Xamarin.Forms Picker

1
votes

I have a picker:

<Picker Title="Status" x:Name="pickerStatus">
  <Picker.Items>
    <x:String>In Progress</x:String>
    <x:String>Completed</x:String>
    <x:String>Dropped</x:String>
    <x:String>Plan To Take</x:String>
 </Picker.Items>

The required value is already stored in a database as a Text value. How do I display a picker on an editable page to load that selected text value from the database into the edit page picker? I've tried:

pickerStatus.SelectedItem = _courseObject.Status;
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How about trying to go for the index. pickerStatus.SelectedIndex=Index, see if that works - Greggz

1 Answers

2
votes

This approach is made for code-behind, if you intend to use ViewModels I can provide a more in-depth answer. But for your case this works: 

List<string> pickerStates = new List<string> 
{ 
    "In Progress", 
    "Completed", 
    "Dropped", 
    "Plan To Take" 
};
pickerStatus.ItemsSource = pickerStates;
pickerStatus.SelectedIndex = pickerStates
                            .FindIndex(status => status == _courseObject.Status);