Entry hight different between XF 2.4.0 Pre and all previous versions (iOS)

RaymondKelly

Has anyone else noticed this? Seems the the Entry fields are smaller on iOS and the only difference is the XF version.

XF 2.3.5 and all previous releases:

XF 2.4.0 Pre 1 and 2

RaymondKelly

I should also add, scrolling does not work inside the entry box either. When you hit the end of the visible size, you can keep typing, but you cant see what you are typing.

JohnHardman

@RaymondKelly - I haven't tried 2.4.0 Pre yet. However, the bit about not scrolling, so that you cannot see what you are typing, would be a regression. I recall raising a bug for that (admittedly for WinPhone) against XF 1.4.3, that was fixed in XF 2.0 .

If you haven't already, post details at https://forums.xamarin.com/categories/xamarin-forms-releases and log a bug.

RaymondKelly

Thanks @JohnHardman. I am just shocked this hasn't been seen and fixed in Pre-2 as a critical issue.

PhilippeLeybaert

Any update on this? This really messed up our app. Input boxes used to be roughly the same height on all platforms, but now they look horrible on iOS. The only "fix" is to set HeightRequest to a specific number but that's just a hack.

AndrewWhitworth

This has affected numerous Entry fields across our Xamarin Forms app too.

Any update on this please?

EdwardBrey

The bug report is here: Entry height different between XF 2.4.0 Pre and all previous versions (iOS)

PaulBrenner

Anyone have a workaround?

JohnHardman

@RaymondKelly - I've updated to 2.4.0 and am also seeing the height difference on iOS Entry views. Surprised that this one wasn't picked up pre getting to the stable channel.

MatthewKeoppel

I'm also seeing this problem with 2.4.0.282. Anyone know a work-around without having to manually edit all of my entry controls?

KingNguyen

Just add this to ios folder Renderer on IOS.
`using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS;

[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(Entry), typeof(CustomRenderer.iOS.CustomEntryRenderer))]
namespace CustomRenderer.iOS
{
public class CustomEntryRenderer : EntryRenderer
{
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);

        if (e.OldElement != null || Element == null)
            return;

        Element.HeightRequest = 30;
    }
}

}`

AndrewWhitworth

Thanks KingNguyen - that workaround works great.

PaulBrenner

@KingNguyen is 30 a random number or did that come from somewhere?

KingNguyen

Compare with Picker, they have the same height.

Pirras

the overrided GetDesiredSize in 987 causes the height of the entries to be 15.

While @StephaneDelcroix fix it you can create a render and put the following:

public override SizeRequest GetDesiredSize(double widthConstraint, double heightConstraint)
{
SizeRequest baseSize = base.GetDesiredSize(widthConstraint, heightConstraint);
if (baseSize.Request.Height < 30)
{
baseSize.Request = new Size(baseSize.Request.Width, 30);
baseSize.Minimum = new Size(baseSize.Minimum.Width, 30);
}
return baseSize;
}

YoussefAzarouali

Is this problem already fixed? I have still the same problem in version 4.7?

RaymondKelly

Nope, still broken. I am stuck on XF 2.3.5 because of this.

RaymondKelly

I am shocked this is still not resolved. Does anyone else use entry boxes on iOS??