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Esteban Chornet
Esteban Chornet

Reputation: 1237

Xamarin forms collection view minimum number of items

I'm working with a CollectionView with a grid items layout. I would like to know if there's a way to show like empty "squares" (boxView/absoluteLayout...) depending on a minimum number of a source items (binding it using MVVM).

I want something like this:

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The minimum number would be 14, my items source has a length of 8, I add 6 "empty squares".

Is it possible to do something like this easily?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 325

Answers (1)

Martin0807
Martin0807

Reputation: 56

You need two DataTemplates: one for the monkeys, the other for the empty box.

Make an interface ISquare, and implement it in a MonkeySquare and and EmptySquare.

Make the binded List of type ISquare and add 8 MonkeySquares and 6 EmptySquares.

In your Xaml make a DataTemplateSelector where you check if its the Cell is a MonkeySquare or a EmptySquare and return the belonging DataTemplate. For more information regarding DataTemplateSelectors visit the official doc.

Upvotes: 1

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