DatePicker

Inheritance: Element -> NavigableElement -> VisualElement -> View Xamarin.Forms documentation: DatePicker API / Guide

For details on how the control actually works, please refer to the Xamarin.Forms documentation.

Constructors

Constructors	Description
DatePicker(date: DateTime, onDateSelected: DateTime -> ‘msg)	Defines a DatePicker widget with a date and onDateSelected event

Properties

Properties	Description
characterSpacing(value: float)	Sets the spacing between each character of the date picker
font(?size: float, ?namedSize: NamedSize, ?attributes: FontAttributes, ?fontFamily: string)	Sets the font family used
format(value: string)	Sets the format of the date picker
minimumDate(value: DateTime)	Sets the minimum date of the date picker
maximumDate(value: DateTime)	Sets the maximum date of the date picker
textColor(light: FabColor, ?dark: FabColor)	Sets the text color depending if light or dark mode
textTransform(value: TextTransform)	Sets the text transformation (lowercase, uppercase) to apply on the text
reference(value: ViewRef<DatePicker>)	Sets a ViewRef instance to retrieve the Xamarin.Forms.DatePicker instance associated to this widget

iOS-specific Properties

Properties	Description
updateMode(value: iOSSpecific.UpdateMode)	Sets the update mode (Immediately or WhenFinished) of the date picker

Usages

DatePicker(DateTime.Now, DateTimeChanged)
    .characterSpacing(1.0)
    .format("dd/MM/yyyy")
    .minimumDate(DateTime.Now)
    .maximumDate(DateTime.Now.AddYears(1))
    .textColor(Color.Red.ToFabColor(), Color.Blue..ToFabColor())
    .font(namedSize = NamedSize.Large, fontFamily = "Arial", attributes = FontAttributes.Bold)
    .textTransform(TextTransform.Lowercase)

Get access to the underlying Xamarin.Forms.DatePicker

let datePickerRef = ViewRef<DatePicker>()

DatePicker(DateTime.Now, DateTimeChanged)
    .reference(datePickerRef)