Custom Controls in Xamarin iOS with MVVMCross and no XIB

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I am following a code only approach for my Xamarin iOS app and can see how you can easily create control such as UILabel and UITextField in ViewDidLoad of a Controller. That is also where I can apply MVVMCross Fluent Binding.

I have seen Stuart's n19 where he creates a custom Circle View and one that creates a Custom Label.

The custom circle overrides the Draw method and draws a circle (Owner Draw)
The custom labels changes the Forecolor of the existing Label (Subclassed)

I don't feel that either of those works for me. I want to create a UIView that is made up of other controls, a composite control. Imagine a control that looked something like this. That would be an ImageView, and 4 labels with one of them clickable.

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At what point in the life of the UIView would I create something like that. Is there an equivalent of ViewDidLoad?

@Stuart at 21m35s in N32 you say that MvxView is a quick and useful alternative to building a UserControl. Is there a UserControl alternative for Xamarin iOS? — Pat Long - Munkii Yebee
– Pat Long - Munkii Yebee, Commented Jan 12, 2015 at 17:33

Pat Long - Munkii Yebee · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-12 11:56:32Z

As Stuart said in his comment, N=32 - ViewModels and MvxView on the iPad - N+1 days of MvvmCross is the MVVMCross tutorial you want.

For those that are happy with the idea of ViewModels being more than just a ViewModel per screen and understand Binding the bit around Custom Views starts at minute 20

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