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Prerequisites

The steps given below are required to be followed in order to design TableLayout View in Xamarin Android, using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Afterwards, go to Open Solution Explorer Window and click Resources Folder, followed by clicking Layout Folder -> Open axml.

Step 4

TableLayout View

In this step, go to Click Main.axml page, insert the code given below in Main.axml and save it.

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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  3. android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  4. android:background="#d3d3d3"
  5. android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  6. android:stretchColumns="1">
  7. <TableRow>
  8. <TextView
  9. android:text="First Name"
  10. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  11. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  12. android:textColor="@android:color/black" />
  13. <EditText
  14. android:width="100px"
  15. android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  16. android:layout_height="30dp"
  17. android:textColor="@android:color/black" />
  18. </TableRow>
  19. <TableRow>
  20. <TextView
  21. android:text="Last Name"
  22. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  23. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  24. android:textColor="@android:color/black" />
  25. <EditText
  26. android:width="50px"
  27. android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  28. android:layout_height="30dp"
  29. android:textColor="@android:color/black" />
  30. </TableRow>
  31. <TableRow>
  32. <TextView
  33. android:text="Salary"
  34. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  35. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  36. android:textColor="@android:color/black" />
  37. <EditText
  38. android:width="100px"
  39. android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  40. android:layout_height="30dp"
  41. android:textColor="@android:color/black" />
  42. </TableRow>
  43. <TableRow>
  44. <TextView
  45. android:text="Occupation"
  46. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  47. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  48. android:textColor="@android:color/black" />
  49. <EditText
  50. android:width="50px"
  51. android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  52. android:layout_height="30dp"
  53. android:textColor="@android:color/black" />
  54. </TableRow>
  55. <TableRow>
  56. <Button
  57. android:text="Cancel"
  58. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  59. android:layout_margin="10dp"
  60. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  61. android:background="@android:color/holo_blue_light" />
  62. <Button
  63. android:text="Submit"
  64. android:width="100px"
  65. android:layout_margin="10dp"
  66. android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  67. android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  68. android:background="@android:color/holo_blue_bright" />
  69. </TableRow>
  70. </TableLayout>

Go to Click Main.axml Page Designer View, wait for a few minutes and Designer View is visible.

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The Designer View TableLayout is given below.

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Step 5

In this step, go to Click MainActivity.cs Page, insert the code given below in MainActivity.cs and save it.

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  1. using Android.App;
  2. using Android.Widget;
  3. using Android.OS;
  5. namespace TableLayout
  6. {
  7. [Activity(Label = "TableLayout", MainLauncher = true, Icon = "@drawable/icon")]
  8. public class MainActivity : Activity
  9. {
  10. protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
  11. {
  12. base.OnCreate(bundle);
  14. // Set our view from the "main" layout resource
  15. SetContentView (Resource.Layout.Main);
  16. }
  17. }
  18. }

Step 6

Step 7

In this step, select Build & Depolyoption, followed by clicking to start your Application.

Now, go to Run option, choose Debug, select any one of the Simulators and run it.

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Step 8

Output

After a few seconds, the app will start running at your Android Simulator. You will see your app working & it got created successfully.

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Click Fill the Details `3.

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Your TableLayout Android Application is created succesfully.

Conclusion

Thus, we learned how to create TableLayout Android Application, using Visual Studio 2017.