Navigation Modes in Xamarin Rotator control

8 Aug 202216 minutes to read

The NavigationStripMode property specifies the appearance of navigation bar items. The image data can be selected either by Thumbnail or by Dots navigation modes.

Thumbnail - The slider items will be loaded in thumbnail view additionally. When a thumbnail item is clicked, the slider will switch to the corresponding image data.

XAML
C#
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:RangeSlider"
             xmlns:syncfusion="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.SfRotator.XForms;assembly=Syncfusion.SfRotator.XForms"
             x:Class="Rotator.Rotator">
    <ContentPage.BindingContext>
        <local:RotatorViewModel/>
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <ContentPage.Content>
        <syncfusion:SfRotator x:Name="rotator" 
                        NavigationDelay="2000" 
                        ItemsSource="{Binding ImageCollection}" 
                        SelectedIndex="2"
                        NavigationDirection="Horizontal"
                        NavigationStripMode="Thumbnail" 
                        BackgroundColor="#ececec">
            <syncfusion:SfRotator.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <Image  Source="{Binding Image}"/>
                </DataTemplate>
            </syncfusion:SfRotator.ItemTemplate>
        </syncfusion:SfRotator>
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>
using Syncfusion.SfRotator.XForms;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Xaml;

namespace Rotator
{
	[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
	public partial class Rotator : ContentPage
	{
		public Rotator()
		{
			InitializeComponent ();
            SfRotator rotator = new SfRotator();
            var ImageCollection = new List<RotatorModel> {
            new RotatorModel ("movie1.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie2.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie3.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie4.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie5.png")
            };
            var itemTemplate = new DataTemplate(() =>
            {
                var grid = new Grid();
                var nameLabel = new Image();
                nameLabel.SetBinding(Image.SourceProperty, "Image");
                grid.Children.Add(nameLabel);
                return grid;
            });
            rotator.ItemTemplate = itemTemplate;
            rotator.NavigationStripMode = NavigationStripMode.Thumbnail;
            rotator.ItemsSource = ImageCollection;
            this.Content = rotator;
        }
	}
    public class RotatorModel
    {
        public RotatorModel(string imageString)
        {
            Image = imageString;
        }
        private String _image;
        public String Image
        {
            get { return _image; }
            set { _image = value; }
        }
    }
}

Thumbnail Mode Image

Dots - The slider items will be loaded in dots view additionally. When a dots item is clicked, the slider will switch to the corresponding image data.

XAML
C#
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Rotator"
             xmlns:syncfusion="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.SfRotator.XForms;assembly=Syncfusion.SfRotator.XForms"
             x:Class="Rotator.Rotator">
    <ContentPage.BindingContext>
        <local:RotatorViewModel/>
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <ContentPage.Content>
        <syncfusion:SfRotator x:Name="rotator" 
                        NavigationDelay="2000" 
                        ItemsSource="{Binding ImageCollection}" 
                        SelectedIndex="2"
                        NavigationDirection="Horizontal"
                        NavigationStripMode="Dots" 
                        BackgroundColor="#ececec">
            <syncfusion:SfRotator.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <Image  Source="{Binding Image}"/>
                </DataTemplate>
            </syncfusion:SfRotator.ItemTemplate>
        </syncfusion:SfRotator>
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>
using Syncfusion.SfRotator.XForms;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Xaml;

namespace Rotator
{
	[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
	public partial class Rotator : ContentPage
	{
		public Rotator()
		{
			InitializeComponent ();
            SfRotator rotator = new SfRotator();
            var ImageCollection = new List<RotatorModel> {
            new RotatorModel ("movie1.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie2.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie3.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie4.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie5.png")
            };
            var itemTemplate = new DataTemplate(() =>
            {
                var grid = new Grid();
                var nameLabel = new Image();
                nameLabel.SetBinding(Image.SourceProperty, "Image");
                grid.Children.Add(nameLabel);
                return grid;
            });
            rotator.ItemTemplate = itemTemplate;
            rotator.ItemsSource = ImageCollection;
            this.Content = rotator;
        }
	}
    public class RotatorModel
    {
        public RotatorModel(string imageString)
        {
            Image = imageString;
        }
        private String _image;
        public String Image
        {
            get { return _image; }
            set { _image = value; }
        }
    }
}

Dot Mode Image

Items / Dot Strip Positions

The NavigationStripPosition specifies the placement position of the navigation bar items such as thumbnail or dots relative to the slider area.

There are four available positions,

Bottom - Sets the position of the navigation bar items to the bottom.
Left - Sets the position of the navigation bar items to the left.
Top - Sets the position of the navigation bar items to the top.
Right - Sets the position of the navigation bar items to the right.

XAML
C#
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Rotator"
             xmlns:syncfusion="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.SfRotator.XForms;assembly=Syncfusion.SfRotator.XForms"
             x:Class="Rotator.Rotator">
    <ContentPage.BindingContext>
        <local:RotatorViewModel/>
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>
    <ContentPage.Content>
        <syncfusion:SfRotator x:Name="rotator" 
                        NavigationDelay="2000" 
                        ItemsSource="{Binding ImageCollection}" 
                        SelectedIndex="2"
                        NavigationDirection="Horizontal"
                        NavigationStripMode="Dots" 
                        BackgroundColor="#ececec"
                        NavigationStripPosition="Bottom">
            <syncfusion:SfRotator.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <Image  Source="{Binding Image}"/>
                </DataTemplate>
            </syncfusion:SfRotator.ItemTemplate>
        </syncfusion:SfRotator>
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>
using Syncfusion.SfRotator.XForms;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Xaml;

namespace Rotator
{
	[XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]
	public partial class Rotator : ContentPage
	{
		public Rotator()
		{
			InitializeComponent ();
            SfRotator rotator = new SfRotator();
            var ImageCollection = new List<RotatorModel> {
            new RotatorModel ("movie1.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie2.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie3.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie4.png"),
            new RotatorModel ("movie5.png")
            };
            var itemTemplate = new DataTemplate(() =>
            {
                var grid = new Grid();
                var nameLabel = new Image();
                nameLabel.SetBinding(Image.SourceProperty, "Image");
                grid.Children.Add(nameLabel);
                return grid;
            });
            rotator.ItemTemplate = itemTemplate;
            rotator.NavigationStripMode = NavigationStripMode.Dots;
            rotator.NavigationStripPosition = NavigationStripPosition.Bottom;
            rotator.ItemsSource = ImageCollection;
            this.Content = rotator;
        }
	}
    public class RotatorModel
    {
        public RotatorModel(string imageString)
        {
            Image = imageString;
        }
        private String _image;
        public String Image
        {
            get { return _image; }
            set { _image = value; }
        }
    }
}

NavigationSTripPosition

Navigation Modes in Xamarin Rotator (SfRotator)

Items / Dot Strip Positions