Add ThumbnailControl

[thiago-rcarvalho]

Hi guys!

First of all: thanks for this awesome plugin! 😀

I would like to know if you have some ideas (and if is possible) to change the indicator of the CarouselView, to achieve the same thumbnail style as Syncfusion Rotator control:

Thanks in advance

[AndreiMisiukevich]

Hi @stealthcold
Very good question.
Yes, you can achieve it yourself
But perhaps it can be great enhancement

So, i think, we can create ThumbnailControl
Is it urgent for you? You can try to do it yourself (Add horizontal listView or scrollView with the same ItemsSource etc.)

[thiago-rcarvalho]

Hi @AndreiMisiukevich ,

Would be a nice feature!
Right now I'm trying to combine inside a StackLayout the CarouselView with a CoverFlowView right below.

My app needs such thing, but I can release without it by now.

Thanks,

[thiago-rcarvalho]

Hey @AndreiMisiukevich,

I had no success with my Stack + Carousel + CoverFlowView idea. ☹️
The CoverFlowView doesn't have an "ItemTapped" event for me to link with the selectedIndex change of de Carousel. And don't know why, the CoverFlowView got some weird behavior when showing the images from the ItemSource (not scolling correctly and flickering).

Do you plan implement the thumbnails? I'll wait for it.
As I said before, I can release my app without it now.

Thanks,

[AndreiMisiukevich]

@stealthcold yes, i will)

[AndreiMisiukevich]

@stealthcold hi, sorry for delay
Just tried to implement it with ListView -- no luck

I think, you can achieve it with HorizontalScrollView. Just put several items(images) with tapGesture to ScrollView.

I guess it's OK for you, if you don't have 10+ items in carousel.
As for virtualization...hm, i think CollectionView can help. xamarin/Xamarin.Forms#3172

The best approach is adding CollectionView (horizontal listView) with the same ItemsSource and ItemTemplate (In next release it would be possible to use ViewCell for CardsView and CarouselView)

Bind CollectionView.SelectedItem to CardsView.SelectedItem
Bind CollectionView.ItemsSource to CardsView.ItemsSource
Bind CollectionView.ItemTemplate to CardsView.ItemTemplate

Something like this should work..

@Phenek sorry for disturbing :)
Are you still interested in supporting this repo (RE: CoverFlowView)

[thiago-rcarvalho]

@AndreiMisiukevich

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll take a look!

Thanks,