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Xamarin.Forms.EntryAutoComplete

Xamarin.Forms.EntryAutoComplete is a custom control which functionality provides you with suggestions while typing. There are several modes of suggestions. The suggested text can be displayed in a drop-down list so that you can choose from different options.

Features

• Custom search
• Filtering
• MaximumVisibleElements
• MinimumPrefixCharacter
• Watermark
• Clear button
• Style support for Android
• Style support for iOS

Visuals

Android

iOS

Requirements

• Xamarin.Forms >= 3.1.0.697729

Installation

Available as a NuGet package.

Install-Package Xamarin.Forms.EntryAutoComplete -Version 1.0.0

Usage

XAML

Reference the assembly namespace

xmlns:customControl="clr-namespace:EntryAutoComplete;assembly=EntryAutoComplete"

<customControl:EntryAutoComplete
            VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
            Placeholder="Enter country..." 
            ItemsSource="{Binding Countries}"
            SearchText="{Binding SearchCountry}"
            SearchMode="{Binding SearchMode}"
            MaximumVisibleElements="5"/>

Code behind

var entryAutoComplete = new EntryAutoComplete
            {
                VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.CenterAndExpand,
                Placeholder = "Enter country...",
                PlaceholderColor = Color.LightGray,
                MaximumVisibleElements = 5
            };

Contributions

• Krzysztof Stępnikowski
• Bartłomiej Rogowski

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.