Xamarin.Forms DataForm - Syncfusion Xamarin UI Controls

The Xamarin.Forms DataForm Control is used to display and edit the properties of any data object using a wide range of built-in editors for different data types. Custom editors are also supported. It simplifies the development of various forms such as login, reservation, and data entry. It supports built-in data validation and data annotation. It also provides support for linear and grid layouts, label positioning options, grouping, and more features to design the UI as required.

Xamarin.Forms DataForm Control

Features and Benefits of Xamarin DataForm

Default and custom editors

The Xamarin.Forms DataForm includes built-in support for various editors to handle different data types and custom editors. Built-in editors are automatically generated based on data annotations and the type of field. The following built-in editors are available:

Text editor
Numeric editor
Numeric up-down editor
Date picker
Time picker
Segmented editor
Password editor

Editing

Commit mode - Editing support is provided with the following commit modes that determine when an edited value should be updated in the data object.

LostFocus
PropertyChanged
Explicit

Read-only mode - DataForm supports read-only display mode. It also allows specific fields to be made read-only.

Converters - Support to show the original value in a different format or as different value using converters.

Validation and error indication

Built-in support to validate data and display error information based on INotifyDataErrorInfo and data annotations.
Different validation modes such as LostFocus, PropertyChanged, and explicit to determine when the value should be validated.
Provides support for custom validations.
Support to display a positive message on valid data fields.

Custom data fields

Support to manually generate data fields without using data object. This is used to load data from another source such as Dictionary. It also has support to read and write from/to another data source.

Grouping

Group data fields with captions for better categorization.
Expand or collapse groups to easily navigate through more data fields.
Each group can have different columns.

Layouts

Provides support for linear and grid layouts.

Linear layout - The linear layout arranges items in a single column.

Grid layout - The grid layout arranges items in a predefined number of columns.

Order of the fields - You can change the order of the fields regardless of the position in the data object to view it in the desired position.

Regenerate data fields - Support to add or remove fields and regenerate fields dynamically to show the fields only when required.

Appearance

Label position - You can position the labels to the left or at the top of the editor.

Label and editor width customization - You customize the label and editor width ratio to set the width proportionally.

Width and height customization - Support to customize each data field’s width and height for better readability.

Watermark - Display watermarks to guide end users.

Show or hide fields - Support to show or hide data form fields dynamically based on the application needs.

Exclude fields - Support to exclude specific fields of a data object in UI.

Image label - Display labels with images for easy comprehension.

Data annotations - Options to customize data form fields based on data annotation attributes.

Customization - Complete control over label and editor customization.

Localization

The Xamarin.Forms DataForm supports localizing label text, group name, watermark, and validation messages in the desired language.

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