Migrating from Xamarin SfAutoComplete to .NET MAUI SfAutocomplete

15 Jul 20241 minute to read

To migrate easier from Xamarin SfAutoComplete to .NET MAUI SfAutocomplete, we kept most of the APIs from Xamarin SfAutoComplete in MAUI SfAutocomplete. However, to maintain the consistency of API naming in MAUI SfAutocomplete, we renamed some of the APIs. The APIs changed in MAUI SfAutocomplete from Xamarin SfAutoComplete are detailed as follows:

Namespaces

Xamarin SfAutoComplete	.NET MAUI SfAutocomplete
Syncfusion.SfAutoComplete.XForms	Syncfusion.Maui.Inputs

Properties

Xamarin SfAutoComplete	.NET MAUI SfAutocomplete	Description
Watermark	Placeholder	Gets or sets the place holder text.
WatermarkColor	PlaceholderColor	Gets or sets the color of the place holder text.
ClearButtonColor	ClearButtonIconColor	Gets or sets the color of the clear button.
ShowClearButton	IsClearButtonVisible	Gets or sets whether to show the clear button.
MaximumDropDownHeight	MaxDropDownHeight	Gets or sets the maximum dropdown height.
SuggestionMode AutoCompleteMode	TextSearchMode	Gets or sets the search mode of the control. The enum values are "StartsWith" and "Contains". When using StartsWith, the AutoCompleteMode will be set to Append. When using Contains, the AutoCompleteMode will be set to Suggest.
ItemsSource , DataSource , AutoCompleteSource	ItemsSource	Gets or sets the data to be populated in the control.
Delimiter	DelimiterText	Gets or sets a string as delimiter which is displayed between the selected items in multiple selection mode.
NoResultsFoundFontAttributes , NoResultsFoundFontFamily , NoResultsFoundFontSize , NoResultsFoundTextColor	NoResultsFoundTemplate	Gets or sets the DataTemplate used to display in the dropdown when no results are found in the search.

Enums

Enum	Xamarin SfAutoComplete	.NET MAUI SfAutocomplete	Description
Xamarin - SuggestionMode .NET MAUI - TextSearchMode	StartsWith , StartsWithCaseSensitive , Contains , ContainsWithCaseSensitive , Equals , EqualsWithCaseSensitive , EndsWith , EndsWithCaseSensitive , Custom	StartsWith , Contains .	Gets or sets the search mode of the control.
Xamarin - SuggestionBoxPlacement .NET MAUI - DropDownPlacement	Auto , Bottom , None , Top	Auto , Bottom , None , Top	Gets or sets the position of the drop-down.
Xamarin - MultiSelectMode .NET MAUI - MultiSelectionDisplayMode	Delimiter , None , Token	Delimiter , Token	Gets or sets the multi selection mode for the SfAutocomplete control.

Events

Event Name	Xamarin SfAutoComplete	.NET MAUI SfAutocomplete	Description
SelectionChanged	SelectionChangedEventArgs Value	SelectionChangedEventArgs PreviousSelection CurrentSelection	Raises when an item is selected in the dropdown or the SelectedItem is set programmatically.Returns the previous selected item and the currently selected item

Upcoming features

• Diacritic Sensitivity