How to get visible appointments in Xamarin.Forms Schedule (SfSchedule)?
You can get the visible custom appointments with recurrence appointments of Xamarin.Forms SfSchedule in VisibleDatesChangedEvent.
Initialize an event handler for the VisibleDatesChangedEvent of SfSchedule to get the visible appointments on visible dates changed.
schedule.VisibleDatesChangedEvent += OnVisibleDatesChangedEvent;
private void OnVisibleDatesChangedEvent(object sender, VisibleDatesChangedEventArgs e)
{
List<Meeting> visibleAppointments;
if (e.visibleDates.Count == 0)
return;
if (schedule.ScheduleView == ScheduleView.DayView)
{
visibleAppointments = this.GetVisibleAppointments(e.visibleDates.FirstOrDefault());
}
else
{
visibleAppointments = this.GetVisibleAppointments(e.visibleDates.First(), e.visibleDates.Last());
}
}
Get the visible appointments by comparing the visible dates and the date of each appointment in Schedule DataSource.
private List<Meeting> GetVisibleAppointments(DateTime startDate, DateTime? endDate = null)
{
List<Meeting> appointments = new List<Meeting>();
if (schedule.DataSource == null)
return appointments;
if (endDate == null)
{
foreach (Meeting app in schedule.DataSource)
{
if (app.RecurrenceRule == null && (app.From.Date == startDate.Date || app.To.Date == startDate.Date))
appointments.Add(app);
}
}
else
{
foreach (Meeting app in schedule.DataSource)
{
if (app.RecurrenceRule == null && ((app.From.Date >= startDate.Date && app.From.Date <= endDate.Value.Date) ||
(app.To.Date >= startDate.Date && app.To.Date <= endDate.Value.Date)))
appointments.Add(app);
}
}
return appointments;
}
You can also check the RRule and get the RecurrenceAppointments using GetRecurrenceDateTimeCollection method. Check the date collection with the visible date range to get the visible appointments.
private List<Meeting> GetVisibleAppointments(DateTime startDate, DateTime? endDate = null)
{
List<Meeting> appointments = new List<Meeting>();
if (schedule.DataSource == null)
return appointments;
//Gets the recurrence appointments within the date range
foreach (Meeting app in schedule.DataSource)
{
if (app.RecurrenceRule != null)
{
IEnumerable<DateTime> dateCollection = schedule.GetRecurrenceDateTimeCollection(app.RecurrenceRule, app.From);
if (endDate == null)
{
if (dateCollection.Any(d => d.Date == startDate.Date))
{
appointments.Add(app);
}
}
else
{
while (startDate <= endDate)
{
if (dateCollection.Any(d => d.Date == startDate.Date))
{
appointments.Add(app);
}
startDate = startDate.Date.AddDays(1);
}
}
}
}
return appointments;
}
Download the sample from GitHub.
Conclusion
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