Customize BottomNavigationView in MAUI

Question

I'm trying to customize the BottomNavigationView. I tried to access the BottomNavigationview by writing a TabbedPageHandler. The TabbedPageHandler returns the ViewPager2 control and there is no way to access the BottomNavigationView. Tried almost all handlers dont understand how this is possible. Another thing i tried was to hook up the Layout changed event and to access the nav view. The result was the page loads and the first focus on the page allows access to bottom Navigation view. Is this a bug in MAUI or what should i do to customize the view on page load.

I'm trying to set the icons on the tabbedpage. Not using Shell.

Answer 1

Hello,

I tried to access the BottomNavigationview by writing a TabbedPageHandler.

Did you mean you used TabbedPageHandler to customize TabbedPage?

If so, please refer to this issue: Move TabbedPageHandler to TabbedViewHandler #4893.

I'm trying to set the icons on the tabbedpage. Not using Shell.

In MAUI, it is simple to set icons without handler or renderer. Please refer to the following code:

   <TabbedPage ...>  
      <local:Main Title="test" IconImageSource="icons8.png"/>  
   </TabbedPage>  

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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