Example
public class MyPage : ContentPage
{
RelativeLayout _layout;
BoxView centerBox;
BoxView rightBox;
BoxView leftBox;
BoxView topBox;
BoxView bottomBox;
const int spacing = 10;
const int boxSize = 50;
public MyPage()
{
_layout = new RelativeLayout();
centerBox = new BoxView
{
BackgroundColor = Color.Black
};
rightBox = new BoxView
{
BackgroundColor = Color.Blue,
//You can both set width and hight here
//Or when adding the control to the layout
WidthRequest = boxSize,
HeightRequest = boxSize
};
leftBox = new BoxView
{
BackgroundColor = Color.Yellow,
WidthRequest = boxSize,
HeightRequest = boxSize
};
topBox = new BoxView
{
BackgroundColor = Color.Green,
WidthRequest = boxSize,
HeightRequest = boxSize
};
bottomBox = new BoxView
{
BackgroundColor = Color.Red,
WidthRequest = boxSize,
HeightRequest = boxSize
};
//First adding center box since other boxes will be relative to center box
_layout.Children.Add(centerBox,
//Constraint for X, centering it horizontally
//We give the expression as a paramater, parent is our layout in this case
Constraint.RelativeToParent(parent => parent.Width / 2 - boxSize / 2),
//Constraint for Y, centering it vertically
Constraint.RelativeToParent(parent => parent.Height / 2 - boxSize / 2),
//Constraint for Width
Constraint.Constant(boxSize),
//Constraint for Height
Constraint.Constant(boxSize));
_layout.Children.Add(leftBox,
//The x constraint will relate on some level to centerBox
//Which is the first parameter in this case
//We both need to have parent and centerBox, which will be called sibling,
//in our expression paramters
//This expression will be our second paramater
Constraint.RelativeToView(centerBox, (parent, sibling) => sibling.X - spacing - boxSize),
//Since we only need to move it left,
//it's Y constraint will be centerBox' position at Y axis
Constraint.RelativeToView(centerBox, (parent, sibling) => sibling.Y)
//No need to define the size constraints
//Since we initialize them during instantiation
);
_layout.Children.Add(rightBox,
//The only difference hear is adding spacing and boxSize instead of substracting them
Constraint.RelativeToView(centerBox, (parent, sibling) => sibling.X + spacing + boxSize),
Constraint.RelativeToView(centerBox, (parent, sibling) => sibling.Y)
);
_layout.Children.Add(topBox,
//Since we are going to move it vertically this thime
//We need to do the math on Y Constraint
//In this case, X constraint will be centerBox' position at X axis
Constraint.RelativeToView(centerBox, (parent, sibling) => sibling.X),
//We will do the math on Y axis this time
Constraint.RelativeToView(centerBox, (parent, sibling) => sibling.Y - spacing - boxSize)
);
_layout.Children.Add(bottomBox,
Constraint.RelativeToView(centerBox, (parent, sibling) => sibling.X),
Constraint.RelativeToView(centerBox, (parent, sibling) => sibling.Y + spacing + boxSize)
);
Content = _layout;
}
}