How to render ListView using RealmObject in Xamarin.Forms application?
You can render Xamarin.Forms SfListView using the Realm object. Please follow the steps below to use the Realm object.
Step 1: Install the Realm Nuget package to the shared code project.
Step 2: Create a model class by inheriting RealmObject.
namespace ListViewXamarin
{
public class BookInfo : Realms.RealmObject
{
public BookInfo()
{
}
public string BookName { get; set; }
public string BookDescription { get; set; }
public string BookAuthor { get; set; }
}
}
Step 3: Obtain the realm object in the model class repository using the GetInstance method. Populate items and add them to the Realm object.
namespace ListViewXamarin
{
public class BookInfoRepository
{
Realms.Realm realm;
public BookInfoRepository()
{
realm = Realms.Realm.GetInstance();
}
internal IEnumerable<BookInfo> GetBookInfo()
{
realm.Write(() =>
{
for (int i = 0; i < BookNames.Count(); i++)
{
var book = new BookInfo()
{
BookName = BookNames[i],
BookDescription = BookDescriptions[i],
BookAuthor = BookAuthers[i],
};
realm.Add(book);
}
});
return realm.All<BookInfo>().AsRealmCollection();
}
}
}
Step 4: Create a ViewModel collection as IEnumerable and set the realm collection to the ViewModel collection.
namespace ListViewXamarin
{
public class ViewModel
{
private IEnumerable<BookInfo> bookInfo;
public ViewModel()
{
GenerateSource();
}
public IEnumerable<BookInfo> BookInfo
{
get { return bookInfo; }
set { this.bookInfo = value; }
}
private void GenerateSource()
{
BookInfoRepository bookInfoRepository = new BookInfoRepository();
bookInfo = bookInfoRepository.GetBookInfo();
}
}
}
Step 5: Bind ViewModel collection to SfListView.ItemsSource and bind the model properties to the ItemTemplate.
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ListViewXamarin"
xmlns:sync="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.ListView.XForms;assembly=Syncfusion.SfListView.XForms"
x:Class="ListViewXamarin.MainPage">
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
<local:ViewModel />
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
<sync:SfListView x:Name="listView" AutoFitMode="Height" ItemsSource="{Binding BookInfo}" SelectionBackgroundColor="#d3d3d3">
<sync:SfListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Padding="0,12,8,0">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<StackLayout Orientation="Vertical" Padding="5,-5,0,0" VerticalOptions="Start" Grid.Row="0">
<Label Text="{Binding BookName}" FontAttributes="Bold" FontSize="16" TextColor="#000000" />
<Label Text="{Binding BookAuthor}" Grid.Row="1" FontSize="14" Opacity=" 0.67" TextColor="#000000" />
<Label Text="{Binding BookDescription}" Opacity=" 0.54" TextColor="#000000" FontSize="13"/>
</StackLayout>
<BoxView Grid.Row="1" HeightRequest="1" Opacity="0.75" BackgroundColor="#CECECE" />
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</sync:SfListView.ItemTemplate>
</sync:SfListView>
</ContentPage>
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to render ListView using RealmObject in Xamarin.Forms application.
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