EntryCell Class

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Xamarin.Forms

Assembly:: Xamarin.Forms.Core.dll

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A Cell with a label and a single line text entry field.

public class EntryCell : Xamarin.Forms.Cell, Xamarin.Forms.IEntryCellController

type EntryCell = class
    inherit Cell
    interface IEntryCellController

Inheritance: System.Object

BindableObject

Element

Cell
EntryCell

Implements: IEntryCellController

Remarks

The following example shows a basic use.

using System;
using Xamarin.Forms;

namespace FormsGallery
{
    class EntryCellDemoPage : ContentPage
    {
        public EntryCellDemoPage()
        {
            Label header = new Label
            {
                Text = "EntryCell",
                FontSize = Device.GetNamedSize (NamedSize.Large, typeof(EntryCell)),
                HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center
            };

            TableView tableView = new TableView
            {
                Intent = TableIntent.Form,
                Root = new TableRoot
                {
                    new TableSection
                    {
                        new EntryCell
                        {
                            Label = "EntryCell:",
                            Placeholder = "Type Text Here"
                        }
                    }
                }
            };

            // Accomodate iPhone status bar.
            this.Padding = new Thickness(10, Device.OnPlatform(20, 0, 0), 10, 5);

            // Build the page.
            this.Content = new StackLayout
            {
                Children = 
                {
                    header,
                    tableView
                }
            };
        }
    }
}

Constructors

EntryCell()

Initializes a new instance of the EntryCell class.

Fields

DefaultCellHeight	The default height of cells. (Inherited from Cell)
HorizontalTextAlignmentProperty	Identifies the HorizontalTextAlignment bindable property.
KeyboardProperty	Identifies the Keyboard bindable property.
LabelColorProperty	Identifies the LabelColor bindable property.
LabelProperty	Identifies the Label bindable property.
PlaceholderProperty	Identifies the Placeholder bindable property,
TextProperty	Identifies the Text bindable property.
VerticalTextAlignmentProperty
XAlignProperty	Obsolete. Identifies the XAlign bindable property.

Properties

AutomationId	Gets or sets a value that allows the automation framework to find and interact with this element. (Inherited from Element)
BindingContext	Gets or sets object that contains the properties that will be targeted by the bound properties that belong to this BindableObject. (Inherited from BindableObject)
ClassId	Gets or sets a value used to identify a collection of semantically similar elements. (Inherited from Element)
ContextActions	Gets a list of menu items to display when the user performs the device-specific context gesture on the Cell. (Inherited from Cell)
Dispatcher	(Inherited from BindableObject)
EffectControlProvider	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
Effects	A list of the effects that are applied to this item. (Inherited from Element)
HasContextActions	Gets a value that indicates whether the cell has at least one menu item in its ContextActions list property. (Inherited from Cell)
Height	Gets or sets the height of the Cell. (Inherited from Cell)
HorizontalTextAlignment	Gets or sets the horizontal alignement of the Text property. This is a bindable property.
Id	Gets a value that can be used to uniquely identify an element through the run of an application. (Inherited from Element)
IsContextActionsLegacyModeEnabled	(Inherited from Cell)
IsEnabled	Gets or sets the IsEnabled state of the Cell. This is a bindable property. (Inherited from Cell)
Keyboard	Gets or sets the Keyboard to display while editing the EntryCell. This is a bindable property.
Label	Gets or sets the fixed text presented next to the Entry in the EntryCell. This is a bindable property.
LabelColor	Gets or sets the Color used for rendering the Label property. This is a bindable property.
LogicalChildren	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
Parent	Gets or sets the parent element of the element. (Inherited from Element)
ParentView	Obsolete. Gets the element which is the closest ancestor of this element that is a VisualElement. (Inherited from Element)
Placeholder	Gets or sets the placeholder text displayed in the Entry when the Text is null or empty. This is a bindable property.
Platform	Obsolete. (Inherited from Element)
RealParent	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
RenderHeight	Gets the height of the rendered cell on the device. (Inherited from Cell)
StyleId	Gets or sets a user defined value to uniquely identify the element. (Inherited from Element)
Text	Gets or sets the content of the Entry of the EntryCell. This is a bindable property.
VerticalTextAlignment
XAlign	Obsolete. Gets or sets the horizontal alignement of the Text property. This is a bindable property.

