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Xamarin Blueprints

You're reading from   Xamarin Blueprints Leverage the power of Xamarin to create stunning cross-platform and native apps

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785887444
Length 516 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Michael Williams Michael Williams
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building a Gallery Application FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a SpeechTalk Application 3. Building a GPS Locator Application 4. Building an Audio Player Application 5. Building a Stocklist Application 6. Building a Chat Application 7. Building a File Storage Application 8. Building a Camera Application

Adding scroll control to the CarouselView

Add a new file into the Controls folder called CarouselScroll.cs and implement the first part as follows:

public class CarouselScroll : ScrollView 
  { 
    #region Private Properties
      private CarouselLayout _carouselLayout;
    #endregion
    public DataTemplate ItemTemplate
    {
      set
      {
        _carouselLayout.ItemTemplate = value;
      }
    }
    public CarouselScroll()
    {
      Orientation = ScrollOrientation.Horizontal;
      _carouselLayout = new CarouselLayout();
      Content = _carouselLayout;
     }
   }

The CarouselScroll will inherit the ScrollView object as this will be the bounding view for the CarouselLayout. We are also going to create a DataTemplate variable for setting the DataTemplate object inside the CarouselLayout. Then, in the constructor, we instantiate a new CarouselLayout object as the Content of the ScrollView.

Now let's add a custom binding object for the ItemsSource. Like a ListView, we will bind...

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