how-to-fetch-and-populate-data-using-ODataV4-in-Xamarin.Forms-datagrid

About the sample

public class ResultsPage : ContentPage
{
 IEnumerable<Package> packages;
 SfDataGrid dataGrid;
 ActivityIndicator activityIndicator;
 public ResultsPage()
 {
 Title = "Search Results";
 NavigationPage.SetHasNavigationBar(this, true);
 var stackLayout = new StackLayout() { VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand };
 if (Device.OS == TargetPlatform.WinPhone)
 {
 // WinPhone doesn't have the title showing
 stackLayout.Children.Add(new Label { Text = Title, Font = Font.SystemFontOfSize(50) });
 }
 var searchButton = new Button() { Text = "Get Data" };
 searchButton.Clicked += async (sender, e) =>
 {
 try
 {
 activityIndicator.IsVisible = true;
 packages = await GetPackages();
 if (packages != null)
 SetSource();
 activityIndicator.IsVisible = false;
 }
 catch(Exception)
 {
 await DisplayAlert("Error","Connect to the internet and try again..!","OK");
 activityIndicator.IsVisible = false;
 }
 };
 var grid = new Grid();
 activityIndicator = new ActivityIndicator();
 activityIndicator.HeightRequest = 100;
 activityIndicator.HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center;
 activityIndicator.VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center;
 activityIndicator.IsEnabled = true;
 activityIndicator.IsRunning = true;
 activityIndicator.IsVisible = false;
 dataGrid = new SfDataGrid();
 dataGrid.ColumnSizer = ColumnSizer.Auto;
 dataGrid.GridTapped += (sender, e) =>
 {
 var package = (PackageViewModel)e.RowData;
 var detailsPage = new DetailsPage();
 detailsPage.BindingContext = package;
 Navigation.PushAsync(detailsPage);
 };
 grid.Children.Add(activityIndicator);
 grid.Children.Add(dataGrid);
 stackLayout.Children.Add(searchButton);
 stackLayout.Children.Add(grid);
 this.Content = stackLayout;
 }
 private void SetSource()
 {
 var results = packages.Select(x => new PackageViewModel(x));
 dataGrid.ItemsSource = results;
 }
 private async Task<IEnumerable<Package>> GetPackages()
 {
 var odataClient = new ODataClient("https://nuget.org/api/v1");
 var command = odataClient
 .For<Package>("Packages")
 .OrderByDescending(x => x.DownloadCount)
 .Top(2);
 command.OrderBy(x => x.Id);
 command.Filter(x => x.Title.Contains("Xamarin") && x.IsLatestVersion);
 command.Select(x => new { x.Id, x.Title, x.Version, x.LastUpdated, x.DownloadCount, x.VersionDownloadCount, x.PackageSize, x.Authors, x.Dependencies });
 return await command.FindEntriesAsync();
 }
}

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