Xamarin.Forms.Shell: how to get the bottom TabBar height?

Question

I work on a Xamarin.Forms.Shell app using the default bottom TabBar, and I need to know the TabBar height to adjust some items.

I've found a way to get the StatusBar height on both platforms there, but I didn't found a solution for the TabBar.

Is it possible? I only found requests about changing the TabBar height on Stack...

Answer 1

We could get the height by using Custom Renderer

in AppShell

public partial class AppShell : Xamarin.Forms.Shell
{
   public static double TabHeight { get; set; }

  //...
}

in iOS project

Option 1:

using App33;
using App33.iOS;
using Foundation;
using UIKit;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS;

[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(AppShell), typeof(ShellCustomRenderer))]
namespace App33.iOS
{
    public class ShellCustomRenderer : ShellRenderer
    {
        protected override IShellTabBarAppearanceTracker CreateTabBarAppearanceTracker()
        {
            return new TabBarAppearance();
        }

    }

    public class TabBarAppearance : IShellTabBarAppearanceTracker
    {
        public void Dispose()
        {

        }

        public void ResetAppearance(UITabBarController controller)
        {
            


        }

        public void SetAppearance(UITabBarController controller, ShellAppearance appearance)
        {
            base.ViewWillAppear(animated);

            UITabBar myTabBar = this.TabBarController.TabBar;

            myTabBar.TintColor = UIColor.Red;
            myTabBar.BarTintColor = UIColor.LightGray;
            //... you can set style like above in iOS

            AppShell.TabHeight  = myTabBar.Bounds.Height;

        }

        public void UpdateLayout(UITabBarController controller)
        {
           
        }
    }
}

Option 2:

Actually, The height of UITabbar on iOS is a fixed value . On iPhone 8 and before is 49 and iPhone X and after(full-screen) will have an extra safeArea bottom height . So if you just want to get it (don't need to set the height) , you could get it directly by using DependencyService like following

AppShell.TabHeight = 49 + UIApplication.SharedApplication.Delegate.GetWindow().SafeAreaInsets.Bottom;

in Android

 public class MainActivity : global::Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.FormsAppCompatActivity
    {
        protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
        {
            TabLayoutResource = Resource.Layout.Tabbar;
            ToolbarResource = Resource.Layout.Toolbar;

            base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);
    //        var hei=SupportActionBar.Height;
            Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.Init(this, savedInstanceState);
            global::Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init(this, savedInstanceState);
            LoadApplication(new App());


            int resourceId =Resources.GetIdentifier("design_bottom_navigation_height", "dimen", this.PackageName);
            int height = 0;
            if (resourceId > 0)
            {
                height = Resources.GetDimensionPixelSize(resourceId);
                AppShell.TabHeight = height;
            }

         


        }
        public override void OnRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, string[] permissions, [GeneratedEnum] Android.Content.PM.Permission[] grantResults)
        {
            Xamarin.Essentials.Platform.OnRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);

            base.OnRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
        }
    }
}