How to group a column in the actual order without sorting the data in SfDataGrid?

By default, Xamarin DataGrid groups a column in the sorted order. However, you can group a column in the actual order without sorting the groups in SfDataGrid by removing the grouped column from the SfDataGrid.View.SortDescriptions in the SfDataGrid.GridViewCreated event.  

Please refer the below code example to group a column in the actual order without sorting.

MainPage.cs

public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
{
        private SfDataGrid dataGrid;
        private ViewModel viewModel;
        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            dataGrid = new SfDataGrid();
            viewModel = new ViewModel();
            dataGrid.ItemsSource = viewModel.OrdersInfo;
            dataGrid.GridViewCreated += DataGrid_GridViewCreated;
            dataGrid.GroupColumnDescriptions.Add(new GroupColumnDescription() { ColumnName = "CustomerID" });
            this.Content = dataGrid ;
        }
        private void DataGrid_GridViewCreated(object sender, GridViewCreatedEventArgs e)
        {
            dataGrid.View.BeginInit();
            var groupColumn = dataGrid.View.SortDescriptions.FirstOrDefault(x => x.PropertyName == "CustomerID");
            dataGrid.View.SortDescriptions.Remove(groupColumn);
            dataGrid.View.EndInit();
        }
}            

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Conclusion

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