Placeworkers.Forms 1.1.1

Placeworkers.Forms

is a custom controls library for Xamarin.Form with support for iOS and Android.

Included Controls:

• DateTimePicker:
• iOS: Implemented like a standard DatePicker but in DateTime mode.
• Android: Implemented to show a TimePickerDialog after a DatePickerDialog.
• NavigationButton: Button with left text alignment and a possible right aligned image
• NavicationCell: Standard TextCell with DisclosureIndicator on right side (AccessoryView). Uses Right DrawerArrowDrawable as right arrow on Android.
• ExtendedListView: Standard ListView with option to disable scrolling.
• Checkbox: Checkbox image on left side and text on right side. Needs 2 images for the checkbox image to work properly.
• DocumentPage: Page to display documents. Uses QLPreviewController on iOS and AndroidPdfViewer (https://github.com/barteksc/AndroidPdfViewer) on Android. Hence only supports PDF on Android.

Usage

Add Placeworkers.Forms reference to your projects.

Add

Placeworkers.Forms.Initializer.Init();

after Xamarin.Forms init.

XAML:

add assembly namespace:

xmlns:pw="clr-namespace:Placeworkers.Forms;assembly=Placeworkers.Forms"

use control:

<pw:NavigationButton Text="Navigation" Image="ArrowRight" />

Code-Behind:

var navButton = new NavigationButton(){ ... }

Included Helpers

• GridExtension: Add a View to a Grid with Spans in one line.
• MimeTypeMapper: Get a MimeType from a file name.
• ResourceLoader: Get string/bytes from a resource from a assembly.
• TaskExtension: Fire and forget task with an IExceptionHandler.
• Wildcard: RegEx helper to simplify searches with '*' and '?'.

Included Converter

• BoolInverter
• BoolNotNullConverter
• BoolNullConverter
• StringIsNotNullOrWhiteSpaceConverter