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The Button is probably the most common control not only in mobile applications, but in any applications that have a UI. The concept of a button has too many purposes to list here. Generally speaking though, you will use a button to allow users to initiate some sort of action or operation within you...

Quite often within mobile applications, there will be a reason to deal with dates. When working with dates, you will probably need some sort of user input to select a date. This could occur when working with a scheduling or calendar app. In this case, it is best to provide users with a specialized c...

The Entry View is used to allow users to type a single line of text. This single line of text can be used for multiple purposes including entering basic notes, credentials, URLs, and more. This View is a multi-purpose View, meaning that if you need to type regular text or want to obscure a password,...

The Editor is very similar to the Entry in that it allows users to enter some free-form text. The difference is that the Editor allows for multi-line input whereas the Entry is only used for single line input. The Entry also provides a few more properties than the Editor to allow further customizati...

Images are very important parts of any application. They provide the opportunity to inject additional visual elements as well as branding into your application. Not to mention that images are typically more interesting to look at than text or buttons. You can use an Image as a standalone element ...

Believe it or not, the Label is one of the most crucial yet underappreciated View classes not only in Xamarin.Forms, but in UI development in general. It is seen as a rather boring line of text, but without that line of text it would be very difficult to convey certain ideas to the user. Label co...