How to create a Tab View using custom font icon in .NET MAUI (SfTabView)?

In .NET MAUI, creating a Tab View with custom font icons can enhance the visual appeal and user experience of your application. This article will guide you through the process of implementing a .NET MAUI TabView using custom Font Icons in your application.

Step 1: Define the Tab View in XAML:

In your XAML file, define the Tab View and include SfTabItem elements with the Header property set to the Unicode character of the icon, and the FontFamily set to the name of your custom font.

XAML

 <tabView:SfTabView x:Name="tabView"  TabWidthMode="Default" TabBarHeight="100" >
     <tabView:SfTabView.Items  >
           <tabView:SfTabItem Header="" FontFamily="SegmentIcon"  FontSize="25">
             <tabView:SfTabItem.Content>
                 <Label Text="Calls items"></Label>
             </tabView:SfTabItem.Content>
         </tabView:SfTabItem>

           <tabView:SfTabItem Header="" FontFamily="SegmentIcon"  FontSize="25" >
             <tabView:SfTabItem.Content>
                 <Label Text="Favourite items"></Label>
             </tabView:SfTabItem.Content>
         </tabView:SfTabItem>

           <tabView:SfTabItem Header="" FontFamily="SegmentIcon" FontSize="25">
             <tabView:SfTabItem.Content>
                 <Label Text="Message items"></Label>
             </tabView:SfTabItem.Content>
         </tabView:SfTabItem>
     </tabView:SfTabView.Items>
 </tabView:SfTabView>

Output

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to create a Tab View using custom font icons in .NET MAUI.

You can refer to our .NET MAUI Tab View feature tour page to learn about its other groundbreaking feature representations. Explore our .NET MAUI Tab View documentation to understand how to present and manipulate data.

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