Name of the control - .Net Maui

Question

I need to create the control in the class code, not in Xaml. I create the control as follows:

Button button = new Button
{
  Text = "Click to Rotate Text!",
  VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center,
  HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center
};

My question is, how do I assign a name to the control as you would in Xaml with x:Name?

I tried with all properties but there is no adequate one.

Answer 1

The XAML x:Name maps to the element's StyleId property. So, for example, to set the name to "MyButton":

Button button = new Button
{
    StyleId = "MyButton",
    Text = "Click to Rotate Text!",
    VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center,
    HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center
};

From the Element.StyleId docs:

Gets or sets a user defined value to uniquely identify the element.

See also: https://learn.microsoft.com/answers/questions/939731/can-styleid-property-be-used-reliably-to-access-xa.html

Depending on your needs, you may or may not still need to assign the control to a custom field, as shown in FrekyAli's answer.

Answer 2

When you create a XAML and use the x:Name attribute for a control it basically creates a private field for your control in the xaml.g.cs (Autogenerated).

Something like this would be a replica:

private readonly Button buttonName;
public YourPage()
{
   buttonName = new Button();
   this.Content= buttonName;
}

of this XAML

<ContentPage>
   <Button x:Name="buttonName"/>
</ContentPage>

Obviously this is simplified for readability.