CollectionView EmptyView does not display on Android.

[grewegreg]

Description

When using a CollectionView and creating an EmptyView with a ContentView, no text is displayed on Android. When following the article Display views when data is unavailable, no text is displayed when a ContentView is created. However, when using the EmptyView attribute for the CollectionView, the text is displayed. Code samples are in the steps to reproduce.

Steps to Reproduce

When using EmptyView attribute, text is displayed on both Android and Windows.

 <VerticalStackLayout>
...
            <CollectionView ItemsSource="{Binding DataItem.MasterFileComments}" EmptyView="No comments to display">
                <CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate x:DataType="m:MasterFileComment">
                        <VerticalStackLayout Margin="10,0,10,0">
                            <Label Margin="10,0,0,0" Text="{Binding Comment}" TextType="Html"/>
                        </VerticalStackLayout>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
            </CollectionView>
 </VerticalStackLayout>

When using EmptyView , text is displayed on both Android and Windows.

 <VerticalStackLayout>
...
            <CollectionView ItemsSource="{Binding DataItem.MasterFileComments}">
                <CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate x:DataType="m:MasterFileComment">
                        <VerticalStackLayout Margin="10,0,10,0">
                            <Label Margin="10,0,0,0" Text="{Binding Comment}" TextType="Html"/>
                        </VerticalStackLayout>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </CollectionView.ItemTemplate>
                <CollectionView.EmptyView>
                    <ContentView>
                        <StackLayout HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand"
                             VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand">
                            <Label Text="No results matched your filter."
                           Margin="10,25,10,10"
                           FontAttributes="Bold"
                           FontSize="18"
                           HorizontalOptions="Fill"
                           HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" />
                            <Label Text="Try a broader filter?"
                           FontAttributes="Italic"
                           FontSize="12"
                           HorizontalOptions="Fill"
                           HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" />
                        </StackLayout>
                    </ContentView>
                </CollectionView.EmptyView>
            </CollectionView>
 </VerticalStackLayout>
![AndroidDetailsPage](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/91921107/218313275-21b64edc-9a46-48b2-a080-0ca9ce21f3f5.png)
![AndroidDetailsPageEmptyView](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/91921107/218313276-041980db-9edd-4cd3-bb7e-f5bb7eca2e26.png)
![AndroidSearchPage](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/91921107/218313278-6cb8b466-4e28-49d4-8ccd-c8f6788768bf.png)
![WindowsDetailsPage](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/91921107/218313284-e4ce1f18-0098-4261-a74c-81dc0f04c8eb.png)
![WindowsDetailsPageEmptyView](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/91921107/218313285-9f85f939-90e0-425a-b113-88e924f193c6.png)
![WindowsSearchPage](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/91921107/218313286-734d2476-b296-47ff-b638-0b6fe96b6058.png)

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://dev.azure.com/grewegreg/Solicitation/_git/Solicitation.MAUI

Version with bug

7.0 (current)

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Android, Windows

Affected platform versions

Android 13 - API 33

Did you find any workaround?

The only workaround is using the EmptyView attribute.

<CollectionView ItemsSource="{Binding DataItem.MasterFileComments}" EmptyView="No comments to display">
...
</CollectionView>

Relevant log output

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022
Version 17.4.4
VisualStudio.17.Release/17.4.4+33213.308
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.8.09032

Installed Version: Community

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https://GitHub.com/EWSoftware/VSSpellChecker

VisualStudio.DeviceLog   1.0
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[jsuarezruiz]

Same or similar to #10819

We've moved this issue to the Backlog milestone. This means that it is not going to be worked on for the coming release. We will reassess the backlog following the current release and consider this item at that time. To learn more about our issue management process and to have better expectation regarding different types of issues you can read our Triage Process.

[hartez]

Fixed by #11763.