Migrating from Xamarin SfTabView to .NET MAUI SfTabView

16 May 20221 minute to read

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

Namespaces

Xamarin SfTabView	.NET MAUI SfTabView
Syncfusion.XForms.TabView	Syncfusion.Maui.TabView

Properties

Xamarin SfTabView	.NET MAUI SfTabView	Description
Color	IndicatorBackground	Gets or sets a brush that describes the selection indicator's background.
Position	IndicatorPlacement	Gets or sets the placement of the selection indicator.
TabHeaderBackgroundColor	TabBarBackground	Gets or sets a brush that describes the tab header's background.
TabHeight	TabBarHeight	Gets or sets the height of the tab header.
TabHeaderPosition	TabBarPlacement	Gets or sets whether the tab header should be at the bottom or at the top of the tab content.
TitleFontAttributes	FontAttributes	Gets or sets the value that defines the font attributes of the tab header.
TitleFontFamily	FontFamily	Gets or sets the value that defines the font family of the header.
TitleFontSize	FontSize	Gets or sets the value that defines the font size of the tab header.
TitleFontColor	TextColor	Gets or sets the value that defines the text color of the tab header.
Title	Header	Gets or sets the text for the tab header.

Enums

Enum	Xamarin SfTabView	.NET MAUI SfTabView	Description
TabWidthMode	BasedOnText, Default	Default, SizeToContent	Defines the width of each tab.

Classes

Xamarin SfTabView	.NET MAUI SfTabView	Description
TabHeaderPosition	TabBarPlacement	Describes the possible values for the position of header layout in SfTabView control.
SelectionIndicatorPosition	TabIndicatorPlacement	Describes the possible values for selection indicator placement.
SelectionChangedEventArgs	TabSelectionChangedEventArgs	This class serves as an event data for the SelectionChanged event.

Upcoming features

Center button support.
Drop-down mode.
Visible header count.