Getting Started with Xamarin.Android NumericTextBox (SfNumericTextBox)

18 Nov 20182 minutes to read

This section explains you the steps to configure a SfNumericTextBox control in a real-time scenario and also provides a walk-through on some of the customization features available in SfNumericTextBox control.

Reference Essential Studio® components in your solution

After installing Essential Studio® for Xamarin, you can find all the required assemblies in the installation folders,

{Syncfusion Installed location}\Essential Studio\12.4.0.24\lib

Assemblies are available in unzipped package location in Mac.

Add the following assembly references to the Android project,

android\Syncfusion.SfNumericTextBox.Android.dll

Add SfNumericTextBox

  • Adding reference to NumericTextBox.

    using Com.Syncfusion.NumericTextBox;

  • Create an instance of SfNumericTextBox.

    SfNumericTextBox numericTextBox=new SfNumericTextBox(this);
SetContentView(numericTextBox);

Set Value

The SfNumericTextBox control display value can be set using Value property.

numericTextBox.Value = 123.45;

Enable Parsing Mode

The value of the SfNumericTextBox can be parsed based on the ParsingMode property.

The ParsingMode is of type Parsers containing enum values of Double and Decimal.

numericTextBox.ParsingMode=Parsers.Decimal;

Add Format String

The FormatString property determines the format specifier by which the display text has to be formatted.

It has three types,

  • c - Display the value with currency notation.
  • n – Display the value in number format.
  • p – Display the value in Percentage.

The control displays the formatted text on lost focus. Default Value of FormatString is “n”.

numericTextBox.FormatString = "c";

Xamarin.Android NumericTextBox