Autocomplete bind differently on iOS and Android

[Ivailo]

Hi Guys, 

I am trying to use the Xamarin.Forms Autocomplete control but it is very strange that it works in different way on iOS 10.3 and Android 6.0

 

Actually, 
private void RadAutoComplete_SuggestionItemSelected(object sender, Telerik.XamarinForms.Input.AutoComplete.SuggestionItemSelectedEventArgs e)         { var dataItem =  e.DataItem;

        }

When I select an item from the autocomplete list on Android => e.DataItem is of the object type from the List which is my ItemsSource.
But when I select an item on iOS the e.DataItem is actually string with the value of the selected object. but not the whole object containing all other information in it ? How to fix this ?

<telerikInput:RadAutoComplete HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" BackgroundColor="Transparent" ItemsSource="{Binding AreaTypes}" WidthRequest="200" TextSearchPath="AreaType" Watermark="Search here..." SuggestionItemSelected="RadAutoComplete_SuggestionItemSelected" CompletionMode="Contains">

</telerikInput:RadAutoComplete>

[Ves]

Hi Ivailo,

Indeed, providing a unified experience across platforms is one of the main purposes of the framework. We will include a fix in our next service release. For the time being, please use the following workaround:

private void AutoComplete_SuggestionItemSelected(object sender, Telerik.XamarinForms.Input.AutoComplete.SuggestionItemSelectedEventArgs e)
        {
            BusinessObject businessObject = e.DataItem as BusinessObject;
            if (businessObject == null)
            {
                RadAutoComplete autoComplete = (RadAutoComplete)sender;
                businessObject = autoComplete.FilteredItems.Cast<BusinessObject>().Where(obj => obj.Name == (string)e.DataItem).FirstOrDefault();
            }
        }

where BusinessObject would be your data item and Name would be the property name you use to search by.

Best regards,
Ves
Telerik by Progress

[DAve]

thanks for information, i had same problem