Create Bottom Tabbar Page in Xamarin.Forms

Flip-Venus

Hi, Every One.

Is there any way to show Tabs on bottom in Android using TabbedPage?

I need to build out same Android UI with iOS tabbed page.

If got any ideas, please reach out me.

Thanks for your help.

NaveenKohli

Tabbed pages on top is how Android devices work. If you want to mimic iOS behavior, closest may be using bottom toolbar. By doing things like ToolbarItem.Add(.......). You are going to have manage all the navigation yourself I guess.

JoshBondy

I'm interested in this too. I would like to use a standard tabbar on iOS, but the latest material guidelines use a bottom toolbar to function as tabs.

https://material.google.com/components/bottom-navigation.html#bottom-navigation-usage

If I have to use the bottom nav, I'll need to handle the switching myself which is fine, but I still want to have a iOS tab bar that doesn't manage the navigation.. Any pointers appreciated.

BrightLee

@JoshBondy
I'm in.

Please check this post too.
https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/comment/210763

JoshBondy

@BBright
I ended up having to opt for Xamarin.iOS & Xamarin.Android instead of XF. I ended up using https://github.com/pocheshire/BottomNavigationBar

Which I see that somebody has ported for use in Xamarin.Forms.

BrightLee

@JoshBondy
Oh... I'm sorry about that.

I got it.

JoshBondy

Haha, all good. It was for more reasons than just the bottom nav, it seemed the creatives weren't going to relent sufficiently to facilitate Xamarin.Forms. Safer to switch now than half way through the project.