How to get automation id of Xamarin.Forms listview in renderer?

This example demonstrates how to get automation id of Xamarin.Forms listview in renderer.

Sample

<StackLayout>
    <Button Text="Check AutomationID" Clicked="Button_Clicked"/>
    <local:ExtendedListView x:Name="listView" BackgroundColor="AliceBlue" AllowGroupExpandCollapse="True" 
                            AutomationId="12345"
                        ItemSpacing="3" ItemSize="70" ItemsSource="{Binding contactsinfo}">
        <local:ExtendedListView.ItemTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <ViewCell>
                    <ViewCell.View>
                        <Grid x:Name="grid" RowSpacing="1" >
                            <code>
                            . . .
                            . . .
                            <code>
                        </Grid>
                    </ViewCell.View>
                </ViewCell>
            </DataTemplate>
        </local:ExtendedListView.ItemTemplate>
    </local:ExtendedListView>
</StackLayout>

C#:
private void Button_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DisplayAlert("Message","ListView Automation ID:" +listView.AutomationId,"ok");
}

See How to get automation id of Xamarin.Forms listview in renderer for more details.

Requirements to run the demo

• Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio for Mac
• Xamarin add-ons for Visual Studio (available via the Visual Studio installer).

Troubleshooting

Path too long exception

If you are facing path too long exception when building this example project, close Visual Studio and rename the repository to short and build the project.