ImageTouchBehavior

The ImageTouchBehavior extends the TouchBehavior by providing the ability to customize Image elements based on touch, mouse click and hover events. The ImageTouchBehavior implementation makes it possible to customize the Source property of the Image element that it is attached to.

Syntax

The following examples show how to add the ImageTouchBehavior to an Image and toggle between the DefaultImageSource, HoveredImageSource and the PressedImageSource when the users interacts with the image by either touch based or mouse based interactions.

XAML

Including the XAML namespace

In order to use the toolkit in XAML the following xmlns needs to be added into your page or view:

xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2022/maui/toolkit"

Therefore the following:

<ContentPage
    x:Class="CommunityToolkit.Maui.Sample.Pages.MyPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml">

</ContentPage>

Would be modified to include the xmlns as follows:

<ContentPage
    x:Class="CommunityToolkit.Maui.Sample.Pages.MyPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
    xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2022/maui/toolkit">

</ContentPage>

Using the AnimationBehavior

<ContentPage 
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
    xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2022/maui/toolkit"
    x:Class="CommunityToolkit.Maui.Sample.Pages.Behaviors.TouchBehaviorPage"
    x:Name="Page">

    <Image HeightRequest="100" WidthRequest="100">
        <Image.Behaviors>
            <toolkit:ImageTouchBehavior
                Command="{Binding Source={x:Reference Page}, Path=BindingContext.IncreaseTouchCountCommand}"
                DefaultImageSource="button.png"
                HoveredImageSource="button_hovered.png"
                PressedImageSource="button_pressed.png" />
        </Image.Behaviors>
    </Image>

</ContentPage>

C#

The ImageTouchBehavior can be used as follows in C#:

class TouchBehaviorPage : ContentPage
{
    public TouchBehaviorPage()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        var image = new Image
        {
            HeightRequest = 100,
            WidthRequest = 100
        };

        var imageTouchBehavior = new ImageTouchBehavior
        {
            Command = ((TouchBehaviorBehaviorViewModel)BindingContext).IncreaseTouchCountCommand,
            DefaultImageSource = "button.png",
            HoveredImageSource = "button_hovered.png",
            PressedImageSource = "button_pressed.png"
        };

        image.Behaviors.Add(imageTouchBehavior);

        Content = label;
    }
}

C# Markup

Our CommunityToolkit.Maui.Markup package provides a much more concise way to use this Behavior in C#.

using CommunityToolkit.Maui.Markup;

class TouchBehaviorPage : ContentPage
{
    public TouchBehaviorPage()
    {
        Content = new Image()
            .Size(100, 100)
            .Behaviors(new ImageTouchBehavior
            {
                Command = ((TouchBehaviorBehaviorViewModel)BindingContext).IncreaseTouchCountCommand,
                DefaultImageSource = "button.png",
                HoveredImageSource = "button_hovered.png",
                PressedImageSource = "button_pressed.png"
            });
    }
}

Properties

For the rest of the available properties please refer to the TouchBehavior properties section.

Examples

You can find an example of this behavior in action in the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Sample Application.

API

You can find the source code for ImageTouchBehavior over on the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit GitHub repository.