Xamarin Excel Library | C# Excel API

Xamarin Excel Library - Overview

The Syncfusion Excel Library is a feature-rich and high-performance Xamarin Excel library that allows you to add robust Excel functionalities to any Xamarin application. It allows you to create, read, and edit Excel documents programmatically without Microsoft Office dependencies. This library also offers functionality to import and export data, visualize data as charts, tabulate data, calculate with simple and complex formulas, format cells and values, sort and filter data, protect Excel files and more.

Overview diagram of Xamarin Excel Library.

General information

Blazing-fast performance

Optimized for a server environment where speed and low memory usage are critical. It works much faster and consumes less memory than Office automation libraries.

No server deployment fees

There are no distribution fees, per-server licensing fees, or royalties, making Excel Library very cost-effective.

Easy migration from Office automation

It’s easy to migrate existing Office automation code to Excel Library since the APIs are very similar.

Compatible with Excel versions 97 to 2019

This library reads and writes all popular Excel file formats including XLS and XLSX. A file can be opened in one format and saved in another format.

Powerful and comprehensive API

The comprehensive API makes it possible to create richly formatted Excel files with elements like text, numbers, formatting, images, charts, and pivot tables. It is also possible to extract any desired piece of information from an existing workbook.

Start reports with Excel and finish with Excel Library

Reports can be designed using Microsoft Excel, and Excel Library can be used to dynamically populate them with data. Final reports can then be saved to an Excel file or exported to other supported formats.

Data

Import data.

Import data

Easily import data from common data sources like arrays, data tables, and collection objects into an Excel worksheet.

Learn more about importing data to Excel.

Export data.

Export data

Data in an existing worksheet can also be exported to data tables, collection objects, and nested classes.

Sorting.

Sorting

Data sorting can be performed based on cell value, cell color, and font color using multiple sorting algorithms.

Filters.

Filters

Excel Library supports various filter options like top, top10, and percent, with different filter types such as custom, combination, dynamic, color, icon, and advanced filters.

Learn more about sorting and filtering data.

Data validation.

Data validation

Cell data validations can be applied with operators, alert messages, custom formulas, and drop-down lists.

Efficient calculations

Built-in functions.

Built-in functions

The built-in calculation engine quickly evaluates formula cell values during runtime. It supports over 400 Excel functions.

Named ranges.

Named ranges

Named ranges can be used in formulas as substitutes for cell references. The built-in name manager allows adding, editing, and deleting names.

Template markers

Import hierarchical data.

Import hierarchical data

Import hierarchical data from multiple tables.

Learn more about template markers.

Import images.

Import images

Import JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, and GIF images in customized formats.

Dynamic formatting.

Dynamic formatting

Apply conditional formats to a template marker range with data bars, color scales, and icon sets.

Excel charting

Chart types.

80+ chart types

Create and edit all types of Excel charts including Excel 2016 charts.

Custom charts.

Custom charts

Create charts with different types of series.

Sparkline.

Sparkline

Create a tiny chart in a worksheet cell that provides visual representation of data.

Charts to images.

Chart to image

Charts can also be converted to images using just a few lines of code.

Conditional formatting

Data bars.

Data bars

Use data bars to easily spot larger and smaller numbers.

Color scales.

Color scales

Use color scales to create visual effects for comparing a cell value with values in a range of cells.

Icon sets.

Icon sets

Icon sets distinguish data in three or five categories based on the threshold value.

Excel formatting

Formatting options.

Formatting options

Excel Library supports various formatting options like number formats, alignments, font settings, borders, colors, and rich text, that make data more readable.

Styles.

Styles

Create custom styles or apply built-in styles to cell ranges or tables.

Row column manipulation.

Row and column manipulation

Excel Library performs various cell-level operations like resizing rows and columns, hiding and showing rows and columns, adding or deleting rows and columns, grouping and ungrouping, and subtotaling.

Page setup.

Page setup

Change page settings like orientation, paper size, scaling, margins, print area, print titles,and the header and footer.

Pivot

Pivot tables.

Pivot tables

Create and edit pivot tables and pivot charts with just a few lines of code. General filter options, such as page filters, row filters, and column filters, with various pivot table visibility settings and custom sorting, are supported. Layout and inline formatting are also supported in all the three formats (compact, outline, and tabular).

Pivot charts.

Pivot charts

Create pivot charts from pivot tables to visualize summarized data with legends, data labels, chart titles, axis titles, and more.

Conversion

Convert Excel.

Convert Excel

Convert Excel documents to ODS, HTML, images, and JSON. Excel charts can also be converted to images.

Security

Encryption and decryption.

Encryption and decryption

Read and write password-protected Excel documents with various algorithms like SHA 128, SHA256, or SHA512.

