Create A Scroll View In Xamarin iOS

Introduction

Xamarin is a platform to develop cross-platform and multi-platform apps (for example, Windows phone, Android and iOS). In Xamarin platform, the code sharing concept is used. In Xamarin Studio, Visual Studio is also available.
 
 
Prerequisites
  • Xamarin Studio.
  • Xcode.
The steps given below are required to be followed in order to create a Scroll View in Xamarin iOS, using Xamarin Studio.

Step 1

Go to Xamarin Studio.

Click New Solution—> select iOS—>select App--> Choose single View App. Afterwards, click Next.

 

Step 2

In this step, configure your app. Give the app name (Ex:sample), Organization Identifier. Afterwards, click Next.

 
 
Step 3

In this step, give your project name (Ex Sample) and solution name (Ex Sample). Give the path of your project. Afterwards, click Create.

 

Step 4

Subsequently, go to the Solution. In the Solution, get all the files and sources in your project. Now, select Main.storyboard and double click to open Main.storyboard page.
 


Step 5

After opening the Main.storyboard, you can design the page, as per your desire.
 


Step 6

In this step, add the image from your Local system.

Go to Solution—>Resource-->Right click on Add-->Add Files.
 
 

Step 7

Now, you can choose the required image. Click Open.

Next, choose Copy the files to the directory. Afterwards, click OK.

 

Step 8

In this step, go to the ViewController.cs page. Write the code given below.

ViewController.cs
  1. using System;  
  2. using CoreGraphics;  
  3. using UIKit;  
  4. using Foundation;  
  5. namespace XamariniOSScrollView {  
  6.     public partial class ViewController: UIViewController {  
  7.         UIScrollView scrollView;  
  8.         UIImageView imageView;  
  9.         protected ViewController(IntPtr handle): base(handle) {  
  10.             // Note: this .ctor should not contain any initialization logic.  
  11.         }  
  12.         public override void ViewDidLoad() {  
  13.             base.ViewDidLoad();  
  14.             // Perform any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.  
  15.             scrollView = new UIScrollView(new CGRect(0, 0, View.Frame.Width, View.Frame.Height));  
  16.             View.AddSubview(scrollView);  
  17.             imageView = new UIImageView(UIImage.FromFile("Xamarin.jpg"));  
  18.             scrollView.ContentSize = imageView.Image.Size;  
  19.             scrollView.AddSubview(imageView);  
  20.         }  
  21.         public override void DidReceiveMemoryWarning() {  
  22.             base.DidReceiveMemoryWarning();  
  23.             // Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.  
  24.         }  
  25.     }  
  26. }  
  27. }  
 

Step 9

Now, go to Run option, choose Debug and the list of iPhone and iPad Simulators, which are available. You can choose any one Simulator and run it.
 


Output

After few seconds, the app will start running on your iPhone Simulator.You will see your app working successfully. You can scroll the image. Scroll will work successfully.
 
 

Summary

This was the process of how to create a Scroll View in Xamarin iOS, using Xamarin Studio.

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