Xamarin children not being added - xamarin

Question

I have this annoying problem and I don't know how to solve this.
In Xamarin Forms, I'm trying to draw a dynamic layout, for this I load a list of elements (this works). Now i'm trying to display the label for it, so I loop through all the items and add a label for every item. The problem is that the page stays empty.
Yes I initialized the _layout variable as a StackLayout and I also made a ScrollView, then I set the scrollview's content to the _layout variable. But still my page stays empty. I can't share the actual code but I rewrote it using different names.
private void DrawItems()
{
var items = (List<Item>)_database.GetItems();
foreach(var item in items)
{
DrawItem(item);
}
}
private void DrawItem(Item item)
{
AddLabel(item);
}
private void AddLabel(Item item)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Text)) return;
var label = new Label
{
Text = (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Number)) ? string.Format("{0}: {1}", item.Number, item.Text) : item.Text,
FontSize = Device.GetNamedSize(NamedSize.Small, typeof(Label))
};
_layout.Children.Add(label);
}
For some weird reason, when I start debugging (put a break on var label ...) the label get's created but when I put a break on _layout.Children.Add(label), this never gets called.

Answer 1

When changing UI elements, you need to do it on the main thread.
Try this:
Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() =>
{
_layout.Children.Add(label);
}
I've tried the following code, and it works for me. I'm using Xamarin.Forms 1.4.0.6341
public class MyPage : ContentPage
{
StackLayout stack;
public MyPage()
{
var scroll = new ScrollView();
stack = new StackLayout();
var btn = new Button {Text = "Add Label"};
btn.Clicked += (sender, args) => stack.Children.Add(new Label {Text = "Test"});
stack.Children.Add(btn);
AddLabelEverySecond();
scroll.Content = stack;
Content = scroll;
}
private async void AddLabelEverySecond()
{
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
await Task.Delay(1000);
stack.Children.Add(new Label { Text = "1 second" });
}
}
}
Is this applicable to your code? Maybe you could tell us where DrawItems is called from?