Xamarin.Forms Listview with 2 line label? - xamarin

Question

I'm converting a MonoTouch.Dialog app to Xamarin.Forms.
I have a Cell in a ListView and that has a "Detail" line that should be 2 lines long, and should truncate the tail after that.
var lblDetail = new Label
{
LineBreakMode = LineBreakMode.TailTruncation,
Text = "a really long string that should show 2 lines then ..."
};
How do I set something like, "Lines = 2"

Answer 1

I solved this with a custom renderer
This is my xaml (in my pcl project)
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Cards}">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<Grid Padding="10">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="60"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Image Source="{Binding Icon}"/>
<customRenderers:MultiLineLabel Text="{Binding Summary}"
Grid.Column="1"/>
</Grid>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
This is my MultiLineLabel class
public class MultiLineLabel : Label
{
}
This is the renderer for iOS:
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(MultiLineLabel), typeof(MultiLineLabelRenderer))]
namespace NameSpace.iOS.Renderers
{
public class MultiLineLabelRenderer : LabelRenderer
{
protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Label> e)
{
base.OnElementChanged(e);
if (Control != null)
{
Control.LineBreakMode = UILineBreakMode.TailTruncation;
Control.Lines = 3;
}
}
}
}

Answer 2

the following code working fine for me :)
UserNotesListView = new ListView() {
HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand,
VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand,
HasUnevenRows=true,
ItemsSource=//upon your bussiess
};
DataTemplate dt=new DataTemplate(()=>
{
var LabelText = new Label();
LabelText.SetBinding(Label.TextProperty, new Binding("note"));
return new ViewCell { View = LabelText };
});
UserNotesListView.ItemTemplate = dt;
Content = new StackLayout
{
HorizontalOptions=LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand,
Children=
{
UserNotesListView
}
};

Answer 3

You might want to customize ListView:
<ListView x:Name="ListMenu" ItemsSource="{Binding _YourItems_}" >
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<ViewCell.View>
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal">
<Label Text="{Binding _YourText_}" TextColor="Black" />
</StackLayout>
</ViewCell.View>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
even if text not fit one line, it will wrap automatically.