I'm trying to figure out how to properly lay out a few items
on a page in my Xamarin.Forms project.
I need to create a login page and the graphical layout should look something as presented below:
I am guessing that I should use Grid
but I have a really hard time figuring out how to use it.
How would I go about to create the presented layout?
Note:
This question isn't about the layout I desire. The layout I desire
would however give me a real-world sample to learn how to properly do
layouts in Xamarin.Forms.
Here is the solution
public partial class ComplexRelativeLayoutPage : ContentPage
{
public ComplexRelativeLayoutPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout();
Label topLabel = new Label
{
Text = "I am a label",
};
layout.Children.Add(topLabel,
Constraint.RelativeToParent((parent) =>
{
return parent.Width / 2 - topLabel.Measure(double.PositiveInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity).Request.Width / 2;
}),
Constraint.Constant(10)
);
Image blueImage = new Image
{
Source= ImageSource.FromResource("ButtonRendererDemo.Resources.test.jpg")
};
layout.Children.Add(blueImage,
Constraint.RelativeToParent((parent) =>
{
return parent.Width / 2 - 300 / 2;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToView(topLabel, (parent, label) =>
{
return label.Bounds.Bottom + 20;
}),
Constraint.Constant(300),
Constraint.Constant(250)
);
Entry e1 = new Entry
{
Placeholder="Input Box 1",
};
layout.Children.Add(e1,
Constraint.RelativeToParent((parent) =>
{
return parent.X + 10;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToView(blueImage, (parent, img) =>
{
return img.Bounds.Bottom + 20;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToParent((parent) =>
{
return parent.Width - 20;
})
);
Entry e2 = new Entry
{
Placeholder = "Input Box 2",
};
layout.Children.Add(e2,
Constraint.RelativeToParent((parent) =>
{
return parent.X + 10;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToView(e1, (parent, e) =>
{
return e.Bounds.Bottom;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToParent((parent) =>
{
return parent.Width - 20;
})
);
Button bLeft = new Button
{
Text = "Button",
BackgroundColor = Color.Pink
};
layout.Children.Add(bLeft,
Constraint.RelativeToParent((parent) =>
{
return parent.X + 20;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToView(e2, (parent, e) =>
{
return e.Bounds.Bottom;
})
);
Button bRight1 = new Button
{
Text = "Button",
BackgroundColor = Color.Pink
};
layout.Children.Add(bRight1,
Constraint.RelativeToParent((parent) =>
{
return parent.Width - bRight1.Measure(double.PositiveInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity).Request.Width - 20;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToView(bLeft, (parent, b) =>
{
return b.Y;
})
);
Button bRight2 = new Button
{
Text = "Button",
BackgroundColor=Color.Pink
};
layout.Children.Add(bRight2,
Constraint.RelativeToView(bRight1, (parent, b) =>
{
return b.X;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToView(bRight1, (parent, b) =>
{
return b.Bounds.Bottom + 10;
})
);
Button bBottom1 = new Button
{
Text = "Button",
BackgroundColor = Color.Lime
};
layout.Children.Add(bBottom1,
Constraint.RelativeToParent((parent) =>
{
return parent.Width / 2 - bBottom1.Measure(double.PositiveInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity).Request.Width / 2;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToView(bRight2, (parent, b) =>
{
return b.Bounds.Bottom + 20;
})
);
Button bBottom2 = new Button
{
Text = "Button",
BackgroundColor = Color.Lime
};
layout.Children.Add(bBottom2,
Constraint.RelativeToView(bBottom1, (parent, b) =>
{
return b.X;
}),
Constraint.RelativeToView(bBottom1, (parent, b) =>
{
return b.Bounds.Bottom + 10;
})
);
ScrollView v = new ScrollView
{
Content=layout
};
Content = v;
}
}
I'd try a StackLayout first
<StackLayout>
<Label />
<Image />
<Entry />
<Entry />
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button />
<StackLayout>
<Button />
<Button />
</StackLayout>
</StackLayout>
<Button />
<Button />
</StackLayout>