Can one use system icons on tabs in Xamarin Forms?

Question

Is there a way to specify a \"system\" icon to be displayed on a tab when using Xamarin Forms? I would like to use icons such as Favourites, Bookmark, History etc but I do n

Answer 1

You should write custom TabbedPage renderer for iOS project:

public class YourTabbedRenderer : TabbedRenderer {
        public override void ViewWillAppear(bool animated)
        {
            base.ViewWillAppear(animated);
            var items = TabBar.Items;

            for (var i = 0; i < items.Length; i++) {
                // set your icons here, you could do some string comparison (check tab title or tab icon resource name)
                // items[i].Image = 
                // items[i].SelectedImage = 
            }
        }
    }

http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/custom-renderer/