How to set color and text/font size of picker text?

Question

I use a specific picker setup to mimic the action of a drop down list in Xamarin.iOS. The code is:

    public void ConfigureSelectPicker(UITextField pickerTextField, List<string> theData)
    {
        PickerViewModel MyModel = new PickerViewModel();
        MyModel._pickerSource = theData;
        var picker = new UIPickerView
        {
            Model = MyModel,
            ShowSelectionIndicator = true,
            TintColor = UIColor.Blue
        };
        var screenWidth = UIScreen.MainScreen.Bounds.Width;
        var pickerToolBar = new UIToolbar(new RectangleF(0, 0, (float)screenWidth, 44)) { BarStyle = UIBarStyle.Default, Translucent = true };
        var flexibleSpaceButton = new UIBarButtonItem(UIBarButtonSystemItem.FlexibleSpace);
        var doneButton = new UIBarButtonItem(UIBarButtonSystemItem.Done, (sender, e) => pickerTextField.ResignFirstResponder());
        doneButton.Clicked += (object sender, EventArgs e) =>
        {
            pickerTextField.Text = MyModel.SelectedItem;
        };
        pickerToolBar.SetItems(new[] { flexibleSpaceButton, doneButton }, false);

        pickerTextField.InputView = picker;
        pickerTextField.InputAccessoryView = pickerToolBar;
    }

The theData list contains strings that are truncated in the picker. Is there a way I can change the font size to make them fit and also the text color?

Answer 1

You could override GetView method in your UIPickerViewModel.

public override UIKit.UIView GetView(UIKit.UIPickerView pickerView, nint row, nint component, UIKit.UIView view)
{
    
    var pickerLabel = view as UILabel;
    if (pickerLabel == null)
    {
        pickerLabel = new UILabel();
        pickerLabel.Font = UIFont.SystemFontOfSize(5);
        pickerLabel.TextColor = UIColor.Red;
    }
    // you should again give the value to the pickerLabel Text based on the row or component of your picker
    if (component = 0)        
    {
        pickerLabel.Text = names[row];
    }
    else
    {
        pickerLabel.Text = row.ToString()        
    }

    return pickerLabel;
}

For more info, you could refer to Picker control in Xamarin.iOS and sample code: PickerControl.