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Sneak Peek at 2021 Volume 1: Xamarin.Forms

Sneak Peek at 2021 Volume 1: Xamarin.Forms

We at Syncfusion are working on the first major release of 2021, packed with cool and useful features.  You can expect the 2021 Volume 1 release in the last week of March. In this blog, I am going to give you a quick overview of the new features we plan to make available for the Xamarin.Forms platform in this 2021 Volume 1 release.

DataGrid

The Xamarin.Forms DataGrid will have the following new features in the 2021 volume 1 release:

Cell navigation

This feature will allow users to navigate between cells using an external physical keyboard attached to the iOS devices.

Auto-swipe distance

This feature will let users set the maximum right or left swipe offset based on the size of the swipe view.

Image Editor

The Xamarin.Forms Image Editor will provide the following useful features:

Tilt the image at a -45 to 45-degree angle

This feature will allow us to tilt an edited image, giving it a -45 to 45-degree angle rotation.

Tilting an image in Xamarin.Forms Image Editor
Tilting an image in Xamarin.Forms Image Editor

Zoom and crop the image

Users can zoom in on and crop the desired part of their image.

Zooming and cropping feature in Xamarin.Forms Image Editor
Zooming and cropping feature in Xamarin.Forms Image Editor

Simple and double-arrow line shapes

Add simple, dotted, double-arrow, and double-arrow dotted lines to an image like in the following screenshot.

Different line shapes in Xamarin.Forms Image Editor
Different line shapes in Xamarin.Forms Image Editor

Maps

Animation for changing the position

Animate a map when the center location changes in the Xamarin.Forms Maps control.

Animation as the center position changes in Xamarin.Forms Maps
Animation as the center position changes in Xamarin.Forms Maps

Range Slider

Dragging a range

Change the values of a range by using drag options in the Xamarin.Forms Range Slider.

Drag range feature in Xamarin.Forms Range Slider
Drag range feature in Xamarin.Forms Range Slider

Rich Text Editor

Customize toolbar

The Xamarin.Forms Rich Text Editor will allow us to add our own custom toolbar items to the built-in toolbar.

Customizing the built-in toolbar in Xamarin.Forms Rich Text Editor
Customizing the built-in toolbar in Xamarin.Forms Rich Text Editor

Autocomplete

DataTable support

The Xamarin.Forms Autocomplete control will be populated using the DataTable values.

ComboBox

DataTable support

Like Autocomplete, the Xamarin.Forms ComboBox control will also be populated using the DataTable values.

Chat

The Xamarin.Forms Chat control will have the following exciting features in the 2021 volume 1 release .

Time stamps

This feature will allow users to show a time stamp on an image in a message.

Time stamps in Xamarin.Forms Chat control
Time stamps in Xamarin.Forms Chat control

Swiping a message

This feature will enable users to swipe messages for the custom actions such as forwarding or replying to a message. When a user swipes a message, the message view will be moved, and the swipe view will show the custom actions.

Conclusion

Thanks for reading! We hope you are as excited as we are about the features that we have for the upcoming 2021 Volume 1 release.  Although these are the highlights, there will be many other new features in our Xamarin.Forms controls for this release, too. You can check them out once the release is launched. It won’t be long!

Stay tuned to our official TwitterFacebook, and LinkedIn pages for announcements about the release.  If you have any feedback, please let us know in the comments below.

You can also contact us through our support forumDirect-Trac, or feedback portal. We are always happy to assist you!

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