Fails to bind dictionary to CollectionView on WinUI

[WisJamison]

Description

Hi,

I wanna to bind a dictionary to CollectionView. Binding works good on mac.

but failed on WinUI with below error:

Error: Cannot get 'Item' value (type 'Object') from type 'Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Platform.ItemTemplateContext'. BindingExpression: Path='Item' DataItem='Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Platform.ItemTemplateContext'; target element is 'Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Platform.ItemContentControl' (Name='ItemContentControl'); target property is 'FormsDataContext' (type 'Object').

I can also confirm that this binding works fine on BindableLayout.ItemSource of StackLayout.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Launch debug on my sample app
2. Check error list on XAML Binding Failures

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/WisJamison/Maui-CollectionView-Sample

Version with bug

7.0.101

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Not sure, did not test other versions

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Windows

Affected platform versions

Window 10.0.19052.1000.0

Did you find any workaround?

No response

Relevant log output

No response

[ghost]

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[drasticactions]

.NET 8 is the newest stable version, did you try using that?

[WisJamison]

Hi @drasticactions Tested on .Net 8, still no luck.

[ghost]

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[WisJamison]

Related discussions: Unable to bind CollectionView to Dictionary<string, object>

[WisJamison]

One more thing I have noticed. The Binding of Dictionary works fine when both key & value are primary types. But error occurs for composite types.

Error: Cannot get 'Item' value (type 'Object') from type 'Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Platform.ItemTemplateContext'. BindingExpression: Path='Item' DataItem='Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Platform.ItemTemplateContext'; target element is 'Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Platform.ItemContentControl' (Name='ItemContentControl'); target property is 'FormsDataContext' (type 'Object').

[SleepyDevelops]

Hi,

for me there is no Error, but the Collectionview will display completely empty.

XAML

<CollectionView ItemsLayout="VerticalList" ItemsSource="{Binding Test}">
    <CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Grid RowDefinitions="Auto,Auto">
                <Label
                    Grid.Row="0"
                    HorizontalOptions="Center"
                    Text="{Binding Key.Name}" />
                <Label
                    Grid.Row="1"
                    HorizontalOptions="Center"
                    Text="{Binding Value}" />
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
</CollectionView>

Dictionary

public Dictionary<PersonCategory, double> Test { get; set; } = new Dictionary<PersonCategory, double>(); Class

    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int OrderNr { get; set; }

[WisJamison]

Hi,

for me there is no Error, but the Collectionview will display completely empty.

XAML

<CollectionView ItemsLayout="VerticalList" ItemsSource="{Binding Test}">
    <CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <Grid RowDefinitions="Auto,Auto">
                <Label
                    Grid.Row="0"
                    HorizontalOptions="Center"
                    Text="{Binding Key.Name}" />
                <Label
                    Grid.Row="1"
                    HorizontalOptions="Center"
                    Text="{Binding Value}" />
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
</CollectionView>

Dictionary

public Dictionary<PersonCategory, double> Test { get; set; } = new Dictionary<PersonCategory, double>(); Class

    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int OrderNr { get; set; }

Hi @SleepyDevelops I guess Displaying completely empty means your binding failed. Please take a look at the 'XAML Binding Failures" window to see the failure outputs if you are using Visiual Studio.