Maui.Breadcrumb

This is a breadcrumb navigation control that is completely automatic and uses the Navigation stack to get the page titles to generate the breadcrumbs.

The animation for the control is based on this article - A Cool Breadcrumbs Bar with Xamarin Forms Animations…

Basic example	Production Example

How to use it?

Install the NuGet package into all of your projects

Install-Package IeuanWalker.Maui.Breadcrumb

This control uses one of my other controls, StateButton, this is to make this control accessible. Ao you'll need to register the using in the MauiProgram.cs on the MauiAppBuilder

builder
	.UseMauiApp<App>()
	.UseStateButton();

To add to a page the first thing we need to do is tell our XAML page where it can find the Breadcrumb control, which is done by adding the following attribute to our ContentPage:

<ContentPage x:Class="App.Pages.BasePage"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:breadcrumb="clr-namespace:Breadcrumb;assembly=Breadcrumb">
    <ContentPage.Content>
        ...
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>

Next up, just add the breadcrumb control onto that page and you're all set.

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb />

What can I do with it?

Property	What it does	Extra info
Separator	Sets the image source of the separator	This allows you to set the separator to `FontImageSource`, `UriImageSource` or `FileImageSource`. Default is new FontImageSource { Glyph = " / ", Color = Colors.Black, Size = 15, }
SeparatorHeight	Sets the height of the separator	Default is 15
FirstBreadcrumb	Allows you to override the first breadcrumb and set an image source. F.e. This is usefull if you want the first breadcrumb to be a home icon instead of the default title.	Default will be a label like all the other breadcrumbs
ScrollBarVisibility	Sets the HorizontalScrollBarVisibility of the scrollview	More info here ScrollBarVisibility. Default value is ScrollBarVisibility.Never
FontSize	Sets the text font size for the breadcrumb	Default value is 15. Support `NamedSize`
TextColor	Sets the text color for the breadcrumb and seperator	A `Color` object. Default value is black. (doesnt include the last breadcrumb)
CornerRadius	A `CornerRadius` object representing each individual corner's radius for each breadcrumb.	Uses the `CornerRadius` struct allowing you to specify individual corners. Default value is 10. (doesnt include the last breadcrumb)
BreadcrumbMargin	A `Thickness` object used to define the spacing between the breadcrumb and separators	Uses the `Thickness` struct allowing you to specify left, top, right and bottom margin
BreadcrumbBackgroundColor	This is the background color for the individual breadcrumbs	A `Color` object. Default value is Transparent. (doesnt include the last breadcrumb)
LastBreadcrumbTextColor	Sets the text color for the last breadcrumb	A Color object. Default value is black.
LastBreadcrumbCornerRadius	A `CornerRadius` object representing each individual corner's radius.	Uses the `CornerRadius` struct allowing you to specify individual corners. Default value is 10.
LastBreadcrumbBackgroundColor	Sets the background color of the last breadcrumbs	A Color object. Default value is Transparent.
AnimationSpeed	Sets the speed of the animated breadcrumb	Default value is 800. Set to 0 to disable the animation.
IsNavigationEnabled	Used to remove the tab gesture from breadcrumbs	Default value is True

First breadcrumb customization

You are able to change the first breadcrumb to an Icon, embedded image or url image.

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb Padding="15" VerticalOptions="Start">
    <breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.FirstBreadCrumb>
        <FontImageSource FontFamily="{StaticResource FontAwesome}"
                            Glyph="{x:Static icons:IconFont.Home}"
                            Size="35"
                            Color="Red" />
    </breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.FirstBreadCrumb>
</breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>

Separator customization

You are able to change the separators to an Icon, embedded image or url image.

Font - (FontAwesome)

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>
    <breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
        <FontImageSource FontFamily="{StaticResource FontAwesome}"
                            Glyph="{x:Static icons:IconFont.ChevronRight}"
                            Size="15"
                            Color="Red" />
    </breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
</breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>

Image - URL

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>
    <breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
        <UriImageSource Uri="https://cdn.iconscout.com/icon/free/png-256/xamarin-4-599473.png" />
    </breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
</breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>

Image - Embedded

<breadcrumb:Breadcrumb>
    <breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
        <FileImageSource File="exampleImage.png" />
    </breadcrumb:Breadcrumb.Separator>
</breadcrumb: Breadcrumb>