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The Xamarin Masked Entry is a customization entry control that lets you restrict input to certain types of characters, text, and numbers using mask characters or regex. This control can be used to create a template for providing information such as telephone numbers, IP addresses, product IDs, and so on.
The Xamarin.Forms Masked Entry control gives you great flexibility to control variable length of data input.
Values are formatted based on the set culture with special symbols like currency symbols, date separators, and decimal separators.
Customize the prompt character when the default prompt character ( _ ) is not suitable for your scenario.
Choose when to validate the data input.
Validate the data input when the control is no longer in focus.
Validation triggers for each key press.
During a cut or copy operation, format the clipboard text with literals and prompt characters.
A value contains only typed characters and excludes the prompt characters and literals.
A value contains typed characters and prompt characters, but excludes the literals.
A value contains typed characters and literals, but excludes the prompt characters.
A value contains typed characters, prompt characters, and literals.
A watermark will prompt you with instructions or important information when the Xamarin.Forms Masked Entry control is not in focus and has no valid characters.
The appearance is highly customizable.
Customize the text font name, font style, font size, and color.
Customize the border color of the Xamarin.Forms Masked Entry to any of the predefined native colors to match your app theme.
Flexibly customize the error border color when the default error border color (Color.Red) is not suitable for your scenario.
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