommand = new Command<Challenge>( (challenge) => 
doSomething(challenge);

And for the recognizer binding, I needed to change it to:

var recognizer = new TapGestureRecognizer() {Command = bindingContext.AddProgressToChallengeCommand};
recognizer.SetBinding(TapGestureRecognizer.CommandParameterProperty, ".");
plusButton.GestureRegognizers.Add(recognizer);

Upvotes: 1

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