Binding a Custom View In Xamarin.Forms

Question

I have a problem binding data in a custom view in Xamarin forms to the view model of the containing page.

My Custom View is very simple, a pair of labels representin

Answer 1

I was able to get this to work by doing

public KeyValueView()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    this.VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Start;
    this.Content.BindingContext = this;
}

and then doing this in the xaml.cs for the view you're using the custom view in:

public ParentView()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    BindingContext = this;
}

For an Entry field, which gave me problems, I had to make sure the defaultBindingMode parameter was set to TwoWay.