Class CardMessage

Represents a class which contains the functionalities for the card message in SfChat.

Inheritance
System.Object
MessageBase
TextMessage
CardMessage
Inherited Members
Namespace: Syncfusion.XForms.Chat
Assembly: Syncfusion.SfChat.XForms.dll
Syntax
public class CardMessage : TextMessage, ICardMessage, ITextMessage, IMessage
Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to add card message in SfChat control.

using Syncfusion.XForms.Chat;
using Xamarin.Forms;

namespace ChatDemo
{
public class SfChatDemo : ContentPage
{
SfChat sfChat;
public SfChatDemo()
{
sfChat = new SfChat();


        CardMessage cardMessage = new CardMessage();
        cardMessage.Text = "Select card from following Card";
        cardMessage.Author = new Author() { Name = "Nancy", Avatar ="Nancy.png" };
        ObservableCollection<CardButton> cardButtons = new ObservableCollection<CardButton>();
        cardButtons.Add(new CardButton() { Value = "OK", Title = "OK" });
        ObservableCollection<Card> cards = new ObservableCollection<Card>();            

        Card card = new Card();
        card.Title = "Audi";
        card.Subtitle = "Series";            
        card.Description = "Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets and distributes luxury vehicles.";            
        card.Image = "Audi.jpg"; 

        Card card1 = new Card();
        card1.Title = "Benz";
        card1.Subtitle = "Series";
        card1.Description = "Mercedes-Benz is a German global automobile marque and a division of Daimler AG.";
        card1.Image = "Benz.jpg";

        card.Buttons = cardButtons;            
        card1.Buttons = cardButtons;

        cards.Add(card);
        cards.Add(card1);

        cardMessage.Cards = cards;
        sfChat.Messages.Add(cardMessage);

        this.Content = sfChat;
    }
}



}

<? xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns = "http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
            xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
            xmlns:d="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms/design"
            xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
            xmlns:sfchat="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.XForms.Chat;assembly=Syncfusion.SfChat.XForms"
            xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Chat"
            mc:Ignorable="d"
            x:Class="Chat.SfChatDemo">
    <ContentPage.BindingContext>
       <local:ViewModel x:Name="viewModel"/>
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <ContentPage.Content>
       <sfchat:SfChat x:Name="Sfchat">
            <sfchat:SfChat.Messages>
                <sfchat:CardMessage
                    Author = "{Binding IncomingMessageAuthor, Source={x:Reference viewModel}}"
                    Cards = "{Binding cards, Source={x:Reference viewModel}}" >
                </ sfchat:CardMessage>
            </sfchat:SfChat.Messages>
       </sfchat:SfChat>
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>

Constructors

CardMessage()

Initializes a new instance of the CardMessage class.

Declaration
public CardMessage()

Fields

CardsProperty

Identifies the Cards Xamarin.Forms.BindableProperty.

Declaration
public static readonly BindableProperty CardsProperty
Field Value
Type
Xamarin.Forms.BindableProperty

Properties

Cards

Gets or sets the collection of cards in a CardMessage.

Declaration
public IList<Card> Cards { get; set; }
Property Value
Type
System.Collections.Generic.IList<Card>

Methods

Dispose()

Releases the unmanaged resources used by the component and optionally releases the managed resources.

Declaration
public override void Dispose()
Overrides

Implements