Add Gradient background to layouts in Xamarin Forms visual studio

In below code we can set Horizontal and Vertical Gradient(I put it in #region) for any Layout in below I write for StackLayout if you want to write another Layout just replace your Layout on StackLayout.

In PCL:

using System;
using Xamarin.Forms;

namespace GradientColor
 {
   public class GradientColorStack : StackLayout
    {
      public Color StartColor { get; set; }
      public Color EndColor { get; set; }
    }
 }

Xamarin.Android:

  using System;
  using GradientColor;
  using GradientColor.Droid;
  using Xamarin.Forms;
  using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android;
  [assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(GradientColorStack), typeof(GradientColorStackRenderer))]

 namespace GradientColor.Droid
  {
     public class GradientColorStackRenderer : VisualElementRenderer<StackLayout>
       {
    private Color StartColor { get; set; }
    private Color EndColor { get; set; }

    protected override void DispatchDraw(global::Android.Graphics.Canvas canvas)
      {
        #region for Vertical Gradient
        //var gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(0, 0, 0, Height,
        #endregion

        #region for Horizontal Gradient
     var gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(0, 0, Width, 0,
          #endregion

            this.StartColor.ToAndroid(),
            this.EndColor.ToAndroid(),
            Android.Graphics.Shader.TileMode.Mirror);

        var paint = new Android.Graphics.Paint()
        {
            Dither = true,
        };
        paint.SetShader(gradient);
        canvas.DrawPaint(paint);
        base.DispatchDraw(canvas);
    }

    protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<StackLayout> e)
    {
        base.OnElementChanged(e);

        if (e.OldElement != null || Element == null)
        {
            return;
        }
        try
        {
            var stack = e.NewElement as GradientColorStack;
            this.StartColor = stack.StartColor;
            this.EndColor = stack.EndColor;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(@"ERROR:", ex.Message);
        }
      }
   }
}

Xamarin.iOS:

  using System;
  using CoreAnimation;
  using CoreGraphics;
  using GradientColor;
  using GradientColor.iOS;
  using Xamarin.Forms;
  using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS;
  [assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(GradientColorStack), typeof(GradientColorStackRenderer))]

 namespace GradientColor.iOS
   {
public class GradientColorStackRenderer : VisualElementRenderer<StackLayout>
    {
      public override void Draw(CGRect rect)
      {
        base.Draw(rect);
        GradientColorStack stack = (GradientColorStack)this.Element;
        CGColor startColor = stack.StartColor.ToCGColor();

        CGColor endColor = stack.EndColor.ToCGColor();

        #region for Vertical Gradient

        var gradientLayer = new CAGradientLayer();

        #endregion

        #region for Horizontal Gradient

        //var gradientLayer = new CAGradientLayer()
        //{
        //  StartPoint = new CGPoint(0, 0.5),
        //  EndPoint = new CGPoint(1, 0.5)
        //};

        #endregion



        gradientLayer.Frame = rect;
        gradientLayer.Colors = new CGColor[] { startColor, endColor 
        };

        NativeView.Layer.InsertSublayer(gradientLayer, 0);
      }
    }
 }

In XAML:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" xmlns:local="clr-namespace:GradientColor; assembly:GradientColor" x:Class="GradientColor.GradientColorPage">
 <Grid VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" RowSpacing="0">
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid Grid.Row="0" BackgroundColor="Olive">
         <StackLayout VerticalOptions="Center">
            <Label Text="Normal color for stacklayout" HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" VerticalTextAlignment="Center"  TextColor="White"/>
         </StackLayout>
    </Grid>
    <Grid Grid.Row="1">
         <local:GradientColorStack StartColor="Green" EndColor="Red">
               <StackLayout VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand">
               <Label Text="Gradient color for StackLayout" HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" VerticalTextAlignment="Center"   TextColor="White"/>
               </StackLayout>

         </local:GradientColorStack>
     </Grid>
   </Grid>
  </ContentPage>

For those who want a full featured gradient in Xamarin.Forms apps, there is my code:

