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ShimmerView Properties

A view that shows placeholders instead of UI elements. Shimmer effects indicate that a loading operation is in progress.
Name Description
ActualAppearance
AnchorX Gets or sets the X component of the center point for any transform operation, relative to the bounds of the element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
AnchorY Gets or sets the Y component of the center point for any transform operation, relative to the bounds of the element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
AutomationId Gets or sets a value that allows the automation framework to find and interact with this element. Inherited from Element.
Background Gets or sets the Brush which will be used to fill the background of an element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
BackgroundColor Gets or sets the Color which will fill the background of an element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
Batched Gets a value that indicates there are batched changes done for this element. Inherited from VisualElement.
Behaviors Gets the list of Behavior objects associated to this element. This is a read-only bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
BindingContext

Gets or sets an object that contains the properties that will be targeted by the bound properties that belong to this BindableObject. This is a bindable property.

Inherited from BindableObject.
Bounds Gets the bounds of the element in device-independent units. Inherited from VisualElement.
ClassId Gets or sets a value used to identify a collection of semantically similar elements. Inherited from Element.
Clip Specifies the clipping region for an element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
Content Gets or sets content displayed after shimmer animation is completed. This is a bindable property.
DesiredSize Gets the size that this element computed during the measure pass of the layout process. Inherited from VisualElement.
DisableLayout Gets a value that indicates that layout for this element is disabled. Inherited from VisualElement.
Dispatcher

Gets the dispatcher that was available when this bindable object was created, otherwise tries to find the nearest available dispatcher (probably the window’s/app’s).

Inherited from BindableObject.
EffectControlProvider For internal use by .NET MAUI. Inherited from Element.
Effects Gets or sets the styles and properties that will be applied to the element during runtime. Inherited from Element.
FlowDirection Gets or sets the layout flow direction. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
Frame Gets or sets the frame this element resides in on screen. Inherited from VisualElement.
GestureRecognizers The collection of gesture recognizers associated with this view. Inherited from View.
Handler Gets or sets the IViewHandler associated to this element. Inherited from VisualElement.
Height Gets the current rendered height of this element. This is a read-only bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
HeightRequest Gets or sets the desired height override of this element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
HorizontalOptions Gets or sets the LayoutOptions that define how the element gets laid out in a layout cycle. This is a bindable property. Inherited from View.
Id Gets a value that can be used to uniquely identify an element throughout the run of your application. Inherited from Element.
InputTransparent Gets or sets a value indicating whether this element responds to hit testing during user interaction. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
IsEnabled Gets or sets a value indicating whether this element is enabled in the user interface. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
IsFocused Gets a value indicating whether this element is focused currently. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
IsLoading Gets or sets whether shimmer animation is in progress. This is a bindable property.
IsPlatformEnabled Gets or sets a value that indicates whether this elements’s platform equivalent element is enabled. Inherited from VisualElement.
IsVisible Gets or sets a value that determines whether this element will be visible on screen and take up space in layouts. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
LoadingView Gets or sets the view displayed with shimmer effects while main content is being loaded. This is a bindable property.
LogicalChildren For internal use by the Microsoft.Maui.Controls platform. Inherited from Element.
Margin Gets or set the margin for the view. Inherited from View.
MinimumHeightRequest Gets or sets the minimum height the element will request during layout. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
MinimumWidthRequest Gets or sets the minimum width the element will request during layout. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
Opacity Gets or sets the opacity value applied to the element when it is rendered. The range of this value is 0 to 1; values outside this range will be set to the nearest valid value. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
Parent Gets or sets the parent Element of this element. Inherited from Element.
RealParent For internal use by .NET MAUI. Inherited from Element.
Resources Gets or sets the local resource dictionary. Inherited from VisualElement.
Rotation Gets or sets the rotation (in degrees) about the Z-axis (affine rotation) when the element is rendered. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
RotationX Gets or sets the rotation (in degrees) about the X-axis (perspective rotation) when the element is rendered. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
RotationY Gets or sets the rotation (in degrees) about the Y-axis (perspective rotation) when the element is rendered. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
Scale Gets or sets the scale factor applied to the element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
ScaleX Gets or sets a scale value to apply to the X direction. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
ScaleY Gets or sets a scale value to apply to the Y direction. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
StyleId Gets or sets a user defined value to uniquely identify the element. Inherited from Element.
TranslationX Gets or sets the X translation delta of the element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
TranslationY Gets or sets the Y translation delta of the element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
Triggers Gets the list of TriggerBase objects associated to this element. This is a read-only bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
VerticalOptions Gets or sets the LayoutOptions that define how the element gets laid out in a layout cycle. This is a bindable property. Inherited from View.
Visual Gets or sets a IVisual implementation that overrides the visual appearance of an element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
WaveAngle Gets or sets the shimmer wave rotation angle in degrees (clockwise). Use a numeric value to specify the angle. This is a bindable property.
WaveBackgroundOpacity Gets or sets wave background opacity. A value from 0 to 1. This is a bindable property.
WaveDuration Gets or sets the wave duration that specifies how much time a shimmer wave takes to pass through content width.
WaveOpacity Gets or sets shimmer wave opacity. A value from 0 to 1. This is a bindable property.
WaveWidth Gets or sets shimmer wave width as a fraction of content width. A value from 0 to 1. This is a bindable property.
Width Gets the current width of this element. This is a read-only bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
WidthRequest Gets or sets the desired width override of this element. This is a bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
X Gets the current X position of this element. This is a read-only bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
Y Gets the current Y position of this element. This is a read-only bindable property. Inherited from VisualElement.
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