Android Xamarin RendererFactory.getRenderer() does not work - xamarin

Question

For Data Template I have used StackLayout with label inside it and created a custom renderer for grid-view.
The code RendererFactory.getRenderer() doesn't work; it only shows a StackLayout without any label inside.
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

As of now RendererFactory.getRenderer() won't work for auto layout containers such as StackLayout/GridLayout with child contents refer this link. Only the primary parent is rendered but the childrens are not rendered in UI but the controls are available after converting to native view
this._view = RendererFactory.GetRenderer(this._viewCell.View).NativeView;
Try using AbsoluteLayout and position the controls accordingly. I had tried this using XLabs Grid View Control since they used Grid View Renderer for making the UICollectionView(TileList) and GridViewCell for generating the viewCell from Forms to Native.
<controls:GridView
x:Name="GrdView"
RowSpacing="5"
Padding="5"
ColumnSpacing = "5"
ItemWidth ="152"
ItemHeight = "200"
ItemsSource="{Binding gridColl}"
>
<controls:GridView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate >
<ViewCell>
<ViewCell.View>
<!-- WORKING-->
<AbsoluteLayout BackgroundColor="Red">
<Image Source="{Binding image}"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds="0, 0, 0.5, 0.5"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutFlags="All"/>
<BoxView Color="#8080FF"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds="0.33, 0, 0.25, 0.25"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutFlags="All" />
<Label Text="Test" BackgroundColor="Red"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutBounds="1, 1, 0.5, 0.5"
AbsoluteLayout.LayoutFlags="All"/>
</AbsoluteLayout>
<!--NOT WORKING-->
<!--<StackLayout BackgroundColor="Blue">
<Image Source="{Binding image}" />
<Label Text="Test" BackgroundColor="Red"/>
</StackLayout>-->
</ViewCell.View>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</controls:GridView.ItemTemplate>
</controls:GridView>
i hope this might help you...