Xaml controls don't show up - ios

I have a Xamarin.Forms app with FreshMvvm. Some of its users experience a problem on their iPhones. A page comes up empty. Here is how the page would look with a simulated exception:
All static xaml stuff is there, including labels. But our customers see this instead:
In the ScrollView, only the BoxViews with height = 1 that make those horizontal lines, are there. And no labels.
Here is my xaml:
<ContentPage
xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="LATICRETE_MobileApp.Pages.CoverageCalculator.CoverageCalculatorResultsPage"
ControlTemplate="{StaticResource MainPageTemplate}"
xmlns:controls="clr-namespace:LATICRETE_MobileApp.Controls"
Title="Coverage Results" >
<ContentPage.Content>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="4*" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ScrollView Grid.Row="0">
<StackLayout Margin="30">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="1" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="1" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="1" />
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="22" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Label Text="Tile Size:" FontAttributes="Bold" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" />
<Label Text="Tile Thickness:" FontAttributes="Bold" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" />
<Label Text="Joint Size:" FontAttributes="Bold" Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="0" />
<Label Text="Trowel Size:" FontAttributes="Bold" Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="0" />
<Label Text="{Binding TileSize}" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" />
<BoxView BackgroundColor="Gray" Grid.Row="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" />
<Label Text="{Binding TileThickness}" Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" />
<BoxView BackgroundColor="Gray" Grid.Row="3" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" />
<Label Text="{Binding JointSize}" Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1" />
<BoxView BackgroundColor="Gray" Grid.Row="5" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" />
<Label Text="{Binding TrowelSize}" Grid.Row="6" Grid.Column="1" />
<BoxView BackgroundColor="{StaticResource LaticreteColor}" Margin="0,10,0,10" Grid.Row="7" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" />
</Grid>
<Label Text="{Binding Adhesive}" FontAttributes="Bold" />
<Label Text="{Binding AdhesiveCoverage}" />
<BoxView BackgroundColor="Gray" HeightRequest="1" />
<Label Text="{Binding Grout}" FontAttributes="Bold" />
<Label Text="{Binding GroutCoverage}" />
<BoxView BackgroundColor="Gray" HeightRequest="1" />
<Label Style="{StaticResource LabelParagraphStyle}" Text="*Calculated coverage indicated is approximate, based on nominal tile size and is provided for purposes of estimation only." />
<Label Style="{StaticResource LabelParagraphStyle}" Text="Actual grout coverage will vary depending on jobsite conditions, actual tile size and installed grout joint size. Use of sufficient thin-set reduces grout requirement." />
<Label Style="{StaticResource LabelParagraphStyle}" Text="Add 10% to coverage estimates for waste, spillage and clean-up. Add 10%-15% to grout coverage estimate when grouting unglazed quarry tile." />
<Button
Text="{Binding ButtonShareText}"
Command="{Binding ShareCommand}"
Style="{StaticResource ButtonStyle}"
FontSize="Large"
HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
</StackLayout>
</ScrollView>
<controls:Toolbar
ButtonCalculatorIcon="{Binding ButtonCalculatorIcon}"
ButtonDistributorLocatorIcon="{Binding ButtonDistributorLocatorIcon}"
ButtonScanQRCodeIcon="{Binding ButtonScanQRCodeIcon}"
ButtonVideoCallIcon="{Binding ButtonVideoCallIcon}"
ButtonMoreIcon="{Binding ButtonMoreIcon}"
CalculatorCommand="{Binding CalculatorCommand}"
DistributorsLocatorCommand="{Binding DistributorsLocatorCommand}"
ScanQRCommand="{Binding ScanQRCommand}"
VideoCallCommand="{Binding VideoCallCommand}"
MoreFeaturesCommand="{Binding MoreFeaturesCommand}"
ShowVideoChat="{Binding ShowVideoChat}"
ControlTemplate="{StaticResource ToolbarTemplate}"
Grid.Row="1" />
</Grid>
</ContentPage.Content>
On App Center Diagnostics, I could see exceptions like this:
I don't know if this causes our issue, but that is the only thing I could find.
Also, on the same iPhone models some users have this issue, and others don't. I personally could not reproduce it on my phones.
