Placeholder Margin on Xamarin Forms Editor using Custom Renderer

Question

I've an Editor on a page in my Xamarin Forms Project and I'm looking to amend the placeholder text position by adding a slight margin.

I was able to add a margin to the text the user types (but not the placeholder) using "TextContainerInset" in my iOS Custom renderer.

protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<Editor> e)
        {
           
                base.OnElementChanged(e);
                this.Control.InputAccessoryView = null;
                this.Control.Layer.CornerRadius = 10;
                this.Control.Layer.BorderColor = UIColor.LightGray.CGColor;
                this.Control.Layer.BorderWidth = (nfloat)0.5;
                this.Control.TextContainerInset = new UIEdgeInsets(15,15,15,15);    
          
        }

However, this inset doesn't apply to the placeholder position.

Is there a way to move the placeholder position using the custom renderer?

Answer 1

You could set the padding like:

       public class MyEntryRenderer : EntryRenderer
        {
            protected override void OnElementChanged (ElementChangedEventArgs<Entry> e)
            {
                base.OnElementChanged (e);
    
                if (Control != null) {
            Control.LeftView = new UIView(new CGRect(0,0,15,0));
            Control.LeftViewMode = UITextFieldViewMode.Always;
            Control.RightView = new UIView(new CGRect(0, 0, 15, 0));
            Control.RightViewMode = UITextFieldViewMode.Always;
                }
            }
}

Workaournd for editor:

warp the editor in the frame and set the padding like:

<StackLayout Margin="20">
    <Frame CornerRadius="10" BorderColor="Gray" HeightRequest="50" Padding="5,10,5,10" HasShadow="False">
        <Editor Placeholder="Enter the editor text" ></Editor>
    </Frame>
</StackLayout>