How to create a Custom Drop down with Autocomplete feature in xamarin forms?

Question

I want to create a Custom Drop down with Autocomplete feature in xamarin forms. Till now what I found is that I can achieve this only using Syncfusion. But I don't want to use Syncfusion. In most of the code in xamarin forms they are using picker as the drop-down. But I won't be able to get the autocomplete feature for dropdown if I'm using picker. I need something like this

https://www.syncfusion.com/xamarin-ui-controls/combobox

I don't have any clue how to fix this. Any suggestions?

For Android you can check this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26401412/android-autocompletetextview-dropdown-position — FreakyAli, Jan 07 '19 at 10:24
For iOS check this https://github.com/EddyBorja/MLPAutoCompleteTextField — FreakyAli, Jan 07 '19 at 10:32

Prasanth · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-07T12:14:56.517

Did you look this library it support all platforms using Xamarin.forms https://github.com/XamFormsExtended/Xfx.Controls.

<ScrollView>
     <StackLayout HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
                  Padding="10"
                  VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand">
             <controls:CustomCombobox x:Name="listView_Countries" HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"
                                  PlaceHolder="{Binding [RelativeInfo_Relationship]}"
                                  ItemsSource="{Binding countryItems}"
                                  ItemDisplay="Description"
                                  SelectedItem="{Binding FirstRelativeRelationship}"
                                  Margin="20,1,20,1" />

In here ItemsSource="{Binding countryItems}" // here you can bind your itemsource

public YourPage()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    BindingContext = this;
    countryManager = new CountryManager();
    countryItems = countryManager.GetCountriesList().ToList();
    listView_Countries.ItemsSource = countryItems; }

Actually I needed something similar to this. Instead of displaying the email id. I need to see a list of country or list of state which is being hard coded. I'll attach a screenshot in my question for better understanding. — Vegetacoding, Jan 07 '19 at 10:37

How to create a Custom Drop down with Autocomplete feature in xamarin forms?

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