UIToolbar In Xamarin.iOS

Introduction

Xamarin is a platform to develop cross-platform and multi-platform apps (for example, Windows phone, Android, iOS). In Xamarin platform, the code sharing concept is used. In Xamarin Studio, Visual Studio is also available.

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Prerequisites

Xamarin Studio.
Xcode.

The steps given below are required to be followed in order to create a Toolbar View using UIToolbar in Xamarin iOS.

Step 1

Go To Xamarin Studio.

Click New Solution—> select iOS—>select App--> Choose single View App. Afterwards, click Next.

Step 2

In this step, configure your app. Give the app name (Ex: sample), Organization Identifier. Afterwards, click Next.

Step 3

In this step, give your project name (Ex: Sample) and solution name (Ex: Sample). Give the path of your project. Afterwards, click Create.

Step 4

Subsequently, go to the solution. In the solution, get all the files and sources in your project. Now, select Main.storyboard and double-click to open Main.storyboard page.

After opening the Main.storyboard, you can design this page, as per your desire.

Step 5

In this step, design your app.using storyboard, Toolbox, and Properties.

Step 6 Bottom Toolbar

Toolbar
Bar Button Item

Step 7 Top Toolbar

Toolbar
Bar Button Item

Step 8

In this step, go to the ViewController.cs page. Write the code given below.

ViewController.cs

using System;
using UIKit;
namespace XamariniOSUIToolbar
{
public partial class ViewController: UIViewController {
protected ViewController(IntPtr handle): base(handle) {
// Note: this .ctor should not contain any initialization logic.
}
partial void UIBarButtonItem69_Activated(UIBarButtonItem sender) {
//Write Action For Tool bar Button
UIAlertView alert = new UIAlertView("Nofication", "Camera Clicked", null, "OK");
alert.Show();
}
partial void UIBarButtonItem45_Activated(UIBarButtonItem sender) {
UIAlertView alert = new UIAlertView("Nofication", "Item Deleted", null, "OK");
alert.Show();
}
partial void UIBarButtonItem70_Activated(UIBarButtonItem sender) {
UIAlertView alert = new UIAlertView("Nofication", "Item Saved", null, "OK");
alert.Show();
}
partial void UIBarButtonItem66_Activated(UIBarButtonItem sender) {
UIAlertView alert = new UIAlertView("Nofication", "Added to bookmark", null, "OK");
alert.Show();
}
partial void UIBarButtonItem65_Activated(UIBarButtonItem sender) {
UIAlertView alert = new UIAlertView("Nofication", "Add a New items", null, "OK");
alert.Show();
}
public override void ViewDidLoad() {
base.ViewDidLoad();
// Perform any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
public override void DidReceiveMemoryWarning() {
base.DidReceiveMemoryWarning();
// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}
}
}

Step 9

Now, go to "Run", choose Debug, and select from the list of iPhone and iPad simulators which are available. You can choose any one simulator and run it.

Output

After a few seconds, the app will start running on your iPhone simulator.You will see your app working successfully.

You can see the Toolbar working successfully.

Summary

This was the process of creating a Toolbar View using UIToolbar in Xamarin iOS. Please share your comments and feedback.