Question: Is there an easy way to get ShownDates (plural) from the calendar

[InquisitorJax]

Requirement:
I'm binding events to data which is fetched from an api - so when month or week view is changed - or I change from week view to month view at runtime, I need to fetch new data based on the range of dates that are shown in the calendar.
so

• is there a way to easily determine the date range currently shown on the calendar (or do I have to deduce this from CalendarLayout and ShownDate property?
• is listening to the ShownDate property change the best way to detect that the calendar layout or left/right week/month view has changed?

[yurkinh]

Hi @InquisitorJax

1. There is SelectedDates property. Check please RangeSelectionPage
2. ShowDate or PrevLayoutUnitCommand, NextLayoutUnitCommand, SwipeLeftCommand, SwipeRightCommand

[InquisitorJax]

I think perhaps you misunderstand slightly
for example - if I'm viewing the calendar in month view of april, then would be handy to access a property like VisibleStartDate and VisibleEndDate - which would be Apr 1 - Apr 30. ie what are all the dates my user is looking at - so I know I need to fetch data for that date range. This is something different to date selection.
So if there aren't properties like above to know this, I guess one can derive the visible dates from SelectedDate + CalendarLayout properties.

I guess ShownDate property change is also the best way to handle submitting a new query for the dates the user is seeing?
So if the user does any user action that changes the visible dates (like via any of the commands above) - I need to submit a new query to fetch data for all the dates they can see.

[yurkinh]

Currently, there is no specific property for that hence if you can achieve results with ShownDate then use it. I will think about how to simplify this with next versions