In your PCL

GradientLayout.cs

using Xamarin.Forms;

namespace MyProject.Renderers
{
    public class GradientLayout : StackLayout
    {
        public string ColorsList { get; set; }
      
        public Color[] Colors
        {
            get
            {
                string[] hex = ColorsList.Split(',');
                Color[] colors = new Color[hex.Length];

                for (int i = 0; i < hex.Length; i++)
                {
                    colors[i] = Color.FromHex(hex[i].Trim());
                }

                return colors;
            }
        }

        public GradientColorStackMode Mode { get; set; }
    }
}

GradientColorStackMode.cs

namespace MyProject.Renderers
{
    public enum GradientColorStackMode
    {
        ToRight,
        ToLeft,
        ToTop,
        ToBottom,
        ToTopLeft,
        ToTopRight,
        ToBottomLeft,
        ToBottomRight
    }
}

In your iOS project

GradientLayoutRenderer.cs

using CoreAnimation;
using CoreGraphics;
using MyProject.Renderers;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS;

[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(GradientLayout), typeof(GradientLayoutRenderer))]

namespace MyProject.iOS.Renderers
{
    public class GradientLayoutRenderer : VisualElementRenderer<StackLayout>
    {
        public override void Draw(CGRect rect)
        {
            base.Draw(rect);
            GradientLayout layout = (GradientLayout)Element;

            CGColor[] colors = new CGColor[layout.Colors.Length];

            for (int i = 0, l = colors.Length; i < l; i++)
            {
                colors[i] = layout.Colors[i].ToCGColor();
            }

            var gradientLayer = new CAGradientLayer();

            switch (layout.Mode)
            {
                default:
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToRight:
                    gradientLayer.StartPoint = new CGPoint(0, 0.5);
                    gradientLayer.EndPoint = new CGPoint(1, 0.5);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToLeft:
                    gradientLayer.StartPoint = new CGPoint(1, 0.5);
                    gradientLayer.EndPoint = new CGPoint(0, 0.5);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToTop:
                    gradientLayer.StartPoint = new CGPoint(0.5, 1);
                    gradientLayer.EndPoint = new CGPoint(0.5, 0);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToBottom:
                    gradientLayer.StartPoint = new CGPoint(0.5, 0);
                    gradientLayer.EndPoint = new CGPoint(0.5, 1);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToTopLeft:
                    gradientLayer.StartPoint = new CGPoint(1, 1);
                    gradientLayer.EndPoint = new CGPoint(0, 0);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToTopRight:
                    gradientLayer.StartPoint = new CGPoint(0, 1);
                    gradientLayer.EndPoint = new CGPoint(1, 0);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToBottomLeft:
                    gradientLayer.StartPoint = new CGPoint(1, 0);
                    gradientLayer.EndPoint = new CGPoint(0, 1);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToBottomRight:
                    gradientLayer.StartPoint = new CGPoint(0, 0);
                    gradientLayer.EndPoint = new CGPoint(1, 1);
                    break;
            }

            gradientLayer.Frame = rect;
            gradientLayer.Colors = colors;

            NativeView.Layer.InsertSublayer(gradientLayer, 0);
        }
    }
}

In your Android Project

GradientLayoutRenderer.cs

using System;
using Android.Content;
using MyProject.Renderers;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android;

[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(GradientLayout), typeof(GradientLayoutRenderer))]

namespace MyProject.Droid.Renderers
{
    public class GradientLayoutRenderer : VisualElementRenderer<StackLayout>
    {
        private Color[] Colors { get; set; }

        private GradientColorStackMode Mode { get; set; }

        public GradientLayoutRenderer(Context ctx) : base(ctx)
        { }

        protected override void DispatchDraw(global::Android.Graphics.Canvas canvas)
        {
            Android.Graphics.LinearGradient gradient;

            int[] colors = new int[Colors.Length];

            for (int i = 0, l = Colors.Length; i < l; i++)
            {
                colors[i] = Colors[i].ToAndroid().ToArgb();
            }

