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Xamarin.Forms - Validation Using Xamarin Community Toolkit - Part Two

Introduction

Xamarin.Forms code runs on multiple platforms - each of which has its own filesystem. This means that reading and writing files is most easily done using the native file APIs on each platform. Alternatively, embedded resources are a simpler solution to distribute data files with an app.

Xamarin Community Toolkit

Xamarin Community Toolkit is a collection of reusable elements for mobile development with Xamarin.Forms, including animations, behaviors, converters, effects, and helpers. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks when building iOS, Android, macOS, WPF, and UWP apps using Xamarin.Forms.

The Xamarin Community Toolkit is available as a Visual Studio NuGet package for new or existing Xamarin.Forms projects.

Validation Behaviours

  1. CharactersValidationBehavior
  2. EmailValidationBehavior
  3. MultiValidationBehavior
  4. NumericValidationBehavior
  5. RequiredStringValidationBehavior
  6. TextValidationBehavior
  7. UriValidationBehavior

References

  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/community-toolkit/behaviors/
  • https://github.com/xamarin/XamarinCommunityToolkit

Prerequisites

  • Visual Studio 2017 or later (Windows or Mac)

Let's Start,

Setting up a Xamarin.Forms Project

Start by creating a new Xamarin.Forms project. You will learn more by going through the steps yourself.

Create a new or existing Xamarin forms(.Net standard) Project. With Android and iOS Platform. 

Xamarin.Forms - Validation Using Xamarin Community Toolkit

Install Xamarin.CommunityToolkit NuGet

Install the following Nuget from Nuget Manager In your Visual Studio.

Xamarin.CommunityToolkit

NumericValidation

NumericValidationBehavior is a behavior that allows the user to determine if text input is a valid numeric value. For example, an Entry control can be styled differently depending on whether a valid or an invalid numeric input is provided. 

XAML code

<Entry>
  <Entry.Behaviors>
    <xct:NumericValidationBehavior InvalidStyle="{StaticResource InvalidEntryStyle}" MinimumValue="1.0" MaximumValue="100.0" />
  </Entry.Behaviors>
</Entry>

More details

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/community-toolkit/behaviors/numericvalidationbehavior

Result

  

RequiredStringValidation

RequiredStringValidationBehavior is a behavior that allows the user to determine if text input is equal to specific text. For example, an Entry control can be styled differently depending on whether a valid or invalid text input is provided.

XAML code

<Entry Placeholder="Enter password">
  <Entry.Behaviors>
    <xct:RequiredStringValidationBehavior InvalidStyle="{StaticResource InvalidEntryStyle}" RequiredString="password" />
  </Entry.Behaviors>
</Entry>

More details

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/community-toolkit/behaviors/requiredstringvalidationbehavior

Result

  

TextValidation

TextValidationBehavior is a behavior that allows the user to validate a given text depending on specified parameters. By adding this behavior to an Entry control it can be styled differently depending on whether a valid or an invalid text value is provided.

XAML Code 

<Entry>
  <Entry.Behaviors>
    <xct:TextValidationBehavior InvalidStyle="{StaticResource InvalidEntryStyle}" MaximumLength="5" MinimumLength="2" />
  </Entry.Behaviors>
</Entry>

More details

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/community-toolkit/behaviors/textvalidationbehavior

Result

  

UriValidation

UriValidationBehavior is a behavior that allows users to determine whether or not text input is a valid URI. For example, an Entry control can be styled differently depending on whether a valid or an invalid URI is provided.

XAML code

<Entry>
  <Entry.Behaviors>
    <xct:UriValidationBehavior UriKind="Absolute" InvalidStyle="{StaticResource InvalidEntryStyle}" />
  </Entry.Behaviors>
</Entry>

More details

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/community-toolkit/behaviors/urivalidationbehavior

Result

  

Conclusion

I hope you have understood how to validate XAML elements using Xamarin Community Toolkit in Xamarin.Forms App.

Thanks for reading. Please share your comments and feedback. Happy Coding :)


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