How can I make a > in a cell with Xamarin.Forms?

Question

I have an application where I can change the order and the way cards appear. For anyone who has iOS I need something very similar to the way the Settings > Contacts > Sort

Answer 1

EDIT 1: Simplified property changed logic in iOS renderer; now there are no references or handlers to cleanup.

In extension to @hankide's answer:

You can create a bindable property IsChecked while extending a TextCell or ViewCell and bind your VM state to it.

public class MyTextCell : TextCell
{
    public static readonly BindableProperty IsCheckedProperty =
        BindableProperty.Create(
            "IsChecked", typeof(bool), typeof(MyTextCell),
            defaultValue: false);

    public bool IsChecked
    {
        get { return (bool)GetValue(IsCheckedProperty); }
        set { SetValue(IsCheckedProperty, value); }
    }
}

Next step would be to create renderer that listens to this property and shows a check-mark at iOS level.

[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(MyTextCell), typeof(SampleApp.iOS.MyTextCellRenderer))]
namespace SampleApp.iOS
{
    public class MyTextCellRenderer : TextCellRenderer
    {
        public override UITableViewCell GetCell(Cell item, UITableViewCell reusableCell, UITableView tv)
        {
            var nativeCell = base.GetCell(item, reusableCell, tv);

            var formsCell = item as MyTextCell;
            SetCheckmark(nativeCell, formsCell);

            return nativeCell;
        }

        protected override void HandlePropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs args)
        {
            base.HandlePropertyChanged(sender, args);

            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine($"HandlePropertyChanged {args.PropertyName}");
            if (args.PropertyName == MyTextCell.IsCheckedProperty.PropertyName)
            {
                var nativeCell = sender as CellTableViewCell;
                if (nativeCell?.Element is MyTextCell formsCell)
                    SetCheckmark(nativeCell, formsCell);
            }
        }

        void SetCheckmark(UITableViewCell nativeCell, MyTextCell formsCell)
        {
            if (formsCell.IsChecked)
                nativeCell.Accessory = UITableViewCellAccessory.Checkmark;
            else
                nativeCell.Accessory = UITableViewCellAccessory.None;
        }
    }
}

Sample usage 1

And, sample usage would like:

Sample usage 2

You can also listen to Tapped event to ensure IsChecked property works as expected.

For example, you bind this property to ViewModel:

and handle tap event:

public SettingViewModel[] Settings = new []{
    new SettingViewModel { Name = "First Last", IsSelected = false },
    new SettingViewModel { Name = "Last First", IsSelected = true },
};

void Handle_Tapped(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    var cell = sender as TextCell;
    if (cell == null)
        return;

    var selected = cell.Text;
    foreach(var setting in Settings)
    {
        if (setting.Name == selected)
            setting.IsSelected = true;
        else
            setting.IsSelected = false;
    }
}