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⚠️ This NuGet/ repo is now in maintenance mode and support will end once xamarin.forms is no longer supported. Bug fixes only.
MAUI repo - https://github.com/IeuanWalker/Maui.Breadcrumb

Xamarin.Forms.Breadcrumb Nuget Nuget

License: MIT Codacy Badge

This is a breadcrumb navigation control that is completely automatic and uses the Navigation stack to get the page titles to generate the breadcrumbs.

The animation for the control is based on this article - A Cool Breadcrumbs Bar with Xamarin Forms Animations…

Basic example Production Example
Example gif Production Example gif

How to use it?

Install the NuGet package into all of your projects

Install-Package Xamarin.Forms.Breadcrumb

For iOS add the following to AppDelegate.cs > FinishedLaunching

BreadcrumbButtonRenderer.Init();

To add to a page the first thing we need to do is tell our XAML page where it can find the Breadcrumb control, which is done by adding the following attribute to our ContentPage:

<ContentPage x:Class="DemoApp.Pages.BasePage"
             xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:breadcrumb="clr-namespace:Breadcrumb;assembly=Breadcrumb"
             xmlns:d="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms/design"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
             mc:Ignorable="d">
    <ContentPage.Content>
        ...
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>

Next up, just add the breadcrumb control onto that page and you're all set.

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb Padding="15" VerticalOptions="Start" />

What can I do with it?

Property What it does Extra info
Separator Sets the image source of the separator This allows you to set the separator to FontImageSource, UriImageSource or FileImageSource.
Default is new FontImageSource { Glyph = " / ", Color = Colors.Black, Size = 15, }
FirstBreadcrumb Allows you to override the first breadcrumb and set an image source. F.e. This is usefull if you want the first breadcrumb to be a home icon instead of the default title. Default will be a label like all the other breadcrumbs
ScrollBarVisibility Sets the HorizontalScrollBarVisibility of the scrollview More info here ScrollBarVisibility. Default value is ScrollBarVisibility.Never
FontSize Sets the text font size for the breadcrumb Default value is 15.
Support NamedSize
TextColor Sets the text color for the breadcrumb and seperator A Color object.
Default value is black.
(doesnt include the last breadcrumb)
CornerRadius A CornerRadius object representing each individual corner's radius for each breadcrumb. Uses the CornerRadius struct allowing you to specify individual corners.
Default value is 10.
(doesnt include the last breadcrumb)
BreadcrumbMargin A Thickness object used to define the spacing between the breadcrumb and separators Uses the Thickness struct allowing you to specify left, top, right and bottom margin
BreadcrumbBackgroundColor This is the background color for the individual breadcrumbs A Color object.
Default value is Transparent.
(doesnt include the last breadcrumb)
LastBreadcrumbTextColor Sets the text color for the last breadcrumb A Color object.
Default value is black.
LastBreadcrumbCornerRadius A CornerRadius object representing each individual corner's radius. Uses the CornerRadius struct allowing you to specify individual corners.
Default value is 10.
LastBreadcrumbBackgroundColor Sets the background color of the last breadcrumbs A Color object.
Default value is Transparent.
AnimationSpeed Sets the speed of the animated breadcrumb Default value is 800.
Set to 0 to disable the animation.
IsNavigationEnabled Used to remove the tab gesture from breadcrumbs Default value is True

First breadcrumb customization

You are able to change the first breadcrumb to an Icon, embedded image or url image. It implements the Xamarin.Forms ImageSource object.

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb Padding="15" VerticalOptions="Start">
    <breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.FirstBreadCrumb>
        <FontImageSource FontFamily="{StaticResource FontAwesome}"
                            Glyph="{x:Static icons:IconFont.Home}"
                            Size="35"
                            Color="Red" />
    </breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.FirstBreadCrumb>
</breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>

Separator customization

You are able to change the separators to an Icon, embedded image or url image. It implements the Xamarin.Forms ImageSource object.

Font - (FontAwesome)

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb Padding="15" VerticalOptions="Start">
    <breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
        <FontImageSource FontFamily="{StaticResource FontAwesome}"
                            Glyph="{x:Static icons:IconFont.ChevronRight}"
                            Size="15"
                            Color="Red" />
    </breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
</breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>

Image - URL

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb Padding="15" VerticalOptions="Start">
    <breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
        <UriImageSource Uri="https://cdn.iconscout.com/icon/free/png-256/xamarin-4-599473.png" />
    </breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
</breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>

Image - Embedded

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb Padding="15" VerticalOptions="Start">
    <breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
        <FileImageSource File="exampleImage.png" />
    </breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
</breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>