As promised, here is another release of one of my GitHub libraries for Xamarin! This time we are talking about the BadgeView​!

Here are some important links:

GitHub project: https://github.com/SuavePirate/BadgeView
NuGet package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/BadgeView

Don’t forget to read up on my original post on how to create your own BadgeView and how to use it: Xamarin.Controls – BadgeView

Documentation

 

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BadgeView

A simple Xamarin.Forms control to display a round badge

Now available on nuget! https://www.nuget.org/packages/BadgeView

Installation

Install-Package BadgeView

Usage

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:badge="clr-namespace:BadgeView.Shared;assembly=BadgeView.Shared" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" x:Class="BadgeViewExample.BadgePage">
    <ContentPage.Content>
        <StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" VerticalOptions="Center">
            <Label HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" Text="Look at me!" />
            <badge:BadgeView Text="3" BadgeColor="Green" VerticalOptions="Center" HorizontalOptions="End" />
        </StackLayout>
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>

With Bindings

<badge:BadgeView Text="{Binding BadgeNumber}" BadgeColor="{Binding BadgeColor}" VerticalOptions="Center" HorizontalOptions="End" />

Without XAML

var badge = new BadgeView()
{
    Text = "4",
    BadgeColor = Color.Red
};

Additional Resources

Check out my blog post on how to build your own if you want!
https://alexdunn.org/2017/03/15/xamarin-controls-badgeview/

 

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