Xamarin.forms: [Bug] CollectionView Header, EmptyView And GridItemsLayout

Created on 25 Mar 2020 · 4Comments · Source: xamarin/Xamarin.Forms

Description
When I use a CollectionView with Header and EmptyView with GridItemsLayout,
the design looks bad, I think GridItemsLayout should only affect ItemTemplate and not the CollectionView object.

Steps to Reproduce

<CollectionView ItemsSource="{Binding lists}">
                <CollectionView.ItemsLayout>
                    <GridItemsLayout Orientation="Vertical" Span="3" />
                </CollectionView.ItemsLayout>
      <CollectionView.EmptyView>
                    <StackLayout>
                        <Label Text="No data!"
                       Margin="10,25,10,10"
                       FontAttributes="Bold"
                       FontSize="18"
                       HorizontalOptions="Fill"
                       HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" />
                    </StackLayout>
                </CollectionView.EmptyView>
    <CollectionView.Header>
        <StackLayout>
            <Label Text="Header"
                FontSize="Medium"
                HorizontalOptions="Center"/>
        </StackLayout>
    </CollectionView.Header>
    <CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Label Text="{Binding .}"/>
        </DataTemplate>
    </CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
</CollectionView>

Expected Behavior
GridItemsLayout should not affect Header, EmptyView or Footer, only ItemTemplate.

Actual Behavior
GridItemsLayout affect Header, EmptyView, Footer and ItemTemplate.

Basic Information
Version with issue: vs 16.5
IDE: vs 16.5.0
Affected Devices: Android Emulator
OS: Windows 10 without hyper-V

if we remove GridItemsLayout everything works fine

collectionview Android bug

Source