An extended ContentView for Xamarin.Forms with rounded corners, borders, shadows and more!

Source: https://github.com/sthewissen/Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView

Let's try to add it to our Xamarin.Forms application. An example is created using Blank Template, but it can be used in an application created with any other template as well.

Add NuGet Package

To use this PancakeView you need to add a reference to NuGet package called
Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView.

There are multiple ways on how to install some NuGet package, here is one way how to do it:

1. Right-click on the solution name in Solution Explorer to open the context menu and then press Manage NuGet Packages for Solution...
2. Select the Browse tab and search for Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView by Steven Thewissen.
3. Select all projects (right side) and press Install.
4. If the installation is successful, you should see something like Successfully installed 'Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView' in Output window.

Add Namespace in XAML

Once you reference PancakeView reference in your projects, you have to add a namespace in your XAML file.
Open XAML where you would like to use it and add

xmlns:yummy="clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView"

Use it in XAML

Here is example how it can be used:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage
    x:Class="PancakeView.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms/design"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:yummy="clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.PancakeView"
    mc:Ignorable="d">
    <StackLayout>
        <yummy:PancakeView
            Margin="16"
            BackgroundGradientAngle="45"
            BackgroundGradientEndColor="Azure"
            BackgroundGradientStartColor="LightSkyBlue"
            CornerRadius="32,0,0,32"
            HasShadow="True"
            HeightRequest="100"
            VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand">
            <Label
                Margin="16,0"
                FontSize="50"
                Text="PancakeView"
                VerticalOptions="Center" />
        </yummy:PancakeView>
    </StackLayout>
</ContentPage>

The result looks like this: