Xamarin: Cross-Platform Mobile Application Development

Binding data in XAML

This recipe introduces the concept of data binding some object instance properties to view controls in XAML.

How to do it…

1. Start by creating a Visual Studio Blank App (Xamarin.Forms Portable) solution. In the top menu, click File | New | Project… and give it the name XamFormsXamlBinding.
2. In the XamFormsXamlBinding PCL library, right-click and choose Add | Class…; give it the name Person.cs and click Add.
3. Copy the following code to add two simple properties in Person.cs:

   public class Person
   {
     public string FirstName { get; set; }
     public string LastName { get; set; }
   }

4. Right-click the XamFormsCodeBinding PCL and Add | New Item…; choose Forms Xaml Page, name it MainPage.xaml, and click Add. In the Content tag, add the following code ...