Getting Started with Xamarin.Android NumericTextBox (SfNumericTextBox)

17 Jan 20252 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

NOTE

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.

  C#

  using Com.Syncfusion.NumericTextBox;

• Create an instance of SfNumericTextBox.

  C#

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

Set Value

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

C#

numericTextBox.Value = 123.45;

Enable Parsing Mode

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

NOTE

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

C#

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.

NOTE

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

C#

numericTextBox.FormatString = "c";