Migrate from Xamarin.Forms SfPicker to .NET MAUI SfPicker

6 Mar 20246 minutes to read

To make the migration from the Xamarin SfPicker to .NET MAUI SfPicker easier, most of the APIs from the Xamarin SfPicker were kept in the .NET MAUI SfPicker. However, to maintain the consistency of API naming in the .NET MAUI SfPicker, some of the APIs have been renamed. Please find the difference in the following topics.

Namespaces

Xamarin SfPicker .NET MAUI SfPicker
Syncfusion.XForms.Pickers Syncfusion.Maui.Picker

Initialize control

To initialize the control, import the picker namespace and initialize SfPicker as shown in the following code sample.

Xamarin SfPicker .NET MAUI SfPicker 
<ContentPage
    xmlns:picker="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.XForms.Pickers;assembly=Syncfusion.SfPicker.XForms">

        <picker:SfPicker />

    </ContentPage>
using Syncfusion.XForms.Pickers;
    ...

    SfPicker picker = new SfPicker();
    this.Content = picker;
 
<ContentPage
    xmlns:picker="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Picker;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Picker">

        <picker:SfPicker />

    </ContentPage>
using Syncfusion.Maui.Picker;
    ...

    SfPicker picker = new SfPicker();
    this.Content = picker;

Classes

Xamarin SfPicker .NET MAUI SfPicker Description

SfPicker

SfPicker

 The SfPicker class that represents a control, that allows you pick an item among a list of items.

PickerSelectionChangedEventArgs

PickerSelectionChangedEventArgs

 Represents a class which is used to hold the selection changed event details.

Properties

SfPicker

The following code example, explains how to initialize the properties of the Xamarin SfPicker and .NET MAUI SfPicker class.

Xamarin SfPicker .NET MAUI SfPicker 
<ContentPage
    xmlns:picker="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.XForms.Pickers;assembly=Syncfusion.SfPicker.XForms">

        <picker:SfPicker/>
        
    </ContentPage>
using Syncfusion.SfPicker.XForms;
    ...

    SfPicker picker = new SfPicker();
    this.Content = picker;
 
<ContentPage
    xmlns:picker="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Picker;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Picker">

        <picker:SfPicker/>

    </ContentPage>
using Syncfusion.Maui.Picker;
    ..

    SfPicker picker = new SfPicker();
    this.Content = picker;
Xamarin SfPicker .NET MAUI SfPicker Description

BackgroundColor

 Nil Not Supported.

BorderColor

 Nil Not Supported.

CancelButtonBackgroundColor

[Background

 Gets or sets the background of the footer view in SfPicker.

CancelButtonTextColor

TextColor From TextStyle of PickerFooterView

 Gets or sets the text color of the text style.

ColumnHeaderBackgroundColor

Background

 Gets or sets the background of the column header view in SfPicker.

ColumnHeaderFontAttributes

FontAttributes From TextStyle of PickerColumnHeaderView

 Gets or sets the font attribute of the text style.

ColumnHeaderFontFamily

FontFamily From TextStyle of PickerColumnHeaderView

 Gets or sets the font family of the text style.

ColumnHeaderFontSize

FontSize From TextStyle of PickerColumnHeaderView

 Gets or sets the font size of the text style.

ColumnHeaderHeight

Height From PickerColumnHeaderView

 Gets or sets the value to specify the height of column header view on SfPicker.

ColumnHeaderText

Text From PickerColumnHeaderView

 Gets or sets the text color of the text style.

ColumnHeaderTextColor

TextColor From TextStyle of PickerColumnHeaderView

 Gets or sets the text color of the text style.

DisplayMemberPath

DisplayMemberPath of PickerColumnHeaderView

 Gets or sets the value to specify the path value for items source.

EnableLooping

 Nil Not Supported.

FooterHeight

Height From PickerBase of FooterView

 Gets or sets the value to specify the height of footer view on SfPicker.

FooterView

FooterView From PickerBase

 Gets or sets the value of footer view. This property can be used to customize the of Footer in Picker.

