Display mode in Xamarin.Android Segmented control (SfSegmentedControl)

17 Jan 20253 minutes to read

Depending on the application, different scenarios may require icons, text, or a combination of both for effective communication. The segmented control supports these three options.

Text

Items populated in the segmented control will be displayed as text by default.

C#

[C#]

SfSegmentedControl segmentedControl = new SfSegmentedControl(this);
segmentedControl.SelectionTextColor = Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF");
segmentedControl.VisibleSegmentsCount = 3;
segmentedControl.BackColor = Color.ParseColor("#048EAC");
segmentedControl.CornerRadius = 15;
segmentedControl.DisplayMode = SegmentDisplayMode.Text;
segmentedControl.BorderColor = Color.ParseColor("#929292");
segmentedControl.SelectedIndex = 0;
segmentedControl.FontColor = Color.Black;
segmentedControl.SegmentBackgroundColor = Color.Transparent;
segmentedControl.ItemsSource = new ObservableCollection<SfSegmentItem>
{
    new SfSegmentItem(){ Text = "Day"},
    new SfSegmentItem(){Text = "Week"},
    new SfSegmentItem(){ Text = "Month"},
};

SelectionIndicatorSettings selectionIndicator = new SelectionIndicatorSettings()
{
    Color = Color.White
};

Image

Items populated in the segmented control can be displayed as icons.

C#

[C#]

SfSegmentedControl segmentedControl = new SfSegmentedControl(this);
...
segmentedControl.DisplayMode = SegmentDisplayMode.Image;
segmentedControl.ItemsSource = new ObservableCollection<SfSegmentItem>
{
    new SfSegmentItem(){IconFont = "6", FontIconFontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF"), FontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF")},    
    new SfSegmentItem(){IconFont = "6", FontIconFontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF"), FontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF")},     
    new SfSegmentItem(){IconFont = "6", FontIconFontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF"), FontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF")}       
};

Image with text

Items populated in the segmented control can be displayed as icons with accompanying text.

C#

[C#]

SfSegmentedControl segmentedControl = new SfSegmentedControl(this);
...
segmentedControl.DisplayMode = SegmentDisplayMode.ImageWithText;
segmentedControl.ItemsSource = new ObservableCollection<SfSegmentItem>
{
    new SfSegmentItem(){IconFont = "6", FontIconFontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF"), FontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF"), Text = "Day"},     
    new SfSegmentItem(){IconFont = "6", FontIconFontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF"), FontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF"), Text = "Week"}    
    new SfSegmentItem(){IconFont = "6", FontIconFontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF"), FontColor=Color.ParseColor("#FFFFFF"), Text = "Month"}
};

How to generate font icons

The segmented control enables the user to use font icons for the items in the data source collection. For this we have to first give the desired font icon and its font family using IconFont and FontIconTypeface property.

NOTE

Font family must be added to the respective folders based on the platforms
Android -> Add the font family inside Resource-> drawable

C#

[C#]

segmentedControl.FontIconTypeface = "segment.ttf";