How to bind an Enum to the ItemsSource property of .NET MAUI SfComboBox

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Getting Started with .NET MAUI ComboBox (SfComboBox)

Adding a .NET MAUI ComboBox reference

Syncfusion .NET MAUI controls are available in Nuget.org. To add .NET MAUI ComboBox to your project, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio, search for Syncfusion.Maui.Inputs and then install it.

Create a Simple .NET MAUI ComboBox

The .NET MAUI ComboBox control is configured entirely in C# code or by using XAML markup. The following steps explain how to create a .NET MAUI ComboBox (SfComboBox) and configure its elements:

Adding the .NET MAUI ComboBox control

Step 1: Add the NuGet to the project as discussed in the above reference section.

Step 2: Add the namespace as shown in the following code sample:

[XAML]

xmlns:editors="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Inputs;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Inputs"

Step 3: Set the control to content in ContentPage.

[XAML]

<ContentPage.Content>    
    <editors:SfComboBox x:Name="comboBox" />
</ContentPage.Content>

Bind an Enum to the ItemsSource property of .NET MAUI SfComboBox

[XAML]

  <ContentPage.BindingContext>
        <local:SocialMediaViewModel />
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>
    
    <editors:SfComboBox x:Name="comboBox" 
                    WidthRequest="250"
                    HeightRequest = "70"
                    BorderColor="Green"
                    ItemsSource="{Binding SocialMedias}" />

ViewModel

[C#]

 public class SocialMediaViewModel
    {
        public ObservableCollection<SocialMedia> SocialMedias { get; set; }
        public SocialMediaViewModel()
        {
            this.SocialMedias = new ObservableCollection<SocialMedia>();           
            this.SocialMedias = Enum.GetValues(typeof(SocialMedia)).Cast<SocialMedia>().ToObservableCollection();
        }

       public  enum SocialMedia
       {
            Facebook,
            GooglePlus,
            Instagram,
            LinkedIn,
            Skype,
            Meta
       }
    }

How to run this application?

To run this application, you need to first clone the How-to-bind-an-Enum-to-the-ItemsSource-property-of-.NET-MAUI-SfComboBox repository and then open it in Visual Studio 2022. Now, simply build and run your project to view the output.

Troubleshooting

Path too long exception

If you are facing path too long exception when building this example project, close Visual Studio and rename the repository to short and build the project.

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