Excel protection.

Protection

Enable and disable workbook and worksheet protections and locked cells.

Shapes

Form controls

Form controls.

Create and edit text box, option button, check-box, and combo box controls to enable user-friendly worksheets.

AutoShapes.

AutoShapes

Create and edit 150+ AutoShapes in Excel.

Comments.

Comments

Create and edit comment shapes with rich-text format and various fill options including gradient styles.

Feature matrix

Workbook Features	XLSX	XLS
Create an Excel workbook from scratch or modify an existing workbook.
Open an existing Excel workbook from file system or stream.
Save an Excel workbook to a local file, stream, or stream it to the client browser.
Read worksheets on demand when an Excel file contains multiple worksheets.
Hide and unhide worksheets.
Add or extract custom XML documents.
Add or modify document properties.

Import and Export	XLSX	XLS
Import data from collection objects to worksheets.
Import data into a pre-formatted template using template markers.
Export data from a worksheet to collection objects.
Export data from a worksheet to data table by triggering an event to skip any row, change any value, and continue without any action.
Import or export hyperlinks.

Formulas	XLSX	XLS
Read and write Excel formulas.
Add or modify named ranges in workbooks and worksheet levels.
Perform calculations for a range of cells using named ranges.
Apply or modify Excel formula auditing settings.
Enable automatic and manual calculation options.
Trace the relationships between the cells and formulas through dependent and precedent ranges.

Charts	XLSX	XLS
Creation and manipulation of Excel 2D charts.
Creation and manipulation of Excel 3D charts.
Creation and manipulation of custom charts.
Creation and manipulation of sparklines.		NA
Creation and manipulation of Excel 2016 charts.		NA

Pivot Tables	XLSX	XLS
Create and manipulate pivot tables (while saving as XLS format, the pivot table is preserved as-is from the input XLS file).
Apply various pivot table settings like page filter, row filter, and column filter (while saving as XLS format, pivot table is preserved as-is from the input XLS file).
Supports pivot table settings such as visibility of field list, collapse button, field caption and field option, and header captions.
Apply custom sorting and direction sorting for pivot table fields.
Supports compact layout, tabular layout, and outline layout in pivot tables.
Apply cell formatting in pivot tables.

Worksheet Features	XLSX	XLS
Formatting
Create and manipulate conditional formatting (supports icon sets, data bars, color scales, specific dates in XLSX, top-bottom rules, above-below average, and formats unique/duplicate values).
Auto fit or resize rows and columns.
Apply or modify number formats.
Apply or modify fill settings.
Apply or modify font settings.
Apply or modify cell border settings.
Apply or modify all the cell text alignments.
Excel 2007 themes.
Copy/Paste
Add or copy worksheets within or across workbooks.
Copy a range to another range across worksheets.
Copy a range with different copy options.
Move a range to another range across worksheets.
Data
Create and manipulate data validation.
Apply or modify AutoFilters to filter worksheet data.
Apply or modify color or icon filters to filter worksheet data.
Apply or modify data sorting.
Find and replace data.
Find average, maximum, minimum, and sum values of the numeric cells.
Create scenarios of What-If Analysis.
Row and Column Manipulation
Apply and modify view settings to freeze, unfreeze, and split panes.
Hide and unhide rows and columns.
Merge and unmerge cells.
Trim empty rows and columns at the top or bottom.
Insert
Insert and delete images in worksheets.
Apply or modify background images in a worksheet.
Add, remove, and modify hyperlinks.
Group or ungroup rows and columns.
Add or modify subtotals of grouped data.
Add and delete OLE objects.
Security
Open and save encrypted and decrypted documents.
Protect and unprotect workbooks.
Protect and unprotect worksheets.
Lock and unlock cells for write protection.
Page Setup
Set and get header and footer settings.
Apply and modify horizontal and vertical page breaks.
Apply and modify custom page breaks.
Apply various page setup options like paper size, orientation, scaling, and margins.
Apply print settings.
Print workbook with custom page settings.
Shapes
Creation and manipulation of autoshapes.
Creation and manipulation of check boxes.
Creation and manipulation of combo boxes.
Creation and manipulation of comments(notes).
Creation and manipulation of threaded comments.
Creation and manipulation of text boxes.
Creation and manipulation of group shapes.
Miscellaneous
Create and edit macros

Conversion	XLSX	XLS
Convert an entire Excel worksheet into a single image.
Convert a specific range of an Excel worksheet into a single image.
Convert Excel charts to images (.NET Framework 4.0 and above).
Convert Excel documents to ODS (open document spreadsheet).
Convert an entire Excel workbook, single worksheet, or specified range to a JSON file.