HeaderBackgroundColor

[Background From HeaderView

 Gets or sets the background of the header view in picker.

HeaderFontAttribute

FontAttribute From TextStyle of PickerHeaderView

 Gets or sets the font attribute of the text style.

HeaderFontFamily

FontFamily From TextStyle of PickerHeaderView

 Gets or sets the font family of the text style.

HeaderFontSize

FontSize From TextStyle of PickerHeaderView

 Gets or sets the font size of the text style.

HeaderHeight

Height of PickerHeaderView

 Gets or sets the value to specify the height of header view on picker.

HeaderText

HeaderText of PickerHeaderView

 Gets or sets the value to specify the header text of the columns on SfPicker.

HeaderTextColor

TextColor From TextStyle of PickerHeaderView

 Gets or sets the text color of the text style.

HeaderView

HeaderView

 Gets or sets the value of header view. This property can be used to customize the of header in SfPicker.

IsOpen

IsOpen

 Gets or sets a value indicating whether the picker is open or not.

ItemHeight

ItemHeight of PickerBase

 Gets or sets the value to specify the height of picker view on Picker.

ItemsSource

ItemsSource of PickerColumn

 Gets or sets the value to specify the text of columns on SfPicker.

ItemTemplate

ItemTemplate

 Gets or sets the picker item template in SfPicker.

OKButtonBackgroundColor

Background of PickerBase From PickerFooterView

 Gets or sets the background of the footer view in SfPicker.

OKButtonTextColor

TextColor From PickerTextStyle of TextStyle of PickerBase From PickerFooterView

 Gets or sets the text color of the ok button of footer view in SfPicker.

Parent

 Nil Not supported.

PickerHeight

 Nil Not Supported.

PickerMode

Mode

 Gets or sets the mode of the picker.

PickerWidth

Width From PickerColumn

 Gets or sets the width of the column.

SelectedIndex

SelectedIndex From PickerColumn

 Gets or sets the selected index of the columns on SfPicker.

SelectedItem

 Nil Not Supported.

SelectedItemFontAttributes

FontAttributes From SelectedTextStyle

 Gets or sets the font attribute of the text style.

SelectedItemFontFamily

FontFamily From SelectedTextStyle

 Gets or sets the font family of the text style.

SelectedItemFontSize

FontSize From SelectedTextStyle

 Gets or sets the font size of the text style.

SelectedItemTextColor

TextColor From SelectedTextStyle

 Gets or sets the text color of the text style.

SelectionBackgroundColor

Background From PickerSelectionView

 Gets or sets the background color of the selected item.

ShowColumnHeader

 Nil Not Supported.

ShowFooter

 Nil Not Supported.

ShowHeader

 Nil Not Supported.

UnSelectedItemFontAttributes

FontAttributes From TextStyle

 Gets or sets the font attribute of the text style.

UnSelectedItemFontFamily

FontFamily From TextStyle

 Gets or sets the font family of the text style.

UnSelectedItemFontSize

FontSize From TextStyle

 Gets or sets the font size of the text style.

UnSelectedItemTextColor

TextColor From TextStyle

 Gets or sets the text color of the text style.

CommandParameter

 Nil Not Supported.

OkCommand

 Nil Not Supported.

CancelCommand

 Nil Not Supported.

Events

Xamarin SfPicker .NET MAUI SfPicker Description

SelectionChanged

SelectionChanged

 Occurs after the selected index changed on SfPicker.

Opened

Opened

 Occurs whenever the opened on Picker.

Closed

Closed

 Occurs whenever the closed on Picker.

Closing

Closing

 Occurs whenever the closing on Picker.

OkButtonClicked

OkButtonClicked

 Occurs whenever the footer ok button is clicked in Picker.

CancelButtonClicked

CancelButtonClicked

 Occurs whenever the footer cancel button is clicked in Picker.

Known issues

  • Picker background color is not applied to the popup.
  • Picker dynamic items source does not render the picker item.

Upcomming features

  • Looping support for picker items.
  • SelectedItem support for picker.