How to expand StackLayout inside Grid in Xamarin Forms?

Question

I have Xamarin Forms app. My page bottom should look like this:

Currently it looks like this:

Problem is that StackLayout doesn't expand to fill space. Here is my xaml:

<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" VerticalOptions="End" Spacing="0" >
  <Grid ColumnSpacing="0" RowSpacing="0" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand">
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
      <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
      <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
      <RowDefinition Height="40" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

    <StackLayout HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" BackgroundColor="Blue" >
      <Label Text="First" TextColor="#FFFFFF" HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
    </StackLayout>
    <StackLayout HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" BackgroundColor="Red" >
      <Label Text="Second" TextColor="#FFFFFF" HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
    </StackLayout>

  </Grid>
</StackLayout>

How can I expand StackLayout inside Grid? I would like that blue and red backgrounds touch in the middle.

Have you tried setting 33.3* in the column definition as width? 50* for two columns? — Alberto Méndez

Steven Thewissen Steven Thewissen · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-26T07:59:04

You set the StackLayouts to CenterAndExpand, which means they will only take up as much room as they need. You should FillAndExpand them like:

<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" VerticalOptions="End" Spacing="0" >
  <Grid ColumnSpacing="0" RowSpacing="0" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand">
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
      <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
      <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
      <RowDefinition Height="40" />
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <StackLayout HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" BackgroundColor="Blue" >
      <Label Text="First" TextColor="#FFFFFF" HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
    </StackLayout>
    <StackLayout HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" BackgroundColor="Red" >
      <Label Text="Second" TextColor="#FFFFFF" HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
    </StackLayout>
  </Grid>
</StackLayout>

How to expand StackLayout inside Grid in Xamarin Forms?

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