Xamarin.Forms: Content Page for XAML Controls

In this blog, we will see how to add a content page in a Xamarin.Forms project and add some controls with events in that content page.

Step 1

Create a Xamarin.Forms project with Portable Class Library (PCL) as discussed in my previous article.

• Xamarin.Forms: Create Your First Xamarin App For iOS, Android, And Windows

Step 2

Now right click on the PCL project and Add > New Item,



Inside the Cross-Platform, select Forms XAML Page and name it MainPage and click OK.



Step 3

Now in App.cs file, we call this MainPage inside the App constructor.



Step 4

In the MainPage.xaml, let's add Text Label and a Button with click event.

Complete Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             x:Class="HelloXamarin.MainPage">
  <ContentPage.Content>
    <StackLayout Padding="20">
      <Label x:Name="msg" Text="Hello World" FontSize="40"></Label>
    <Button Text="Click Me" BackgroundColor="Red" TextColor="White" Clicked="OnBtnClick"></Button>
    </StackLayout>
  </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>

Step 5

In the code behind MainPage.xaml.cs, we add click event of button,

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

using Xamarin.Forms;

namespace HelloXamarin
{
    public partial class MainPage : ContentPage
    {
        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        public void OnBtnClick(object o, EventArgs e)
        {
            msg.Text = "This is Xamarin Forms Content Page";
        }
    }
}

Step 6

Now run the application in your Android emulator or Windows devices. When you click on button, you see the output as,