Xamarin Forms Databinding “.” separator

Question

I\'m struggling with databinding in Xamarin Forms. Here\'s why, what I expect to happen from the following XAML statement:

IsVisible=\"{Binding Path=UserCont         


        

Answer 1

Nested properties are supported, like other pretty complex expression as well:

You can test it:

Xaml

<StackLayout Spacing="20">
  <StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal">
    <Label Text="Subproperties: " HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" FontSize="15"></Label>
    <Label Text="{Binding Item.SubItem.Text}" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" FontSize="15"></Label>
  </StackLayout>
  <StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal">
    <Label Text="Indexer: " HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" FontSize="15"></Label>
    <Label Text="{Binding Item.Dictionary[key].Text}" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" FontSize="15"></Label>
  </StackLayout>
  <StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal">
    <Label Text="Array Indexer: " HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" FontSize="15"></Label>
    <Label Text="{Binding Item.Array[1].Text}" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" FontSize="15"></Label>
  </StackLayout>
</StackLayout>

Page

public partial class Page2 : ContentPage
{
    public ItemModel Item { get; }

    public Page2()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        Item = new ItemModel();
        BindingContext = this;

    }
}

public class ItemModel
{
    public ItemSubModel SubItem { get; set; }
    public Dictionary<string, ItemSubModel>  Dictionary { get; set; }
    public ItemSubModel[] Array { get; set; }

    public ItemModel()
    {
        SubItem = new ItemSubModel();
        Dictionary = new Dictionary<string, ItemSubModel>
        {
            {"key", new ItemSubModel()}
        };
        Array = new [] {new ItemSubModel(), new ItemSubModel() };
    }
}

public class ItemSubModel
{
    public string Text { get; set; } = "Supported";
}

Result

Answer 2

I'm assuming you're trying in Xaml. Try removing 'Path'.

IsVisible="{Binding UserContext.IsLoggedOut}"

However more importantly, what is your BindingContext? For the above code to work you would need the BindingContext to be set to class Foo, which has a property called UserContext, which itself has a property IsLoggedOut.

Have a look here as well