krdmllr / flexbutton

Flexible button control for Xamarin.Forms

FlexButton

Flexible button control for Xamarin.Forms with events for different states, color overlays and adjustable shapes and paddings. Supports iOS and Android.

Features:

• Adjustable button size
• Icons with adjustable size
• Color overlays for background and icon (normal and pressed state)
• Events for button press and release
• Round button (corner radius)

How to use

Add the NuGet package to the Xamarin.Forms project and all platform projects

PM> Install-Package Forms.Controls.FlexButton

[iOS only] Initialize the control In your AppDelegate.cs call this after Forms.Init();

FlexButton.Init();

Add the XML namespace

xmlns:flex="clr-namespace:Flex.Controls;assembly=Flex"

Add the control

<flex:FlexButton
    WidthRequest="76"
    HeightRequest="76"
    CornerRadius="38"
    HorizontalOptions="Center"
    Icon="lightbulb.png"
    ForegroundColor="#ffffff"
    HighlightForegroundColor="#49516F"
    BackgroundColor="#6279B8"
    HighlightBackgroundColor="#8EA4D2"
    TouchedDown="DemoButton_TouchedDown"
    TouchedUp="DemoButton_TouchedUp"/>

Preview

Take a look a the Demo Project in this repository for a full sample.

API Reference

Property	Default	Description
Icon	null	Name of the icon file to use
Text	string.Empty	Button text to be displayed
FontSize	Default	Font size of the button text
ForegroundColor	White	Foreground color overlay for icon and text
BackgroundColor	Transparent	Background color of the button
HighlightForegroundColor	White	Foreground color overlay for icon and text when pressed down
HighlightBackgroundColor	Transparent	Background color of the button when pressed down
CornerRadius	0	Button borner radius
Padding	30% of height, 10-30% of width	Inside distance from icon to button borders
IconOrientation	IconOrientation.Left	Positions the icon on a button that has icon and text

Event	Description
TouchedDown	Triggered, when button got pressed down
TouchedUp	Triggered, when button got released
Clicked	Same as TouchedUp