Properly Bind a Button Command in a ViewCell - Prism

MCvel

Hi Folks, I'm having a problem when trying to bind a command in a ViewCell, I'm using a DataTemplateSelector, since this ViewCell will be used in some other ListViews of the same kind, this is what I have so far:

Page
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding InTheatersList}" x:Name="lsMovies" RowHeight="120" ItemTemplate="{StaticResource MovieTemplateSelector}" CachingStrategy="RecycleElement"> </ListView>

in the ViewCell:

<Button Text="+ Watchlist" Command="{Binding AddWatchListCommand, Source={x:Reference InTheatersPage}" CommandParameter="{Binding BindingContext, Source={x:Reference ListView}}" />

ViewModel
the Binding will be to a List,
so I have:

public DelegateCommand<Movie> AddWatchListCommand { get; set; }

In the constructor:

AddWatchListCommand = new DelegateCommand<Movie>(async (Movie arg) => AddToWatchList(arg));

and finally I have the method

private async Task AddToWatchList(Movie movie) { ... }

....
I have been trying some approaches found out there but no luck so far
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41128701/binding-a-command-within-a-datatemplate-xf-prism
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35913622/button-command-binding-not-calling-the-binded-command-in-xamarin-forms

I will appreciate it!!

thanks!!

Sahadev_Gupta

The Source Property you have assigned wrong. It should you the reference of the List.
Something Like this:
<Button Text="+ Watchlist" Command="{Binding AddWatchListCommand, Source={x:Reference lsMovies}" CommandParameter="{Binding .}}" />

Sahadev_Gupta

you can also try by providing x:Name to your Page and use that as a reference.
Something like this:
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" xmlns:prism="clr-namespace:Prism.Mvvm;assembly=Prism.Forms" prism:ViewModelLocator.AutowireViewModel="True" x:Name="YourChoice" > <Button Text="+ Watchlist" Command="{Binding AddWatchListCommand, Source={x:Reference YourChoice}" CommandParameter="{Binding .}}" />

MCvel

Thank you for your answer @Sahadev_Gupta, but your solution only works when I have the ViewCell in the same Page where I have the ListView, or at least I couldn't make it work having the ViewCell in a separated file and use it as ItemTemplate with the DataTemplateSelector,

my idea is to have a ViewCell that can be used in several pages (ListViews), the ViewCell will have a Button that should pass the SelectedItem (ListView) via Command,

any suggestion?

thanks again mate! best regards!

Sahadev_Gupta

@MCvel For me its work fine whether its a viewcell or not...
CommandParameter="{Binding .}}"
The . returns the selected item

Tamas.7822

Any luck with this? @MCvel ?