[forms-devel] Offer to extend Frame and add SegmentedButtonGroup

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

Shouldn't we try to use the native controls for this when available?

miguel.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:44 AM, Michael Ridland <rid00z at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> The SegmentedButtonGroup would not have native renderers it would be
> composed of Xamarin.Forms views.
>
> Thanks
>
> *Michael Ridland | Technical Director | Xamarin MVP*
>
> XAM Consulting - Mobile Technology Specialists
>
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>
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Michael Ridland <rid00z at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> With those colors and radius it looks like a iOS control but it's not
>> necessarily for iOS only. Most likely colors and radius would be within the
>> design of the app anyway, with a dark theme it would be dark and light
>> theme it would be light.
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>>
>>
>> *Michael Ridland | Technical Director | Xamarin MVP*
>>
>> XAM Consulting - Mobile Technology Specialists
>>
>> www.xam-consulting.com
>>
>> Blog: www.michaelridland.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Jason Smith <jason.smith at xamarin.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> The frame corner properties seems fine, please submit a spec to the
>>> Xamarin Evolution repo.
>>>
>>> The segmented button group is nice but how should it look on non-iOS
>>> platforms?
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 10:30 PM, Michael Ridland <rid00z at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I'm making an offer to implement two features in the Forms codebase, as
>>>> per below. I'm happy to change spec based on feedback.
>>>>
>>>> *Extending the Frame to have two new properties.*
>>>>
>>>> Corners - a enum { All, TopLeft, TopRight, BottomLeft, BottomRight,
>>>> None }
>>>> CornerRadius - float with a radius for the corner
>>>>
>>>> Adding this feature to the Frame is a great building block for more
>>>> advanced UI and controls.
>>>>
>>>> *Add new control SegmentedButtonGroup*
>>>>
>>>> Based on the new features of the Frame I can build a segmented button
>>>> group control.
>>>>
>>>> <SegmentedButtonGroup OnColor="Blue" OffColor="White"
>>>> SelectedIndex="{Binding SelectIndex, Mode=TwoWay}">
>>>>     <SegmentedButtonGroup.SegmentedButtons>
>>>>         <SegmentedButton Title="Button 1"/>
>>>>         <SegmentedButton Title="Button 2"/>
>>>>         <SegmentedButton Title="Button 3"/>
>>>>     </SegmentedButtonGroup.SegmentedButtons>
>>>> </SegmentedButtonGroup>
>>>>
>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>
>>>> This control is very useful and commonly used in modern apps, not to
>>>> mention many designers are using it these days.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Michael Ridland | Technical Director | Xamarin MVP*
>>>>
>>>> XAM Consulting - Mobile Technology Specialists
>>>>
>>>> www.xam-consulting.com
>>>>
>>>> Blog: www.michaelridland.com
>>>>
>>>>
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