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

[Jason Smith]

Oh yes of course we would on iOS, however there are no native controls I am
aware of on other platforms, hence why we never added such a control in the
past.
On May 9, 2016 6:55 AM, "Miguel de Icaza" <miguel at xamarin.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> www.xam-consulting.com
>>
>> Blog: www.michaelridland.com
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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