c# - Execute Command SwitchCell OnChanged in a ListView

Question

I'm fairly new to Xamarin.Forms and tried googling my question. I have a ListView of SwitchCells, the ItemsSource is a Collection of a simple Data-Class.

Now when I change the Switch's state in the SwitchCell I want to have a Method being called...that should not be the problem, but I can't figure out how I know which SwitchCell, or in other words which Instance of the DataClass, which Item was switched.

I expect it to be something like the code I commented, but am really not sure...also I think that I'm mixing up Commands and Methods here....

My XAML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
         x:Class="slwAppTutorial.InterestsList">
  <StackLayout>
    <ListView x:Name="interestList">
      <ListView.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
          <SwitchCell Text="{Binding Text}" On="false" > <!--OnChanged="{Binding something}" -->
          </SwitchCell>
        </DataTemplate>
      </ListView.ItemTemplate>
    </ListView>
    <Button x:Name="submit" Text="Best?tigen"></Button>
  </StackLayout>
</ContentPage>

My CodeBehind file:

namespace slwAppTutorial
{
public partial class InterestsList : ContentPage
{
    //InterestListManager manager;
    List<InterestsItem> myList = new List<InterestsItem>();

    public InterestsList()
    {
        
        InitializeComponent();

        InterestsItem myInterest = new InterestsItem() { Id = "1234", Text = "Volleyball", Kind = "Sport" };
        for (int i=0; i < 25; i++) { myList.Add(myInterest); }
        //manager = InterestListManager.DefaultManager;

// My Expected Command
// someSwitch.OnChanged+= (sender, args) =>
//            {
//                var selectedItem = args.Item as InterestsItem;
//
//                Do something with my InterestsItem
//
//                DisplayAlert(title: selectedItem.Text, message: selectedItem.Kind, cancel: "OK");
//                if (selectedItem == null) return;
//            };

    protected override async void OnAppearing()
    {
        base.OnAppearing();
        interestList.ItemsSource = myList;
        //await RefreshItems(true, syncItems: false);
    }

    private async Task RefreshItems(bool showActivityIndicator, bool syncItems)
    {
        interestList.ItemsSource = myList; //await manager.GetInterestItemsAsync(syncItems);
    }
    

}
}

Answer 1

There are better ways to do this, using full data binding.

But if you would want to implement it with the code you have now, the value you're looking for is in the sender parameter. The sender will be of type SwitchCell, so cast it and get the BindingContext. The final event will look like this:

private void Handle_OnChanged(object sender, ToggledEventArgs args)
{
    var selectedItem = ((SwitchCell)sender).BindingContext as Foo;

    DisplayAlert(title: selectedItem.Text, message: selectedItem.Bar.ToString(), cancel: "OK");                
}

A sample project, similar to your code can be found here.