cs adding entries and giving them name

Question

I try to write like under but it not acceptable. are there anyway to make new entries with name?

{
InitializeComponent();
for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
{
Entry aentry = new Entry
{
Name = "aentry" + (i +1)
};
stack.Children.Add(aentry);
};
}

Answer 1

Hi CemYedikardes-5780,

Welcome to our Microsoft Q&A platform!

There is no such property or method to set x:Name for Xamarin controls. In essence, x:Name is only used to help the compiler recognize the control.

If you want to identify a control programmatically, you can use the property StyleId. According to documentation:Element.StyleId Property, we know that it can be used to set a user defined value to uniquely identify the element.

for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)  
{  
    Entry aentry = new Entry  
    {  
        StyleId = $"Entry{i}",  
    };  
    stack.Children.Add(aentry);  
};  

Then you can use the following code to get the specified control based on the StyleId.

var theEntry = stack.Children.ToList().Find(item => item.StyleId == "Entry1");  
Console.WriteLine((theEntry as Entry).Text);  

Regards,
Kyle

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