How to Export Data to Excel in Xamarin.Forms?
Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library is a .NET Excel library used to create, read, and edit Excel documents. Using this library, you can import or export data between a worksheet and a DataTable in C# and VB.NET in Xamarin.Forms Excel.
Exporting DataTable to Excel worksheet can be achieved through ImportDataTable only after the DataTable is filled with data.
Steps to export DataTable to an Excel file programmatically:
Step 1: Create a new Xamarin application project.
Create a new Xamarin application
Step 2: Install the Syncfusion.XlsIO.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your Xamarin application from the NuGet.org.
Install NuGet package
Step 3: Include the following namespaces in MainPage.xaml.cs file:
C#
using Syncfusion.XlsIO; using System.IO; using System.Data;
Step 4: Add the following code snippet in the button click event to export DataTable to Excel file:
C#
// Create an instance of ExcelEngine using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine()) { // Initialize Application IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel; // Set the default application version as Excel 2016 application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016; // Create a new workbook IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1); // Access first worksheet from the workbook instance IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0]; // Exporting DataTable to worksheet DataTable dataTable = GetDataTable(); worksheet.ImportDataTable(dataTable, true, 1, 1); worksheet.UsedRange.AutofitColumns(); // Save the workbook to stream in xlsx format. MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(); workbook.SaveAs(stream); workbook.Close(); // Save the stream as a file in the device and invoke it for viewing Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISave>().SaveAndView("ImportData.xlsx", "application/msexcel", stream); }
Step 5: Load the DataTable using the following simple method.
C#
private DataTable GetDataTable() { // Create a DataTable with four columns DataTable table = new DataTable(); table.Columns.Add("Dosage", typeof(int)); table.Columns.Add("Drug", typeof(string)); table.Columns.Add("Patient", typeof(string)); table.Columns.Add("Date", typeof(DateTime)); // Add five DataRows table.Rows.Add(25, "Indocin", "David", DateTime.Now); table.Rows.Add(50, "Enebrel", "Sam", DateTime.Now); table.Rows.Add(10, "Hydralazine", "Christoff", DateTime.Now); table.Rows.Add(21, "Combivent", "Janet", DateTime.Now); table.Rows.Add(100, "Dilantin", "Melanie", DateTime.Now); return table; }
A complete working example to export a DataTable to Excel can be downloaded from ExportDataToExcel.zip
By executing the program, you will get the output Excel file as shown below.
Output Excel document
Know more about Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library through the documentation, where you can find supported features like importing and exporting in DataTable, appending multiple records to worksheet using Template Markers, exporting worksheet into CLR Objects with respective code examples.
Refer here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion® Excel (XlsIO) library features.
An online sample link to Export Data using CLR Objects.
See Also:
Export Excel file to DataTable
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Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to export data to Excel in Xamarin.Forms.
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