c# - Xamarin Mac - How to create and use an NSCollectionView with 100% code (no xib)?

Question

Using the info from these SO answers:

• How to create NSCollectionView programmatically from scratch?
• Is there a way to set up a NSCollectionView programmatically in Swift?

I've come up with the following:

using System;

using AppKit;
using CoreGraphics;
using Foundation;

namespace Sandbox
{
    public partial class ViewController : NSViewController
    {
        public static CGPoint Origin = new CGPoint(10, 10);
        public static CGSize ButtonSize = new CGSize(80, 20);
        public static CGSize ItemSize = new CGSize(100, 40);

        public NSCollectionView CollectionView;
        public NSString[] Labels = { new NSString("Volvo"), new NSString("BMW"), new NSString("Ford"), new NSString("Mazda") };

        public ViewController(IntPtr handle) : base(handle)
        {
        }

        public override void ViewDidLoad()
        {
            base.ViewDidLoad();

            // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
            CollectionView = new NSCollectionView(this.View.Frame);
            CollectionView.ItemPrototype = new ItemTemplate();
            CollectionView.Content = Labels;
        }

        public override NSObject RepresentedObject
        {
            get
            {
                return base.RepresentedObject;
            }
            set
            {
                base.RepresentedObject = value;
                // Update the view, if already loaded.
            }
        }
    }
}

using System;
using AppKit;
using CoreGraphics;
using Foundation;

namespace Sandbox
{
    public class ItemTemplate : NSCollectionViewItem
    {
        public ItemTemplate()
        {
        }

        public override void LoadView()
        {
            base.LoadView();

            this.View = new ItemView(new CGRect(0, 0, 0, 0));
        }

        public override NSObject RepresentedObject
        {
            get
            {
                return base.RepresentedObject;
            }
            set
            {
                base.RepresentedObject = value;

                if (this.View != null)
                {
                    ((ItemView)this.View).Button.Title = value as NSString;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

using System;
using AppKit;
using CoreGraphics;

namespace Sandbox
{
    public class ItemView: NSView
    {
        public NSButton Button;

        public ItemView(CGRect frameRect) : base(new CGRect(ViewController.Origin, ViewController.ItemSize))
        {
            Button = new NSButton(new CGRect(ViewController.Origin, ViewController.ButtonSize));
            this.AddSubview(Button);
        }
    }
}

However, I keep getting an error in this part of the code:

        public override void LoadView()
        {
            base.LoadView(); //<< ERROR happens here...

            this.View = new ItemView(new CGRect(0, 0, 0, 0));
        }

It looks like the code looks for a xib file to load (but I'm unsure whether the Xamarin framework may be calling the wrong API or whether NSCollectionViewItem cannot be used without a xib or something else is wrong with the code here altogether...)

Foundation.ObjCException NSInternalInconsistencyException: -[NSNib _initWithNibNamed:bundle:options:] could not load the nibName: Sandbox_ItemTemplate in bundle (null).

error/stacktrace

  at (wrapper managed-to-native) ObjCRuntime.Messaging.void_objc_msgSendSuper(intptr,intptr)
  at AppKit.NSViewController.LoadView () [0x00027] in /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Mac.framework/Versions/7.2.0.3/src/Xamarin.Mac/AppKit/NSViewController.g.cs:872 
  at Sandbox.ItemTemplate.LoadView () [0x00001] in /Users/.../Projects/Xamarin_Mac___MacCollectionNew/Sandbox/ItemTemplate.cs:16 
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) ObjCRuntime.Messaging.void_objc_msgSend_IntPtr(intptr,intptr,intptr)
  at AppKit.NSCollectionView.set_Content (Foundation.NSObject[] value) [0x0002c] in /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Mac.framework/Versions/7.2.0.3/src/Xamarin.Mac/AppKit/NSCollectionView.g.cs:1370 
  at Sandbox.ViewController.ViewDidLoad () [0x0002f] in /Users/.../Projects/Xamarin_Mac___MacCollectionNew/Sandbox/ViewController.cs:29 
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) AppKit.NSApplication.NSApplicationMain(int,string[])
  at AppKit.NSApplication.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00040] in /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Mac.framework/Versions/7.2.0.3/src/Xamarin.Mac/AppKit/NSApplication.cs:109 
  at Sandbox.MainClass.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00007] in /Users/.../Projects/Xamarin_Mac___MacCollectionNew/Sandbox/Main.cs:10 

Any guidance would be appreciated.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65854539/xamarin-mac-how-to-create-and-use-an-nscollectionview-with-100-code-no-xib

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