Feature Comparison in Xamarin Calendar (SfCalendar)

25 Nov 20242 minutes to read

This section covers the features of SfCalendar specific to Android,iOS and UWP platforms. The following comparison table help to find available features are in different platforms.

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Features are in SfCalendar	Android	iOS	UWP	Achieved By
View of SfCalendar	MonthView YearView Decade Century	MonthView YearView Decade Century	MonthView YearView Decade Century	ViewMode
Date Selection	Single Multiple Range MultiRange	Single Multiple Range MultiRange	Single Multiple Range MultiRange	SelectionMode
Blackout Dates	Yes	Yes	Yes	BlackoutDates
FirstDay of Week	Yes	Yes	Yes	FirstDayofWeek
Adding the appointments	Yes	Yes	Yes	DataSource
Visibility changes of SfCalendar	Yes	Yes	Yes	IsVisible
Localization support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Locale
Show Appointments	Yes	Yes	Yes	ShowInlineEvents
Move to Specific date	Yes	Yes	Yes	MoveToDate and MoveToDate(DateTime datetime)
Navigation of month Programmatically	Yes	Yes	Yes	Forward() and Backward()
Custom Day label support	Yes	Yes	Yes	CustomDayLabels
Restrict the date selection and navigation	Yes	Yes	Yes	MinDate and MaxDate
Dynamically select the dates in MultiSelection	Yes	Yes	Yes	SelectedDates
Calendar’s Header height customization	Yes	Yes	Yes	HeaderHeight
Enabling and disabling the header of SfCalendar	Yes	Yes	Yes	ShowHeader
Customization of Navigation Buttons	Yes	Yes	Yes	NavigationButtonHeight NavigationButtonWidth NavigationArrowThickness
Enable or disable the navigation button visible	Yes	Yes	Yes	ShowNavigationButtons
Customization of MonthView	Yes	Yes	Yes	MonthViewSettings
Customization of YearView	Yes	Yes	No	YearViewSettings
Deselect the date selection in single selection mode	Yes	Yes	No	ToggleDaySelection
Customization of Month Day's text	Yes	Yes	Yes	MonthViewSettings
Option to move the next / previous month while clicking the previous/next month date in current active cell	Yes	Yes	Yes	NavigateToMonthOnInActiveDatesSelection
Swiping behavior	Yes Swiping of SfCalendar has been restricted only with RangeSelection.With that RangeSelection mode We can swipe the month by using navigation buttons	Yes Swiping of SfCalendar has been restricted only with RangeSelection.With that RangeSelection mode We can swipe the month by using navigation buttons	Yes Swiping of SfCalendar has been restricted only with RangeSelection.With that RangeSelection mode We can swipe the month by using navigation buttons	___
Restrict the swiping behavior	Yes	Yes	Yes	EnableSwiping
Maximum number of Inline event count indication	Yes	Yes	No	MaximumEventIndicatorCount
Dynamically select the dates in RangeSelection By setting the start and end range of date selection, RangeSelection is possible	Yes	Yes	Yes	SelectedRange
Customization of Cell Border Lines	Horizontal Vertical Both None	Horizontal Vertical Both None	Horizontal Vertical Both None	CellGridOptions
Scrolling Direction	Horizontal Vertical	Horizontal Vertical	Horizontal Vertical	NavigationDirection
Restrict the YearView Option	Yes	Yes	Yes	ShowYearView
Calendar’s Header customization	Yes	Yes	Yes	HeaderView
Common DataTemplate	Yes	Yes	Yes	CellTemplate
DataTemplate with Custom Object on OnMonthCell	Yes	Yes	Yes	CellTemplate and CellBindingContext in an argument of OnMonthCellLoaded