Methods

ApplyBindings()	Apply the bindings to BindingContext. (Inherited from BindableObject)
ClearValue(BindableProperty)	Clears any value set by SetValue for `property`. (Inherited from BindableObject)
ClearValue(BindablePropertyKey)	Clears any value set by SetValue for the property that is identified by `propertyKey`. (Inherited from BindableObject)
CoerceValue(BindableProperty)	(Inherited from BindableObject)
CoerceValue(BindablePropertyKey)	(Inherited from BindableObject)
Descendants()	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
EffectIsAttached(String)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
FindByName(String)	Returns the element that has the specified name. (Inherited from Element)
ForceUpdateSize()	Immediately updates the cell's size. (Inherited from Cell)
GetValue(BindableProperty)	Returns the value that is contained in the BindableProperty. (Inherited from BindableObject)
GetValues(BindableProperty, BindableProperty, BindableProperty)	Obsolete. For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from BindableObject)
GetValues(BindableProperty, BindableProperty)	Obsolete. For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from BindableObject)
IsSet(BindableProperty)	Returns `true` if the target property exists and has been set. (Inherited from BindableObject)
On<T>()	(Inherited from Cell)
OnAppearing()	Invoked whenever an Appearing event occurs. Implement this method to add class handling for this event. (Inherited from Cell)
OnBindingContextChanged()	Event that is raised when the binding context is changed. (Inherited from Cell)
OnChildAdded(Element)	Invoked whenever the ChildAdded event needs to be emitted. Implement this method to add class handling for this event. (Inherited from Element)
OnChildRemoved(Element, Int32)	(Inherited from Element)
OnChildRemoved(Element)	Obsolete. Invoked whenever the ChildRemoved event needs to be emitted. Implement this method to add class handling for this event. (Inherited from Element)
OnDisappearing()	Invoked whenever an Disappearing event occurs. Implement this method to add class handling for this event. (Inherited from Cell)
OnParentSet()	Application developers can override this method to do actions when the cell's parent is set. (Inherited from Cell)
OnPropertyChanged(String)	Method that is called when a bound property is changed. (Inherited from Element)
OnPropertyChanging(String)	TApplication developers can override this method to do actions when the property named by `propertyName` is set. (Inherited from Cell)
OnTapped()	Invoked whenever the Cell is Tapped. (Inherited from Cell)
RemoveBinding(BindableProperty)	Removes a previously set binding. (Inherited from BindableObject)
RemoveDynamicResource(BindableProperty)	Removes a previously set dynamic resource (Inherited from Element)
SendAppearing()	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Cell)
SendCompleted()	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform.
SendDisappearing()	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Cell)
SetBinding(BindableProperty, BindingBase)	Assigns a binding to a property. (Inherited from BindableObject)
SetDynamicResource(BindableProperty, String)	Sets the BindableProperty property of this element to be updated via the DynamicResource with the provided key. (Inherited from Element)
SetValue(BindableProperty, Object)	Sets the value of the specified property. (Inherited from BindableObject)
SetValue(BindablePropertyKey, Object)	Sets the value of the propertyKey. (Inherited from BindableObject)
SetValueCore(BindableProperty, Object, SetValueFlags)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from BindableObject)
SetValueFromRenderer(BindableProperty, Object)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
SetValueFromRenderer(BindablePropertyKey, Object)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
UnapplyBindings()	Unapplies all previously set bindings. (Inherited from BindableObject)

Events

Appearing	Occurs when the visual representation of the Cell is being added to the visual layout. (Inherited from Cell)
BindingContextChanged	Raised whenever the BindingContext property changes. (Inherited from BindableObject)
ChildAdded	Occurs whenever a child element is added to the element. (Inherited from Element)
ChildRemoved	Occurs whenever a child element is removed from the element. (Inherited from Element)
Completed	Event fired when the user presses 'Done' on the EntryCell's keyboard
DescendantAdded	Occurs whenever a child element is added to the elements subtree. (Inherited from Element)
DescendantRemoved	Occurs whenever a child element is removed from the elements subtree. (Inherited from Element)
Disappearing	Occurs when the visual representation of the Cell is being removed from the visual layout. (Inherited from Cell)
ForceUpdateSizeRequested	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Cell)
PlatformSet	Obsolete. (Inherited from Element)
PropertyChanged	Raised when a property has changed. (Inherited from BindableObject)
PropertyChanging	Raised when a property is about to change. (Inherited from BindableObject)
Tapped	Occurs when the Cell is Tapped. (Inherited from Cell)

Explicit Interface Implementations

IDynamicResourceHandler.SetDynamicResource(BindableProperty, String)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from BindableObject)
IElementController.SetValueFromRenderer(BindableProperty, Object)	For internal use by the Xamarin.Forms platform. (Inherited from Element)
INameScope.RegisterName(String, Object)	For internal use only. (Inherited from Element)

Extension Methods

GetPropertyIfSet<T>(BindableObject, BindableProperty, T)
SetAppThemeColor(BindableObject, BindableProperty, Color, Color)
SetBinding(BindableObject, BindableProperty, String, BindingMode, IValueConverter, String)	Creates and applies a binding to a property.
SetBinding<TSource>(BindableObject, BindableProperty, Expression<Func<TSource,Object>>, BindingMode, IValueConverter, String)	Obsolete. Creates and applies a binding from an expression.
SetOnAppTheme<T>(BindableObject, BindableProperty, T, T)
GetPath(Cell)	For internal use by platform renderers.
FindByName<T>(Element, String)	Returns the instance of type `T` that has name `name` in the scope that includes `element`.

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