I have been using Xamarin Forms to develop iOS and Android applications. I want to access a StackLayout that is within a TabbedPage so I can make it visible or hidden whenever the user changes tabs, but when I try to access the StackLayout I get "This does not exist in the current context". Here is my XAML code and my CS code.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Xamarin.Forms;
namespace DebuggerTestAndroidIOS
{
public partial class PatientTabPage : TabbedPage
{
public PatientTabPage ()
{
InitializeComponent ();
ItemsSource = PatientDataModel.tabs;
//vitalSignsStack.IsVisible = true;
this.CurrentPageChanged += (object sender, EventArgs e) => {
var i = this.Children.IndexOf(this.CurrentPage);
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Page No:"+i);
if (i == 1){
vitalSignsStack.IsVisible = true;
}
};
}
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TabbedPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="DebuggerTestAndroidIOS.PatientTabPage">
<TabbedPage.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ContentPage Title ="{Binding TabName}">
<!--Parent Wrapper layout-->
<StackLayout Orientation="Vertical" BackgroundColor="White">
<StackLayout x:Name="vitalSignsStack" Orientation="Horizontal" IsVisible="false">
<Image Source="VitalSigns.png" HorizontalOptions="Center"/>
</StackLayout>
</StackLayout><!--End parent wrapper-->
</ContentPage>
</DataTemplate>
</TabbedPage.ItemTemplate>
</TabbedPage>
Thanks for your efforts. I tried them, still was not able to access the StackLayouts. I modified a little bit my code, this helped a lot and made everything easier: Creating different layouts for each tab