Can primary tabs appear at the top when using Xamarin.Forms Shell

Question

Client would like for primary tabs to appear on the bottom for iOS and at the top for Android. Is this possible when using Shell? I know nested/secondary tabs can appear at the top but again I'm referring to the primary/top-level tabs. Does Shell force primary tabs to always be bottom tabs or is there a way to display them on top also?

Answer 1

Sorry , Shell force primary tabs to always be bottom , it can not be modified by us .

The layout of shell tabbar be designed as default . You can have a look at the source code of Shell here :

public override AView OnCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        if (_shellContent != null)
        {
            _page = ((IShellContentController)_shellContent).GetOrCreateContent();
        }

        _root = inflater.Inflate(Resource.Layout.ShellContent, null).JavaCast<CoordinatorLayout>();

       //here layout be designed as default 
        _toolbar = _root.FindViewById<Toolbar>(Resource.Id.shellcontent_toolbar);

        _renderer = Platform.CreateRenderer(_page, Context);
        Platform.SetRenderer(_page, _renderer);

         ...

        return _root;
    }

Last as your said , recommand not using Shell to achieve that is possible .