How to dispose of children of ListView in Xamarin.Forms?
You can dispose the custom view that was loaded in SfListView.ItemTemplate in Xamarin.Forms SfListView by customizing the ItemGenerator.
C#
Created the custom Editor control in the PCL project that implements IDisposable.
namespace ListViewXamarin
{
public class CustomEntry : Entry, IDisposable
{
public CustomEntry()
{
this.Text = "Country";
BackgroundColor = Color.LightGray;
}
public void Dispose()
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("custom control disposed");
}
}
}
XAML
Add the custom control in the ItemTemplate.
<syncfusion:SfListView x:Name="listView" ItemSize="60" ItemsSource="{Binding ContactsInfo}">
<syncfusion:SfListView.ItemTemplate >
<DataTemplate>
<Grid x:Name="grid">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="70" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="250" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Source="{Binding ContactImage}" VerticalOptions="Center" HorizontalOptions="Center" HeightRequest="50" WidthRequest="50"/>
<Label LineBreakMode="NoWrap" TextColor="#474747" Text="{Binding ContactName}" Grid.Column="1"/>
<local:CustomEntry Placeholder="Enter here" Grid.Column="2"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</syncfusion:SfListView.ItemTemplate>
</syncfusion:SfListView>
C#
Extend the ItemGenerator and ListViewItem, and override the Dispose method to dispose the custom control.
public class ItemGeneratorExt : ItemGenerator
{
public SfListView listView;
public ItemGeneratorExt(SfListView listView) : base(listView)
{
this.listView = listView;
}
protected override ListViewItem OnCreateListViewItem(int itemIndex, ItemType type, object data = null)
{
if (type == ItemType.Record)
return new ListViewItemExt(this.listView);
return base.OnCreateListViewItem(itemIndex, type, data);
}
}
public class ListViewItemExt : ListViewItem
{
private SfListView listView;
public ListViewItemExt(SfListView listView)
{
this.listView = listView;
}
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (this.Content != null)
{
var grid = this.Content as Grid;
var customEntry = (CustomEntry)grid.Children.FirstOrDefault(o => o is CustomEntry);
customEntry.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
}
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to dispose of children of ListView in Xamarin.Forms.
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