There is no checkbox for Xamarin Forms applications. This is a problem because I wanted a checkbox in a application I’m working on. A switch wasn’t going to cut it.
After a bit of research I found that Android had native checkbox. Half my problem was solved. I celebrated by eating a cookie.
Then I ran into a problem because iOS does not have a native checkbox control. I found others had solved this problem by creating a iOS button and adding a checkbox image to it. One image for checked and one for unchecked. This works but it means I can’t easily change the colour, size, etc. of the checkbox. Any changes would require me to create new images. Using MS Paint or GIMP is not my strong suit.
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