Xamarin.RangeSlider

With Xamarin.RangeSlider you can pick ranges in Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms (Android, iOS, UWP, Win8 supported). Project is based on https://github.com/anothem/android-range-seek-bar (Android) and on https://github.com/muZZkat/NMRangeSlider (iOS).

You can find NuGet package here. Version without Xamarin.Forms support is available here.

If element is not displayed

If element is not displayed on a Xamarin.Forms page add this code to the startup platform-specific projects.

#if NETFX_CORE
[assembly: Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WinRT.ExportRenderer(typeof(Xamarin.RangeSlider.Forms.RangeSlider), typeof(Xamarin.RangeSlider.Forms.RangeSliderRenderer))]
#else
[assembly: Xamarin.Forms.ExportRenderer(typeof(Xamarin.RangeSlider.Forms.RangeSlider), typeof(Xamarin.RangeSlider.Forms.RangeSliderRenderer))]
#endif

Supported Properties

Name	Description	Remarks
LowerValue	Current lower value	Two way binding
UpperValue	Current upper value	Two way binding
MinimumValue	Minimum value
MaximumValue	Maximum value
MinThumbHidden	If true lower handle is hidden
MaxThumbHidden	If true upper handle is hidden
StepValue	Minimal difference between two consecutive values
StepValueContinuously	If false the slider will move freely with the touch. When the touch ends, the value will snap to the nearest step value. If true the slider will stay in its current position until it reaches a new step value.
BarHeight	Height of the slider bar	Not supported on iOS
ShowTextAboveThumbs	Show current values above the thumbs
TextSize	Text above the thumbs size	dp on Android, points on iOS, pixels on UWP
TextFormat	Format string for text above the thumbs
ActiveColor	Active bar color	Not supported on iOS. Used for thumb color in Android material UI.
MaterialUI	Material UI	Only supported on Android
MinThumbTextHidden	Show current value above the lower handle. Requires ShowTextAboveThumbs to be set to true first
MaxThumbTextHidden	Show current value above the upper handle. Requires ShowTextAboveThumbs to be set to true first

Supported Events

Name	Description
DragStarted	User started moving one of the thumbs to change value
DragCompleted	Thumb has been released

Supported Delegates

Name	Description
FormatLabel	Provide custom formatting for text above thumbs

Screenshots

Android	iOS	UWP

Android material UI

Samples

Sample project.

XAML initialization

<forms:RangeSlider x:Name="RangeSlider" MinimumValue="1" MaximumValue="100" LowerValue="1" UpperValue="100" StepValue="0" StepValueContinuously="False" VerticalOptions="Center" TextSize="15" />

Displaying dates

public MainPage()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    RangeSlider.FormatLabel = FormaLabel;
}

private string FormaLabel(Thumb thumb, float val)
{
    return DateTime.Today.AddDays(val).ToString("d");
}

Customization

Android

Change thumb image

using Android.Graphics;
using Android.Graphics.Drawables;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android;

[assembly: ExportEffect(typeof(Droid.Effects.RangeSliderEffect), nameof(Droid.Effects.RangeSliderEffect))]

namespace Droid.Effects
{
    public class RangeSliderEffect : PlatformEffect
    {
        protected override void OnAttached()
        {
            var themeColor = Xamarin.Forms.Color.Fuchsia.ToAndroid();
            var ctrl = (Xamarin.RangeSlider.RangeSliderControl)Control;
            ctrl.ActiveColor = themeColor;

            var thumbImage = new BitmapDrawable(ctrl.ThumbImage);
            thumbImage.SetColorFilter(new PorterDuffColorFilter(themeColor, PorterDuff.Mode.SrcIn));
            ctrl.ThumbImage = ConvertToBitmap(thumbImage, ctrl.ThumbImage.Width, ctrl.ThumbImage.Height);

            var thumbPressedImage = new BitmapDrawable(ctrl.ThumbPressedImage);
            thumbPressedImage.SetColorFilter(new PorterDuffColorFilter(themeColor, PorterDuff.Mode.SrcIn));
            ctrl.ThumbPressedImage = ConvertToBitmap(thumbPressedImage, ctrl.ThumbPressedImage.Width, ctrl.ThumbPressedImage.Height);
        }

        protected override void OnDetached()
        {
        }

        private static Bitmap ConvertToBitmap(Drawable drawable, int widthPixels, int heightPixels)
        {
            var mutableBitmap = Bitmap.CreateBitmap(widthPixels, heightPixels, Bitmap.Config.Argb8888);
            var canvas = new Canvas(mutableBitmap);
            drawable.SetBounds(0, 0, widthPixels, heightPixels);
            drawable.Draw(canvas);
            return mutableBitmap;
        }
    }
}

Change bar color

using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android;

[assembly: ExportEffect(typeof(Droid.Effects.RangeSliderEffect), nameof(Droid.Effects.RangeSliderEffect))]

namespace Droid.Effects
{
    public class RangeSliderEffect : PlatformEffect
    {
        protected override void OnAttached()
        {
            var ctrl = (Xamarin.RangeSlider.RangeSliderControl)Control;
            ctrl.DefaultColor = Color.Fuchsia.ToAndroid();
            ctrl.ActiveColor = Color.Aqua.ToAndroid();
        }

        protected override void OnDetached()
        {
        }
    }
}

iOS

Change thumb image

Just replace handle images in the Resources folder.

Change bar color

using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS;

[assembly: ExportEffect(typeof(iOS.Effects.RangeSliderEffect), nameof(iOS.Effects.RangeSliderEffect))]

namespace iOS.Effects
{
    public class RangeSliderEffect : PlatformEffect
    {
        protected override void OnAttached()
        {
            var ctrl = (Xamarin.RangeSlider.RangeSliderControl)Control;
            ctrl.TintColor = Color.Fuchsia.ToUIColor();
        }

        protected override void OnDetached()
        {
        }
    }
}

Using Range Slider in native UI

iOS

Just throw the element on your storyboard in visual editor.

Android

Activity

protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    base.OnCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // Set our view from the "main" layout resource
    SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);

    var slider = FindViewById<Xamarin.RangeSlider.RangeSliderControl>(Resource.Id.slider);
    slider.SetSelectedMinValue(11);
    slider.SetSelectedMaxValue(16);
}

.axml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:local="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:minWidth="25px"
    android:minHeight="25px">
    <xamarin.rangeslider.RangeSliderControl
        android:id="@+id/slider"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        local:absoluteMinValue="10"
        local:absoluteMaxValue="20"
        local:showRangeLabels="false"
        local:barHeight="1dp"
    />
</LinearLayout>

List of available attributes can be found here.