How to swipe an item programmatically in xamarin.forms listview?

This example demonstrates how to swipe an item programmatically in xamarin.forms listview.

Sample

<StackLayout>
    <Grid HeightRequest="50">
        <Button x:Name="RightSwipe" Text="Right Swipe Button" />
        <Button x:Name="LeftSwipe" Text="Left Swipe Button" Grid.Column="1"/>
    </Grid>
    <listView:SfListView x:Name="listView" ItemSize="70" SelectionMode="Single" AllowSwiping="True" ItemSpacing="0,0,5,0" >

        <listView:SfListView.LeftSwipeTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <ViewCell>
                    <ViewCell.View>
                        <Grid BackgroundColor="SlateBlue"  HorizontalOptions="Fill" VerticalOptions="Fill">
                            <Label Text="Left Swipe Template" TextColor="White" VerticalOptions="Center" HorizontalOptions="Center"/>
                        </Grid>
                    </ViewCell.View>
                </ViewCell>
            </DataTemplate>
        </listView:SfListView.LeftSwipeTemplate>

        <listView:SfListView.RightSwipeTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <ViewCell>
                    <ViewCell.View>
                        <Grid BackgroundColor="SlateBlue" HorizontalOptions="Fill" VerticalOptions="Fill">
                            <Label Text="Right Swipe Template" TextColor="White" VerticalOptions="Center"/>
                        </Grid>
                    </ViewCell.View>
                </ViewCell>
            </DataTemplate>
        </listView:SfListView.RightSwipeTemplate>

        <listView:SfListView.ItemTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <ViewCell>
                    <ViewCell.View>
                        <code>
                        . . .
                        . . .
                        <code>
                    </ViewCell.View>
                </ViewCell>
            </DataTemplate>
        </listView:SfListView.ItemTemplate>
    </listView:SfListView>
</StackLayout>

Code Behind :
Button rightSwipeButton = bindable.FindByName<Button>("RightSwipe");
Button leftSwipeButton = bindable.FindByName<Button>("LeftSwipe");
rightSwipeButton.Clicked += RightSwipeButton_Clicked;
leftSwipeButton.Clicked += LeftSwipeButton_Clicked;

private void LeftSwipeButton_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ListView.SwipeItem(viewModel.contactsinfo[1], 200);
}

private void RightSwipeButton_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ListView.SwipeItem(viewModel.contactsinfo[1], -150);
}

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.