Xamarin.Forms Creating custom controls Creating a custom Entry control with a MaxLength property
Example
The Xamarin Forms Entry control does not have a MaxLength property. To achieve this you can extend Entry as below, by adding a Bindable MaxLength property. Then you just need to subscribe to the TextChanged event on Entry and validate the length of the Text when this is called:
class CustomEntry : Entry
{
public CustomEntry()
{
base.TextChanged += Validate;
}
public static readonly BindableProperty MaxLengthProperty = BindableProperty.Create(nameof(MaxLength), typeof(int), typeof(CustomEntry), 0);
public int MaxLength
{
get { return (int)GetValue(MaxLengthProperty); }
set { SetValue(MaxLengthProperty, value); }
}
public void Validate(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs args)
{
var e = sender as Entry;
var val = e?.Text;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(val))
return;
if (MaxLength > 0 && val.Length > MaxLength)
val = val.Remove(val.Length - 1);
e.Text = val;
}
}
Usage in XAML:
<ContentView xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:customControls="clr-namespace:CustomControls;assembly=CustomControls"
x:Class="Views.TestView">
<ContentView.Content>
<customControls:CustomEntry MaxLength="10" />
</ContentView.Content>