ADDED:
The code-behind constructor and the pagemodel constructor contain almost nothing:
public CoverageCalculatorResultsPage ()
{
InitializeComponent ();
}
...
public CoverageCalculatorResultsPageModel()
{
ScreenName = "Coverage Results";
ShareCommand = new Command(async () => await Share());
}
Pagemodel's Init():
public override void Init(object initData)
{
try
{
base.Init(initData);
throw new Exception("Test Exception: remove when done");
_previousModel = (CoverageCalculatorPageModel)initData;
// Standard units
string lengthUnits = "\"";
string coverageUnits = " Ft²";
double tileWidth = Convert.ToDouble(_previousModel.TileWidth, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
double tileHeight = Convert.ToDouble(_previousModel.TileHeight, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
double jointWidth = Convert.ToDouble(_previousModel.SelectedJointSize.Key, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
double tileThickness = Convert.ToDouble(_previousModel.SelectedTileThickness.Key, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
if (_previousModel.SelectedUnit.Code == UnitCode.Metric)
{
lengthUnits = "mm";
coverageUnits = "M²";
// Convert to standard units
tileWidth /= 25.4;
tileHeight /= 25.4;
}
// Perform adhesive calculation
// Official formula is: Coverage (Sq Ft)/Unit = (coverage_cuInPerUnit/((Trowel_Height * 0.707108)/2)) * 0.0069444
double cuInPerUnit = _previousModel.SelectedAdhesive.Coverage;
double trowelHeight = Convert.ToDouble(_previousModel.SelectedTrowelSize.Key, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
double adhesiveCoverage = (cuInPerUnit / ((trowelHeight * 0.559) / 2)) * 0.0069444;
// Perform grout calculation
// Official formula is: Coverage (Sq Ft)/Unit = coverage_cuInPerUnit/((Tile_Width+Tile_Height+Joint_Width)*Tile_Thickness*Joint_Width*(144/((Tile_Width+Joint_Width)*(Tile_Height+Joint_Width))))
cuInPerUnit = _previousModel.SelectedGrout.Coverage;
double groutCoverage = cuInPerUnit / ((tileWidth + tileHeight + jointWidth) * tileThickness * jointWidth * (144 / ((tileWidth + jointWidth) * (tileHeight + jointWidth))));
if (_previousModel.SelectedUnit.Code == UnitCode.Metric)
{
// Convert coverages to metric units if necessary (sqft to m2)
adhesiveCoverage *= 0.092903;
groutCoverage *= 0.092903;
}
TileSize = $"{_previousModel.TileWidth}{lengthUnits} x {_previousModel.TileHeight}{lengthUnits}";
TileThickness = _previousModel.SelectedTileThickness.Value;
JointSize = _previousModel.SelectedJointSize.Value;
TrowelSize = _previousModel.SelectedTrowelSize.Value;
Adhesive = _previousModel.SelectedAdhesive.Name;
AdhesiveCoverage = $"Adhesive Coverage per Unit*: {adhesiveCoverage: #.##}{coverageUnits}";
Grout = _previousModel.SelectedGrout.Name;
GroutCoverage = $"Grout Coverage per Unit*: {groutCoverage: #.##}{coverageUnits}";
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
HandleException(ex, true);
}
}
All the data is obtained from the user on the previous page or from the calculations shown above.

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VerticalOptions="Start"
Grid.Column="6" Grid.Row="0">
<Image.GestureRecognizers>
<TapGestureRecognizer Tapped="SetMark"/>
</Image.GestureRecognizers>
</Image>
</Grid>
</StackLayout>
</StackLayout>
</ViewCell.View>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</local:SpecialListView.ItemTemplate>
</local:SpecialListView>
</StackLayout>
This is an example of how it works on android and how i want it to work on ios.
I reproduced your Problem in a small Testproject. I prefer doing layout changes via data binding, instead of code behind.
