How to Center an image in each column inside one row in Xamarin? - xamarin

Question

I have this code:
<Grid Margin="0,0,0,0" VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!-- EACH IMAGE SHOULD BE CENTERED IN THE GRID 0 AND ROW 0-->
<StackLayout Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Padding="0,18,0,0">
<Image Source="male"
WidthRequest ="200"
HeightRequest="165"
TranslationX="5"
TranslationY="10"
HorizontalOptions="LayoutOptions.Center"
VerticalOptions="LayoutOptions.Fill"
Aspect="AspectFit"/>
</StackLayout>
<StackLayout Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Padding="0,15,0,0">
<Image Source="female"
WidthRequest ="160"
HeightRequest="125"
TranslationX="5"
TranslationY="31"
HorizontalOptions="LayoutOptions.Center"
VerticalOptions="LayoutOptions.Fill"
Aspect="AspectFit"/>
</StackLayout>
</Grid>
It looks centered in my designer, but when I run the code in my emulator it does not look centered. This is mostly the answers that I have found when I was searching on how to do it. I dont know If I have missed a certain property.
I am still new in Xamarin and I am still learning on how this works.

Answer 1

If you want to center the image, you could try the code below. Delete padding, TranslationX, TranslationY, add a column, and use the CenterAndExpand for layoutoptions. For better understanding, I use the backgroundcolor of stacklayout to show the results.
You could change the ColumnDefinition to Auto, it works as well.
<Grid Margin="0,0,0,0" VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="5*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="5*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<!-- EACH IMAGE SHOULD BE CENTERED IN THE GRID 0 AND ROW 0 -->
<StackLayout
Grid.Row="0"
Grid.Column="0"
BackgroundColor="Accent">
<Image
Aspect="AspectFit"
HeightRequest="165"
HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
Source="dog.jpg"
VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
WidthRequest="200" />
</StackLayout>
<StackLayout
Grid.Row="0"
Grid.Column="1"
BackgroundColor="Accent">
<Image
Aspect="AspectFit"
HeightRequest="125"
HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
Source="pig.jpg"
VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
WidthRequest="160" />
</StackLayout>
</Grid>