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Main Thread Control Updates on iOS

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This iOS platform-specific enables control layout and rendering updates to be performed on the main thread, instead of being performed on a background thread. It should be rarely needed, but in some cases may prevent crashes. Its consumed in XAML by setting the Application.HandleControlUpdatesOnMainThread bindable property to true:

<Application ...
             xmlns:ios="clr-namespace:Xamarin.Forms.PlatformConfiguration.iOSSpecific;assembly=Xamarin.Forms.Core"
             ios:Application.HandleControlUpdatesOnMainThread="true">
    ...
</Application>

Alternatively, it can be consumed from C# using the fluent API:

using Xamarin.Forms.PlatformConfiguration;
using Xamarin.Forms.PlatformConfiguration.iOSSpecific;
...

Xamarin.Forms.Application.Current.On<iOS>().SetHandleControlUpdatesOnMainThread(true);

The Application.On<iOS> method specifies that this platform-specific will only run on iOS. The Application.SetHandleControlUpdatesOnMainThread method, in the Xamarin.Forms.PlatformConfiguration.iOSSpecific namespace, is used to control whether control layout and rendering updates are performed on the main thread, instead of being performed on a background thread. In addition, the Application.GetHandleControlUpdatesOnMainThread method can be used to return whether control layout and rendering updates are being performed on the main thread.