How to achieve AlternateRowBackground in exporting .NET MAUI DataGrid (SfDataGrid) ?

In this article, we will show you how to achieve alternate row background in .NET MAUI DataGrid Exporting.

Please note that exporting does not support AlternateRowBackground in the MAUI SfDataGrid. However, you can achieve alternate row background color using the RowExporting event.

C#
The code below illustrates how to achieve an alternate row background in DataGrid PDF exporting.

private void Button_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    DataGridPdfExportingController pdfExport = new DataGridPdfExportingController();
    pdfExport.RowExporting += pdfExport_RowExporting;
    DataGridPdfExportingOption option = new DataGridPdfExportingOption();
    var pdfDoc = new PdfDocument();
    pdfDoc = pdfExport.ExportToPdf(this.dataGrid, option);
    pdfDoc.Save(stream);
    pdfDoc.Close(true);
    SaveService saveService = new();
    saveService.SaveAndView("ExportFeature.pdf", "application/pdf", stream);
}

void pdfExport_RowExporting(object sender, DataGridRowPdfExportingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.RowType == ExportRowType.RecordRow)
    {
        var index = dataGrid?.View?.Records.IndexOf(e.Record);
        if (index % 2 == 0)
        {
            e.PdfRow.Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.Yellow;
        }
        else
        {
            e.PdfRow.Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.Transparent;
        }
    }
}

Output

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to achieve an alternate row background in .NET MAUI DataGrid.

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