Let's start with the Template:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
x:Class="App6.Page1">
<ListView x:Name="CategoryList"
BackgroundColor="Gray"
ItemsSource="{Binding Categories}"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem}"
HasUnevenRows="true"
RowHeight="-1">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell x:Name="ObservationCell">
<ViewCell.View>
<StackLayout x:Name="Observation"
HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
VerticalOptions="StartAndExpand"
Padding="15, 10, 10, 10"
BackgroundColor="White">
<Label x:Name="ObservationTitle"
Text="{Binding Title}"
FontSize="18"
TextColor="Black"
VerticalOptions="StartAndExpand"/>
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal" IsVisible="{Binding IsSelected}">
<Image BackgroundColor="Fuchsia" WidthRequest="40" HeightRequest="40"></Image>
<Image BackgroundColor="Green" WidthRequest="40" HeightRequest="40"></Image>
<Image BackgroundColor="Yellow" WidthRequest="40" HeightRequest="40"></Image>
<Image BackgroundColor="Blue" WidthRequest="40" HeightRequest="40"></Image>
<Image BackgroundColor="Black" WidthRequest="40" HeightRequest="40"></Image>
</StackLayout>
</StackLayout>
</ViewCell.View>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</ContentPage>
The Datatemplate is basicaly the same, but:
the StackLayout has no Click-Listener
the Visbility of the StackLayout is bound to IsSelected (IsVisible="{Binding IsSelected}")
the SelectedItem of the ListView is bound to SelectedItem of our ViewModel
Our Page just sets the ViewModel as DataContext
public partial class Page1 : ContentPage
{
public Page1()
{
InitializeComponent();
BindingContext = new Page1ViewModel();
}
}
The ViewModel
implements INotifyPropertyChanged to notify the view about data changes
adds some dummy items to our Categories Collection
has a SelectedItem property that updates the IsSelected property of the Categories
class Page1ViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private Category _selectedItem;
private ObservableCollection<Category> _categories = new ObservableCollection<Category>();
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public ObservableCollection<Category> Categories
{
get { return _categories; }
set
{
_categories = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public Category SelectedItem
{
get { return _selectedItem; }
set
{
if (_selectedItem == value)
return;
if (_selectedItem != null)
{
_selectedItem.IsSelected = false;
}
_selectedItem = value;
if (_selectedItem != null)
{
_selectedItem.IsSelected = true;
}
}
}
[NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
public Page1ViewModel()
{
Categories.Add(new Category());
Categories.Add(new Category());
Categories.Add(new Category());
Categories.Add(new Category());
Categories.Add(new Category());
}
}
Last, but not least, but most important, you need a tiny custom renderer that overwrites the default one. We call ReloadData() if the SelectedItem has changed.
[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(ListView), typeof(MyListViewRenderer))]
namespace App6.iOS.CustomRenderer
{
public class MyListViewRenderer : ListViewRenderer
{
protected override void OnElementPropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
base.OnElementPropertyChanged(sender, e);
if (e.PropertyName == ListView.SelectedItemProperty.PropertyName)
{
Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() => Control.ReloadData());
}
}
}
}
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Xamarin.Forms ListView ViewCell issue on iOS

I've been trying to get this looking right in Xaml (x.forms) but can't make it work. Any possibly way this can be solved in Xaml without a custom cell renderer?
Here is how it's supposed to look on native iOS:
What I'm getting so far in Xaml:
Here's my Xaml:
<ScrollView>
<StackLayout>
<ActivityIndicator IsRunning="{Binding IsFetching}" />
<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Events}" Header="2015" Footer="">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell Height="55">
<ViewCell.View>
<StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal" Padding="5" BackgroundColor="White">
<StackLayout>
<BoxView WidthRequest="44"
HeightRequest="5"
BackgroundColor="Purple"
/>
<Label Text="AUG" FontSize="12" HeightRequest="13" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="Start" FontAttributes="Bold"/>
<Label Text="31" FontSize="13" VerticalOptions="StartAndExpand" HorizontalOptions="Center" />
</StackLayout>
<StackLayout Orientation="Vertical"
HorizontalOptions="StartAndExpand">
<Label Text="Relay For Life of" FontSize="14" VerticalOptions="End" TextColor="Gray"/>
<Label Text="Hope City" FontSize="16" FontAttributes="Bold" VerticalOptions="StartAndExpand"/>
</StackLayout>
</StackLayout>
</ViewCell.View>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</StackLayout>
</ScrollView>
You can try this with a Grid instead of Stack, also add RowHeight to your ListView
<ListView ... RowHeight="55">
...
<ViewCell Height="55">
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="44"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="44"/> <!-- for the checkmark -->
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid Grid.Column="0">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="5" />
<RowDefinition Height="22" />
<RowDefinition Height="17" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<BoxView Grid.Row="0" WidthRequest="44" HeightRequest="5" BackgroundColor="Purple"/>
<!-- experiment with the vertical alignment to get it right -->
<Label Grid.Row="1" Text="AUG" .../>
<Label Grid.Row="2" Text="31" .../>
</Grid>
<Grid Grid.Column="0">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="22" />
<RowDefinition Height="22" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!-- if the vertical alignment doesn't work well add two more rows for top and bottom padding -->
<Label Grid.Row="0" Text="Relay for life" VerticalOptions="End" .../>
<Label Grid.Row="1" Text="Hope city" VerticalOptions="Start" .../>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</ViewCell>
Set HasUnevenRows="True" on the ListView

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