Xamarin creates a shadow on a frame in Android

Question

The Frame class in Xamarin Forms is pretty limited and cannot let me get a shadow outside the frame. I made my own renderer for iOS using this code:

public class RatingInfoFrameRenderer : FrameRenderer
{
    protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Frame> e)
    {
        base.OnElementChanged(e);

        Layer.BorderColor = UIColor.White.CGColor;
        Layer.CornerRadius = 10;
        Layer.MasksToBounds = false;
        Layer.ShadowOffset = new CGSize(-2, 2);
        Layer.ShadowRadius = 5;
        Layer.ShadowOpacity = 0.4f;
    }
}

Creating a similar one on Android caused me problems, since my knowledge about native Android is a bit limited. Can someone tell me what to look for, perhaps a good example code? I did not find anything like this.

Answer 1

In the Android platform it can be very easy, but first of all you need to create a shadow in the folder Drawablefor Android resources. For instance:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <item>
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
      <solid android:color="#CABBBBBB" />
      <corners android:radius="2dp" />
    </shape>
  </item>

  <item
      android:left="0dp"
      android:right="0dp"
      android:top="0dp"
      android:bottom="2dp">
    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
      <solid android:color="@android:color/white" />
      <corners android:radius="2dp" />
    </shape>
  </item>
</layer-list>

"shadow.xml" Drawable Android, RatingInfoFrameRenderer:

public class RatingInfoFrameRenderer : FrameRenderer
{
    protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Frame> e)
    {
        base.OnElementChanged(e);
        if (e.NewElement != null)
        {
            ViewGroup.SetBackgroundResource(Resource.Drawable.shadow);
        }
    }
}

, shadow.xml, google: LayerList.

Answer 2

Xamarin Forms , , Frame. Android

HasShadow

        public static readonly BindableProperty HasShadowProperty =
            BindableProperty.Create("HasShadow", typeof(bool), typeof(ExtendedBoxView), false);

        public bool HasShadow
        {
            get { return (bool)GetValue(HasShadowProperty); }
            set { SetValue(HasShadowProperty, value); }
        }

Renderer Android

       public class ExtendedBoxViewRenderer : BoxRenderer
{
    protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<BoxView> e)
    {
        base.OnElementChanged(e);
        var element = e.NewElement as ExtendedBoxView;


        if (element == null) return;

        if (element.HasShadow)
        {
            ViewGroup.Elevation = 8.0f;
            ViewGroup.TranslationZ = 10.0f;


        }

    }

}

UPDATE

, Android. Shadows Android Lollipop.

    public class ExtendedBoxViewRenderer : BoxRenderer
    {
        protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<BoxView> e)
        {
            base.OnElementChanged(e);
            var element = e.NewElement as ExtendedBoxView;


            if (element == null) return;

            if (element.HasShadow)
            {
//For some reason ViewCompat has issues when running in debug hence the workaround.
#if DEBUG
                double dAndroidVersion;
                if (double.TryParse(Build.VERSION.Release, out dAndroidVersion))
                {
                    if (dAndroidVersion < 21)
                        return;
                }
#else
                ViewCompat.SetElevation(ViewGroup, 8.0f);
                ViewCompat.SetTranslationZ(ViewGroup, 10.0f);
#endif
            }

        }

    }