Input for Xamarin

A collection of specialized editors

Input fills the gap and provides desktop-inspired input controls for mobile apps.

• Includes built-in keyboard handling and open/close animations
• Combine critical text editing with the efficient power of drop-down selection in one with AutoComplete and ComboBox.
• Provide smarter input for phone numbers and postal codes with Masked Text.
• Create your own custom drop-down with ease using DropDown.
• Clear data from editable input controls with a clear button

Search and select with autocomplete

Give the power of search and selection to the user with a cross-platform AutoComplete control.

• View completion suggestions in a drop-down list while while the user types in the editable text view.
• Make it your own with custom delay, drop-down formatting, and text match highlighting.
• Provide a filtered data source dynamically for larger data sets.
• Adjust both the filter and highlighting behavior of AutoComplete and allow StartsWith, EndsWith, and Contains. Learn more
• Match case or whole word flags

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Expand and collapse sections with the toggle button

Fill the native gap with a simple toggle button that supports an on or off state. Customize the style to your brand, or add an image to represent on and off.

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Handle boolean values with the classic, cross-platform checkbox

CheckBox provides a cross-platform implementation of the classic checkbox control and fills the gap in iOS and Xamarin.Forms.

• Visualize and provide input for Boolean values.
• Allow users to select and clear the control by tapping.
• Customize the checkbox's colors.

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Provide drop-down selection with combobox and drop-down

With ComboBox you can display a list of items in a drop-down, or create your own custom editor with DropDown for Xamarin.

• Allow the user to edit the text in ComboBox.
• Put any view inside the DropDown's drop-down part of the control.
• Drop-downs are mobile-friendly and display in the optimal direction to avoid going off-screen.

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Create a custom date picker with drop-down

By combining a ComboBox, Masked Input, and Calendar control, you can create a custom date picker for your native mobile apps. You can use a combination of controls to create multiple custom drop-down lists.

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Capture properly formatted text with a mask

With the Masked Input controls, you can provide instant, code-free formatting on user input using the Mask property.

• Choose whether or not to show prompt characters and literals by simply setting one property.
• The prompt character indicates to the user that text can be entered (such as _ or *).

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