I'm working on a cross platform app on both iOS and Android.
Now I want to display some searched result in a big grid, every cell can be clicked. There should be 3 results in every row, and every cell in a same row should has a same height with a shadow frame. Every result may have a different height.
Here is a image demonstrated what I want (just like Excel):
Firstly, I tried to use a BindableLayout Grid, which has an indexed item list. Every item has a Row and a Col property to fill into a cell. But the Grid's height is different. Here is the xaml.
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
<mvvm:GridViewModel />
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
<ContentPage.Content>
<StackLayout Margin="5,50,5,0" >
<Label Text="Result:" />
<ScrollView x:Name="scrollViewResult" VerticalOptions="StartAndExpand">
<Grid BindableLayout.ItemsSource="{Binding GridResult}" ColumnDefinitions="*,*,*" RowDefinitions="Auto" VerticalOptions="StartAndExpand">
<BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<!-- Every cell is a nested Grid. Using grid is for the purpose of button.-->
<Grid x:Name="NestedGrid" Grid.Row="{Binding Row}" Grid.Column="{Binding Col}" RowDefinitions="Auto" ColumnDefinitions="*" >
<!-- Frame for the corner radius and shadow.-->
<Frame Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" CornerRadius="5" Margin="1">
<!-- Label text is real display text.-->
<Label Text="{Binding Value}" Margin="-15" FontSize="Small" LineBreakMode="WordWrap" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="StartAndExpand" HorizontalTextAlignment="Center"/>
</Frame>
<!-- Here placing a hole-cell button for a better click gesture. -->
<Button Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" BackgroundColor="Transparent" Clicked="Button_Clicked" Margin="5"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
</Grid>
</ScrollView>
</StackLayout>
</ContentPage.Content>
It likes below. emmmmm, not good (a BindableLayout Grid):
Then, I tried to use nested BindableLayout Grid(only one row) in a BindableLayout StackLayout. Every item in StackLayout is a list, every item in the list has a Col property to fill into a cell. Act a little better but not enough, for some short text will still hold large blank, and some has different height in a row.
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
<mvvm:GridInGridViewModel />
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
<ContentPage.Content>
<StackLayout Margin="5,50,5,0" >
<Label Text="Result:" />
<ScrollView x:Name="scrollViewResult" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand">
<StackLayout BindableLayout.ItemsSource="{Binding GridResult}">
<BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<!-- Every Grid has one row and 3 columns.-->
<Grid x:Name="ARowGrid" Margin="5,5,5,0" ColumnSpacing="5" RowSpacing="15" RowDefinitions="Auto" ColumnDefinitions="30*,30*,30*" BindableLayout.ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
<BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<!-- Every cell in ARowGrid is a nested Grid. Using grid is for the purpose of button.-->
<Grid x:Name="NestedGrid" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="{Binding Col}" RowDefinitions="Auto" ColumnDefinitions="*" >
<!-- Frame for the corner radius and shadow.-->
<Frame Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" CornerRadius="5" Margin="0">
<!-- Label text is real display text.-->
<Label Text="{Binding Value}" Margin="-15" FontSize="Small" LineBreakMode="WordWrap" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="Start" HorizontalTextAlignment="Center"/>
</Frame>
<!-- Here placing a hole-cell button for a better click gesture. -->
<Button Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" BackgroundColor="Transparent" Clicked="Button_Clicked" Margin="5"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</BindableLayout.ItemTemplate>
</StackLayout>
</ScrollView>
</StackLayout>
</ContentPage.Content>
It acts like this (a BindableLayout Grid in BindableLayout StackLayout):
So is there any way to adjust height of ever row of a grid to fit the content's height, with every cell in a row has the same height, the height is the max height of content(may be add some margin).