Getting started with .NET MAUI Step ProgressBar

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This section explains how to add the .NET MAUI Step ProgressBar control. This section covers only the basic features needed to get started with Syncfusion Step ProgressBar. Follow the steps below to add a .NET MAUI Step progress bar control to your project.

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Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure the following are set up:

  1. Install .NET 7 SDK or later is installed.
  2. Set up a .NET MAUI environment with Visual Studio 2022 (v17.3 or later) or Visual Studio Code. For Visual Studio Code users, ensure that the .NET MAUI workload is installed and configured as described here.

Step 1: Create a New .NET MAUI Project

Visual Studio

  1. Go to File > New > Project and choose the .NET MAUI App template.
  2. Name the project and choose a location. Then click Next.
  3. Select the .NET framework version and click Create.

Visual Studio Code

  1. Open the command palette by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P and type .NET:New Project and enter.
  2. Choose the .NET MAUI App template.
  3. Select the project location, type the project name and press Enter.
  4. Then choose Create project.

Step 2: Install the Syncfusion .NET MAUI ProgressBar NuGet Package

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and choose Manage NuGet Packages.
  2. Search for Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar and install the latest version.
  3. Ensure the necessary dependencies are installed correctly, and the project is restored.

Step 3: Register the handler

The Syncfusion.Maui.Core NuGet is a dependent package for all Syncfusion controls of .NET MAUI. In the MauiProgram.cs file, register the handler for Syncfusion core.

using Syncfusion.Maui.Core.Hosting;
namespace GettingStarted
{
    public static class MauiProgram
    {
        public static MauiApp CreateMauiApp()
        {
            var builder = MauiApp.CreateBuilder();

            builder.ConfigureSyncfusionCore();
            builder
            .UseMauiApp<App>()
            .ConfigureFonts(fonts =>
            {
                fonts.AddFont("OpenSans-Regular.ttf", "OpenSansRegular");
            });

            return builder.Build();
        }
    }
}

Step 4: Add .NET MAUI Step Progress Bar control

  1. To initialize the control, import the Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar namespace into your code.
  2. Initialize SfStepProgressBar.
<ContentPage   
    . . .
    xmlns:stepProgressBar="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar"

    <stepProgressBar:SfStepProgressBar />
</ContentPage>
using Syncfusion.Maui.ProgressBar;
. . .

public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
{
    public MainPage()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        SfStepProgressBar stepProgressBar = new SfStepProgressBar();
        this.Content = stepProgressBar;
    }
}

Populating step progressbar items

You can use ItemsSource property of SfStepProgressBar to populate the step progressbar items. Hence, you must create a item collection and bind it to the progressbar control.

  • Create a simple Observable Collection of the item for the step progressbar,
public class ViewModel
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The Step progress bar item collection.
    /// </summary>
    private ObservableCollection<StepProgressBarItem> stepProgressItem;

    /// <summary>
    /// The Step progress bar item collection.
    /// </summary>
    public ObservableCollection<StepProgressBarItem> StepProgressItem
    {
        get
        {
            return stepProgressItem;
        }
        set
        {
            stepProgressItem = value;
        }
    }

    public ViewModel()
    {
        stepProgressItem = new ObservableCollection<StepProgressBarItem>();
        stepProgressItem.Add(new StepProgressBarItem() { PrimaryText = "Cart" });
        stepProgressItem.Add(new StepProgressBarItem() { PrimaryText = "Address" });
        stepProgressItem.Add(new StepProgressBarItem() { PrimaryText = "Delivery" });
        stepProgressItem.Add(new StepProgressBarItem() { PrimaryText = "Ordered" });
    }
}
  • Bind the Collection to step progressbar

The Step progressbar control allows you to bind item collection by setting the ItemsSource property from the SfStepProgressBar. Bind item collection in both XAML and C#.

<stepProgressBar:SfStepProgressBar
                    x:Name="stepProgress"
                    VerticalOptions="Center"
                    HorizontalOptions="Center"                                        
                    Orientation="Horizontal"                                                                                       
                    LabelSpacing="12"
                    ActiveStepIndex="2"
                    ActiveStepProgressValue="60"
                    ProgressAnimationDuration="2500"
                    ItemsSource="{Binding StepProgressItem}">
</stepProgressBar:SfStepProgressBar>                                                                                             

<ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <local:ViewModel />
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
ViewModel viewModel = new ViewModel();
SfStepProgressBar stepProgressBar = new SfStepProgressBar()
{
    VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center,
    HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center,
    Orientation = StepProgressBarOrientation.Horizontal,
    LabelSpacing = 12,
    ActiveStepIndex = 2,
    ActiveStepProgressValue = 60,
    ProgressAnimationDuration = 2500,               
    ItemsSource = viewModel.StepProgressItem,
};

this.Content = stepProgressBar;

Getting started of .NET MAUI StepProgressBar

ActiveStepIndex

The ActiveStepIndex property is used to represent index of the currently active step within the sequence of steps. The ActiveStepProgressValue property is used to add the progress value of the currently active step within a sequence.

<stepProgressBar:SfStepProgressBar
                    x:Name="stepProgress"
                    ActiveStepIndex="3"
                    ActiveStepProgressValue="40">
</stepProgressBar:SfStepProgressBar>
SfStepProgressBar stepProgressBar = new SfStepProgressBar()
{
    ActiveStepIndex = 3,
    ActiveStepProgressValue = 40,
};

NOTE

If ActiveStepIndex value is less than 0, first step will be marked as NotStarted step status. If ActiveStepIndex value is greater than the step count, all the steps will be marked as Completed step status.