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Switch¶

A Switch allows toggling its value to true and false.

Define in XAML¶

<Switch IsToggled="true" />

Define in Code¶

var attendingSwitch = new Switch
{
    IsToggled = true
};

Change Color¶

The color for the Swith can be changed for each platform.

Android¶

These changes should be made in the Android project

Open the styles.xml file located under Resources -> values folder
Change the <item name="colorAccent">#FF4081</item> and assing your designed color

iOS¶

These changes should be made in the iOS project

Open the AppDelegate.cs file
Within the method FinishedLaunching add the following lines

// You can also use UIColor.FromRGB to assign colors using RGB values
// Eg assign a green color UIColor.FromRGB(0x91, 0xCA, 0x47)
UISwitch.Appearance.OnTintColor = UIColor.Orange;

The complete method should be as follows :

public override bool FinishedLaunching(UIApplication app, NSDictionary options)
{
    UISwitch.Appearance.OnTintColor = UIColor.Orange;
    global::Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init();
    LoadApplication(new App());

    return base.FinishedLaunching(app, options);
}