Binding to ListView item tapped property from View Model

Question

I am trying to bind an event to a ListView, on my menu page, using the itemtapped property. Currently I am using MVVM (Xamarin form labs) framework in my app. What I am trying t

Answer 1

Alternatively you can use an Attached Behavior

public static class ListViewAttachedBehavior
{
    public static readonly BindableProperty CommandProperty =
        BindableProperty.CreateAttached (
            "Command",
            typeof(ICommand),
            typeof(ListViewAttachedBehavior),
            null,
            propertyChanged:OnCommandChanged);

    static void OnCommandChanged (BindableObject view, object oldValue, object newValue)
    {
        var entry = view as ListView;
        if (entry == null) 
            return;

        entry.ItemTapped += (sender, e) => 
            {
                var command = (newValue as ICommand);
                if(command == null)
                    return;

                if(command.CanExecute(e.Item))
                {
                    command.Execute(e.Item);
                }

            };
    }
}

Then call it on your ListView

 <ListView
        RowHeight="70"
        x:Name="AcquaintanceListView"
        b:ListViewAttachedBehavior.Command="{Binding ItemSelectedCommand}"
        ItemsSource="{Binding Acquaintances}">

Answer 2

I've followed the same architecture and done through creating custom list control and created 1 bindable property with command which I've override in my View Model using below code:

Custom Control [.cs] page in my PCL

using System;
using System.Windows.Input;
using Xamarin.Forms;


namespace YourNS {

    public class ListView : Xamarin.Forms.ListView {

        public static BindableProperty ItemClickCommandProperty = BindableProperty.Create<ListView, ICommand>(x => x.ItemClickCommand, null);


        public ListView() {
            this.ItemTapped += this.OnItemTapped;
        }


        public ICommand ItemClickCommand {
            get { return (ICommand)this.GetValue(ItemClickCommandProperty); }
            set { this.SetValue(ItemClickCommandProperty, value); }
        }


        private void OnItemTapped(object sender, ItemTappedEventArgs e) {
            if (e.Item != null && this.ItemClickCommand != null && this.ItemClickCommand.CanExecute(e)) {
                this.ItemClickCommand.Execute(e.Item);
                this.SelectedItem = null;
            }
        }
    }
}

My XAML Page

<ContentPage ...
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Samples.Views;assembly=Your Assebly Name">

<local:ListView ItemClickCommand="{Binding Select}" 
        ItemsSource="{Binding List}">

And in my View Model [In this example, I've only opened dialog action sheet

private Command<Signature> selectCmd;
        public Command<Signature> Select {
            get {
                this.selectCmd = this.selectCmd ?? new Command<Signature>(s => 
                    this.dialogs.ActionSheet(new ActionSheetConfig()
                        .Add("View", () => {
                            if (!this.fileViewer.Open(s.FilePath))
                                this.dialogs.Alert(String.Format("Could not open file {0}", s.FileName));
                        })
                        .Add("Cancel")
                    )
                );
                return this.selectCmd;
            }
        }