How to get cell content by row index in .NET MAUI DataGrid (SfDataGrid) TemplateColumn ?

In this article, we will demonstrate how to retrieve the cell content using the rowIndex in a DataGridTemplateColumn of the .NET MAUI DataGrid.

xaml

<ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <local:EmployeeViewModel x:Name="viewModel"/>
</ContentPage.BindingContext>

<Grid>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="50"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

    <syncfusion:SfDataGrid x:Name="dataGrid"
                           GridLinesVisibility="Both"
                           HeaderGridLinesVisibility="Both"
                           ColumnWidthMode="Auto"
                           Grid.Row="0"
                           Grid.Column="0"
                           AutoGenerateColumnsMode="None"
                           ItemsSource="{Binding Employees}">

        <syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
        <syncfusion:DataGridTemplateColumn MappingName="EmployeeStatus"
                               HeaderText="EmployeeStatus">
            <syncfusion:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <StackLayout>
                        <CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding EmployeeStatus}"
                            ></CheckBox>
                    </StackLayout>
                </DataTemplate>
            </syncfusion:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
        </syncfusion:DataGridTemplateColumn>
        <syncfusion:DataGridNumericColumn MappingName="EmployeeID"
                                              HeaderText="Employee ID"
                                              Format="#" />
            <syncfusion:DataGridTextColumn MappingName="Name"
                                           HeaderText="Employee Name" />
            <syncfusion:DataGridTextColumn MappingName="Title"
                                           HeaderText="Designation" />
            <syncfusion:DataGridDateColumn MappingName="HireDate"
                                           HeaderText="Hire Date" />

        </syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
    </syncfusion:SfDataGrid>
    <Button Clicked="Button_Clicked" 
            Grid.Row="1"
            Grid.Column="0"
            Text="Click"/>
</Grid>

C#
The code below illustrates how to retrieve the cell content using the rowIndex and mapping name in the DataGrid.

private void Button_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    GetCellContent(2, "EmployeeStatus");
}

View? GetCellContent(int rowIndex, string mappingName)
{
    var row = dataGrid.GetRowGenerator().Items?.FirstOrDefault(item => item.RowIndex == rowIndex);

    if (row != null)
    {
        var columns = row.GetType().GetRuntimeProperties().FirstOrDefault(data => data.Name.Equals("VisibleColumns"))?.GetValue(row) as List<DataColumnBase>;
        if (columns != null)
        {
            var column = columns.FirstOrDefault(column => column.DataGridColumn != null && column.DataGridColumn.MappingName.Equals(mappingName));
            if (column != null)
            {
                return column.ColumnElement?.Content;
            }
        }
    }

    return null;
}

Download the complete sample from GitHub.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to get cell content by rowIndex in .NET MAUI DataGrid (SfDataGrid) TemplateColumn.

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