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<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tEarlier this year, we surveyed Xamarin.Forms developers about the kinds of custom controls and extra platform code being written repeatedly that should be considered for support \u201cin the box\u201d. From these conversations, we created an initiative to deliver as many as we could in the next several releases. Just six weeks after shipping Xamarin.Forms 3.0 at Build 2018, we are excited to introduce Xamarin.Forms 3.1 with a batch of those enhancements to make your lives easier. Now you can spend more time investing in your applications! In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the highlights.<\/p>\n
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Google introduced the Above you only need to add the namespace for Android, and then set the We recommend reading through James Montemagno<\/a>‘s recent blog<\/a> that walks through each property to fully customize bottom tabs on Android.<\/p>\n Note: tab positioning may only be set once on a It is super easy now to set the auto-capitalization on an Sometimes you don\u2019t want the mobile keyboard to capitalize the user\u2019s entry. For example, when entering a username or email address. You can now control capitalization via an additional keyboard flag. Done via XAML it looks like this:<\/p>\n Documentation: Keyboard Flags<\/a>.<\/p>\n With the new \u201cReturnType\u201d property on Documentation: ReturnType<\/a><\/p>\n Have you ever wanted to just disable the text prediction that Android or iOS provides by default? If you\u2019ve ever done this yourself, then you\u2019ve likely questioned why you had to write so much code to update a single property. No more! We\u2019ve added a property to When you have a multi-line entry, known in Xamarin.Forms as an Documentation: EditorAutoSizeOption<\/a><\/p>\n Xamarin.Forms 3.1.0 is available today via NuGet.\u00a0To get the latest benefits, update your project NuGet to Xamarin.Forms 3.1.0<\/a>, the latest stable release, from the Visual Studio NuGet package manager.<\/p>\n In addition to these time saving enhancements, Xamarin.Forms 3.1 delivers the latest in quality improvements. For a complete rundown of all the little things, check out the release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n To quickly explore the updates above, and a few more, check out the demo code below.<\/p>\n Demo: https:\/\/github.com\/davidortinau\/TheLittleThingsPlayground<\/a><\/p>\n Want to see what else is coming soon? 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Thankfully this was instantly possible for Xamarin.Forms by writing a custom renderer. We worked with contributor Michele Scandura<\/a>\u00a0to make this\u00a0even easier by introducing a platform specific to set your preference on any TabbedPage<\/code>.<\/p>\n<TabbedPage xmlns=\"http:\/\/xamarin.com\/schemas\/2014\/forms\" \r\n xmlns:x=\"http:\/\/schemas.microsoft.com\/winfx\/2009\/xaml\" \r\n xmlns:views=\"clr-namespace:TheLittleThingsPlayground.Views\" \r\n x:Class=\"TheLittleThingsPlayground.Views.MainPage\"\r\n BarBackgroundColor=\"#F1F1F1\"\r\n xmlns:android=\"clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.PlatformConfiguration.AndroidSpecific;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Core\"\r\n android:TabbedPage.ToolbarPlacement=\"Bottom\"\r\n android:TabbedPage.BarItemColor=\"#666666\"\r\n android:TabbedPage.BarSelectedItemColor=\"Black\"><\/pre>\n
TabbedPage.ToolbarPlacement<\/code> to “Bottom”. A few other properties are provided for your convenience to style the bar in its new position outside of the NavigationPage<\/code> where it resides up top.<\/p>\n\n
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TabbedPage<\/code> instance. Any changes at runtime will result in an error.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nVarious Entry and Editor Enhancements<\/h3>\n
Entry<\/code>. One can also easily control text prediction and even auto-resize an Editor<\/code> as your user types.<\/p>\nAuto-Capitalization<\/h4>\n
<Entry Placeholder=\"Enter your text\" HeightRequest=\"40\">\r\n <Entry.Keyboard>\r\n <Keyboard x:FactoryMethod=\"Create\">\r\n <x:Arguments>\r\n <KeyboardFlags>CapitalizeNone<\/KeyboardFlags>\r\n <\/x:Arguments>\r\n <\/Keyboard>\r\n <\/Entry.Keyboard>\r\n<\/Entry><\/pre>\n
Return Button<\/h4>\n
Entry<\/code> you can set the \u201cdone\u201d or \u201creturn\u201d key you want displayed on the keyboard when that Entry<\/code> is in focus. For example, if you want to display the \u201csend\u201d icon you would copy the following code:<\/p>\n<Entry Placeholder=\"Enter your text\" HeightRequest=\"40\" ReturnType=\"Send\" \/>\r\n<\/pre>\n
Text Prediction<\/h3>\n
Entry<\/code> specifically for this very purpose:<\/p>\n<Entry Placeholder=\"Enter your text\" IsTextPredictionEnabled=\"false\" HeightRequest=\"40\"\/>\r\n<\/pre>\n
Auto-Resize<\/h4>\n
Editor<\/code>, and you want the user to be able to continue typing additional rows while the control automatically grows, you can now do just that with a single property.<\/p>\n<Editor Text=\"Type here\" AutoSize=\"TextChanges\"\/><\/pre>\n
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