Custom names for MvvmCross converters

Question

Coming from a WPF background I am used to naming all value converters with the postfix word "Converter". I can do the same in MvvmCross however the usage style in the Android Axml is without the converter postfix.

Is it possible to still include the postfix word Converter without manually registering?

Answer 1

By default, MvvmCross registers the value converters using this filler - https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/blob/v3.1/Cirrious/Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding/Binders/MvxValueConverterRegistryFiller.cs#L20

        name = RemoveTail(name, "ValueConverter");
        name = RemoveTail(name, "Converter");

If you want to replace this registry filler, then you can:

• create a new filler class without the RemoveTail rules
• create a new MyCustomBindingBuilder which inherits from MvxAndroidBindingBuilderand override protected virtual IMvxValueConverterRegistryFiller CreateValueConverterRegistryFiller() in https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/blob/e6d10972b5c28e00e80acc3d9e8910961aa813d6/Cirrious/Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding/MvxCoreBindingBuilder.cs#L74 - this can return your custom filler
• you would return this custom binding builder in an overridden protected virtual MvxAndroidBindingBuilder CreateBindingBuilder() in your Setup class for your app.