How to achieve alternate row styling on grid layout view in .NET MAUI ListView (SfListView)?

The .NET MAUI ListView enables you to apply alternate coloring for each item in a grid layout using the SpanCount property. This is accomplished by finding the item index within the data collection using an IValueConverter.

Create an SfListView with GridLayout settings in XAML and bind it to the data source.

XAML:

<ContentPage xmlns:syncfusion="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.ListView;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.ListView">

    <ContentPage.Resources>
        <ResourceDictionary>
            <local:IndexToColorConverter x:Key="IndexToColorConverter"/>
        </ResourceDictionary>
    </ContentPage.Resources>
    <ContentPage.BindingContext>
        <local:ContactsViewModel x:Name="viewModel"/>
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>

    <ContentPage.Content>
        <Grid>
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <syncfusion:SfListView x:Name="listView" SelectionMode="Multiple" 
                                   ItemSpacing="1" ItemSize="150"
                                   ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
                <syncfusion:SfListView.ItemsLayout>
                    <syncfusion:GridLayout x:Name="grid" SpanCount="4" />
                </syncfusion:SfListView.ItemsLayout>
                <syncfusion:SfListView.ItemTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <ViewCell>
                            <ViewCell.View>
                                <Grid x:Name="grid" RowSpacing="0"
                                      BackgroundColor="{Binding .,Converter={StaticResource IndexToColorConverter},ConverterParameter={x:Reference Name=listView}}">
                                    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                        <RowDefinition Height="*" />
                                        <RowDefinition Height="1" />
                                    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                    <Grid RowSpacing="0">
                                        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
                                        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                        <Grid Grid.Column="1" RowSpacing="1" Padding="10,0,0,0" VerticalOptions="Center">
                                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
                                                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
                                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                            <Label LineBreakMode="NoWrap" Text="{Binding ContactName}"/>
                                            <Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" TextColor="#474747" LineBreakMode="NoWrap" Text="{Binding ContactNumber}">
                                            </Label>
                                        </Grid>
                                    </Grid>
                                </Grid>
                            </ViewCell.View>
                        </ViewCell>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </syncfusion:SfListView.ItemTemplate>
            </syncfusion:SfListView>
        </Grid>
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>

C#:

public class IndexToColorConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        var listview = parameter as SfListView;
        var index = listview.DataSource.DisplayItems.IndexOf(value);
        int spanCount = ((Syncfusion.Maui.ListView.GridLayout)listview.ItemsLayout).SpanCount;
        Color CornBlue = Colors.CornflowerBlue;
        Color Blue = Colors.LightBlue;

        if (spanCount % 2 == 1)
        {
            return index % 2 == 0 ? CornBlue : Blue;
        }
        else
        {
            int row = index / spanCount;
            if (row % 2 == 0)
            {
                return index % 2 == 0 ? CornBlue : Blue;
            }
            else
            {
                return index % 2 == 0 ? Blue : CornBlue;
            }
        }
    }

    public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

Output:

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to achieve alternate row styling on grid layout view based on span count in .NET MAUI ListView.

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