I have a collectionView, that is automatically populated via Binding source. In each cell I have a few Labels. When I click on a Label, I'd need to be able to read the value of one of those labels.. (in the sample below it is "PhotographerCode") This is what I have so far, but I cannot figure out how to access the label from the code once the event is fired...
<StackLayout>
<Button Text="Populate DB"
x:Name="populateButton"
Clicked="populateButton_Clicked"/>
<CollectionView ItemsSource="{Binding GalleryList}">
<CollectionView.ItemsLayout>
<GridItemsLayout Orientation="Vertical"
Span="1" />
</CollectionView.ItemsLayout>
<CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell x:Name="Cell" Tapped="Cell_Tapped">
<Grid Padding="10" ColumnSpacing="0" RowSpacing="0">
<Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" Text="{Binding GalleryName}" FontSize="Large" BackgroundColor="LightGray"></Label>
<Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Text="Photographer: " FontSize="Small" BackgroundColor="LightGray"></Label>
<Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Text="{Binding PhotographerName}" FontSize="Default" BackgroundColor="LightGray"></Label>
<Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Text="Code: " FontSize="Small" BackgroundColor="LightGray"></Label>
<Label x:Name="PhotographerCode" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding PhotographerCode}" FontSize="Small" BackgroundColor="LightGray"></Label>
<Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="2" Text="{Binding GalleryCode}" FontSize="Small" BackgroundColor="LightGray"></Label>
</Grid>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
</CollectionView>
</StackLayout>
and the .cs file:
private void Cell_Tapped(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
....
}
CollectionView has built in support for this
<CollectionView ItemsSource="{Binding GalleryList}" SelectionMode="Single" SelectionChanged="OnCollectionViewSelectionChanged">
then in your event handler
void OnCollectionViewSelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
var item = (MyModelClass)e.CurrentSelection.FirstOrDefault();
....
}
you also do not need to (and should not) use any of the *Cell elements with CollectionView. Those were required for ListView and have been replaced by generic templates with CollectionView