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MonkeyMask for NetStandard

Monkey Mask is a simple masking API designed for Xamarin.Forms, UWP, WPF and any platform that supports NetStandard.

Built for User Entry

Monkey Mask was designed for masking strings as they are entered in an Entry field.

Suppose you have an Entry Field where you would like to support formatting a phone number (123-456-7890). The library is intended to call it's MonkeyEntry.Mask() method with each keystroke so the value appears formatted as they continue to type.

Final Input Format
123-456-7890 ###-###-####
  1. Input: 1
  2. Input: 12
  3. Input: 123-
  4. Input: 123-4
  5. Input: 123-45
  6. Input: 123-456-
  7. Input: 123-456-7
  8. Input: 123-456-78
  9. Input: 123-456-789
  10. Input: 123-456-7890

Limitations

Currently MonkeyMask only supports masking digits, we will support alpha numerics in the next release

Setup

  • Available on NuGet: NuGet
  • Install into your NetStandard supported project

Build

Platform Support

TabStrip is available for use in Xamarin.Forms only targetting the following supported platforms.

Platform Supported Version
Xamarin.Android Yes NetStandard1.0
Xamarin.iOS Yes NetStandard1.0
Xamarin 10 UWP Yes NetStandard1.0
WPF Yes NetStandard1.0
UWP Yes NetStandard1.0

Usage

Static Method

// partial mask
var input = "123-4";
var format = "###-####";
MonkeyEntry.Mask(input, format);

// full mask
var input = "123-4567";
var format = "###-####";
MonkeyEntry.Mask(input, format);

// full mask and limit a max length
var input = "123-4567";
var format = "###-####";
MonkeyEntry.Mask(input, format, 7);

Extension Method

// partial mask
var input = "123-4";
var format = "###-####";
input.Mask(input, format);

// full mask
var input = "123-4567";
var format = "###-####";
input.Mask(input, format);

// full mask and limit a max length
var input = "123-4567";
var format = "###-####";
input.Mask(input, format, 7);

Created By: @Andrew_Hoefling

License

The MIT License (MIT) see License File

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