TranslateTo issue with Xamarin Forms 1.2.3

Posted October 29th, 2014 . 1 Comment . Xamarin, Xamarin Forms Tags: Xamarin, Xamarin Forms

This Xamarin Forms snippets shifts a button left when clicked and restores it back when dialog is dismissed.

public static Page CreateMainPage3()
  {
   StackLayout container = new StackLayout() { Orientation = StackOrientation.Vertical };
   Button btn = new Button() { Text = "Ok" };
   btn.Clicked += async (s, e) =>
   {
    await btn.TranslateTo(-btn.Width, 0, 500);
    await MainPage.DisplayAlert("Test", "Hello", "Ok", "Cancel");
    await btn.TranslateTo(0, 0, 500);
   };

   container.Children.Add(btn);
   
   return MainPage = new ContentPage()
   {
    Content = container,
    Padding = new Thickness(10, 20, 10, 20)
   };
  }

Easy right? unfortunately it doesn’t work on Android (it is ok on Windows Phone and iOS) with Xamarin Forms version 1.2.3

The workaround is quite easy: use LayoutTo instead of TranslateTo, following code works on all platforms.

...
btn.Clicked += async (s, e) =>
   {
    Rectangle defaultRect = btn.Bounds;
    await btn.LayoutTo(new Rectangle(-btn.Width, btn.Y, btn.Width, btn.Height), 500);
    await MainPage.DisplayAlert("Test", "Hello", "Ok", "Cancel");
    await btn.LayoutTo(defaultRect, 500);
   };
 ...