XamEffects - UI effects for Xamarin.Forms

Setup

Install-Package XamEffects

• You have to install this nuget package to Xamarin.Forms project and each platform project.
• Call after Forms.Init(...):
  • XamEffects.iOS.Effects.Init(); for iOS AppDelegate in FinishedLaunching
  • XamEffects.Droid.Effects.Init(); for Android MainActivity in OnCreate

Platform	Minimum version
iOS	8
Android	4.1 (API 16)
Xamarin.Forms	2.5.0
.NETStandard	1.0

Features

• TouchEffect - Add touch effect to views.
• Commands - Add command to views.
• BorderView - View with borders, corner radius and clipping to bounds.
• EffectsConfig - Config for effects.

TouchEffect

Add touch effect to views.

For Android API >=21 using Ripple effect, for Android API <21 and iOS using animated highlighted view.

iOS	Android API >=21	Android API <21

Property	Type	Value type	Default	Description
Color	bindable attached	Color	Color.Default	Front/Ripple color when touched. For deactivate effect set Color.Default value. If color will have alpha channel is 255 effect will change it to ±80.

Example

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:XamEffects.Sample"
             xmlns:xe="clr-namespace:XamEffects;assembly=XamEffects"
             x:Class="XamEffects.Sample.MainPage">
    <Grid HorizontalOptions="Center"
          VerticalOptions="Center"
          HeightRequest="100"
          WidthRequest="200"
          BackgroundColor="LightGray" 
          xe:TouchEffect.Color="Red">
        <Label Text="Test touch effect"
               HorizontalOptions="Center"
               VerticalOptions="Center"/>
    </Grid>
</ContentPage>

TouchEffect.SetColor(view, Color.Red);

Important & known issues

• Effect may not work in views with enabled Fast Renderers.
• Effect may not work in views with another gestures and effects like Button, Slider, Picker, Entry, Editor etc.
• Effect may not work correctly with standard gestures in Xamarin.Forms. If you need some gestures with touch effect, use not GestureRecognizer, but Commands.

If effect doesn't work, try wrap view with ContentView and add effect to wrapper.

Commands

Add command to views.

Property	Type	Value type	Default	Description
Tap	bindable attached	ICommand	null	Tap command
TapParameter	bindable attached	object	null	Tap command parameter
LongTap	bindable attached	ICommand	null	Long tap command
LongTapParameter	bindable attached	object	null	Long tap command parameter

Example

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:XamEffects.Sample"
             xmlns:xe="clr-namespace:XamEffects;assembly=XamEffects"
             x:Class="XamEffects.Sample.MainPage">
    <Grid HorizontalOptions="Center"
          VerticalOptions="Center"
          HeightRequest="100"
          WidthRequest="200"
          BackgroundColor="LightGray" 
          xe:Commands.Tap="{Binding TapCommand}"
          xe:Commands.LongTap="{Binding LongTapCommand}">
        <Label Text="Test commands"
               HorizontalOptions="Center"
               VerticalOptions="Center"/>
    </Grid>
</ContentPage>

Commands.SetTap(view, new Command(() => {
  //do something
}));
Commands.SetTapParameter(view, someObject);

BorderView

View with borders, corner radius and clipping to bounds. View based on ContentView, you can specify child through Content property.

Property	Type	Value type	Default	Description
CornerRadius	bindable attached	double	0	Corner radius
BorderWidth	bindable attached	double	0	Border width
BorderColor	bindable attached	Color	Color.Default	Border color

Example

<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:XamEffects.Sample"
             xmlns:xe="clr-namespace:XamEffects;assembly=XamEffects"
             x:Class="XamEffects.Sample.MainPage">
    <xe:BorderView 
          HeightRequest="100"
          WidthRequest="200"
          HorizontalOptions="Center"
          VerticalOptions="Center"
          BackgroundColor="LightGray"
          CornerRadius="15"
          BorderColor="Green"
          BorderWidth="2">
        <Label HorizontalOptions="Center"
               VerticalOptions="Center"
               Text="Some content"/>
    </xe:BorderView>
</ContentPage>

Why view, not effect like other features? Firstly I planned to do this. For iOS there are no problems, but for Android for clipping to rounded corners need override DispatchDraw from native view, that isn't possible from effect.

Important & known issues

• Padding work incorrectly in Android. Use margin in child view.

EffectsConfig

Configs and helpers for effects.

Property	Type	Value type	Default	Description
AutoChildrenInputTransparent	usual static	bool	True	Set ChildrenInputTransparent automatically for views with TouchEffect or Command. If value is True you DON'T need manually configure ChildrenInputTransparent.
ChildrenInputTransparent	bindable attached	bool	False	If you use TouchEffect or Commands for Layout (Grid, StackLayout, etc.) and EffectsConfig.AutoChildrenInputTransparent is False you have to set this parameter to True otherwise in Android layout's children will overlaps these effects. Also you can set InputTransparent = True for each children (EXCEPT views using any effect) manually.

License

MIT Licensed.

To do

Support UWP

Release notes

Moved to Release notes