            switch (Mode)
            {
                default:
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToRight:
                    gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(0, 0, Width, 0, colors, null, Android.Graphics.Shader.TileMode.Mirror);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToLeft:
                    gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(Width, 0, 0, 0, colors, null, Android.Graphics.Shader.TileMode.Mirror);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToTop:
                    gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(0, Height, 0, 0, colors, null, Android.Graphics.Shader.TileMode.Mirror);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToBottom:
                   gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(0, 0, 0, Height, colors, null, Android.Graphics.Shader.TileMode.Mirror);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToTopLeft:
                    gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(Width, Height, 0, 0, colors, null, Android.Graphics.Shader.TileMode.Mirror);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToTopRight:
                    gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(0, Height, Width, 0, colors, null, Android.Graphics.Shader.TileMode.Mirror);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToBottomLeft:
                    gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(Width, 0, 0, Height, colors, null, Android.Graphics.Shader.TileMode.Mirror);
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToBottomRight:
                    gradient = new Android.Graphics.LinearGradient(0, 0, Width, Height, colors, null, Android.Graphics.Shader.TileMode.Mirror);
                    break;
            }

            var paint = new Android.Graphics.Paint()
            {
                Dither = true,
            };

            paint.SetShader(gradient);
            canvas.DrawPaint(paint);

            base.DispatchDraw(canvas);
        }

        protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<StackLayout> e)
        {
            base.OnElementChanged(e);

            if (e.OldElement != null || Element == null)
                return;

            try
            {
                if (e.NewElement is GradientLayout layout)
                {
                    Colors = layout.Colors;
                    Mode = layout.Mode;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(@"ERROR:", ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

In UWP project

GradientLayoutRenderer.cs

using System;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
using Windows.UI.Xaml.Media;
using MyProject.Renderers;
using Xamarin.Forms;
using Xamarin.Forms.Platform.UWP;
using Point = Windows.Foundation.Point;

[assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(GradientLayout), typeof(GradientLayoutRenderer))]

namespace MyProject.UWP.Renderers
{
    public class GradientLayoutRenderer : VisualElementRenderer<StackLayout, Panel>
    {
        private Color[] Colors { get; set; }

        private GradientColorStackMode Mode { get; set; }

        protected override void UpdateBackgroundColor()
        {
            base.UpdateBackgroundColor();

            LinearGradientBrush gradient;

            GradientStopCollection stopCollection = new GradientStopCollection();

            for (int i = 0, l = Colors.Length; i < l; i++)
            {
                stopCollection.Add(new GradientStop
                {
                    Color = Windows.UI.Color.FromArgb((byte)(Colors[i].A * byte.MaxValue), (byte)(Colors[i].R * byte.MaxValue), (byte)(Colors[i].G * byte.MaxValue), (byte)(Colors[i].B * byte.MaxValue)),
                    Offset = (double)i / Colors.Length
                });
            }

            switch (Mode)
            {
                default:
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToRight:
                    gradient = new LinearGradientBrush
                    {
                        GradientStops = stopCollection,
                        StartPoint = new Point(0, 0.5),
                        EndPoint = new Point(1, 0.5)
                    };
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToLeft:
                    gradient = new LinearGradientBrush
                    {
                        GradientStops = stopCollection,
                        StartPoint = new Point(1, 0.5),
                        EndPoint = new Point(0, 0.5)
                    };
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToTop:
                    gradient = new LinearGradientBrush
                    {
                        GradientStops = stopCollection,
                        StartPoint = new Point(0.5, 1),
                        EndPoint = new Point(0.5, 0)
                    };
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToBottom:
                    gradient = new LinearGradientBrush
                    {
                        GradientStops = stopCollection,
                        StartPoint = new Point(0.5, 0),
                        EndPoint = new Point(0.5, 1)
                    };
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToTopLeft:
                    gradient = new LinearGradientBrush
                    {
                        GradientStops = stopCollection,
                        StartPoint = new Point(1, 1),
                        EndPoint = new Point(0, 0)
                    };
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToTopRight:
                    gradient = new LinearGradientBrush
                    {
                        GradientStops = stopCollection,
                        StartPoint = new Point(0, 1),
                        EndPoint = new Point(1, 0)
                    };
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToBottomLeft:
                    gradient = new LinearGradientBrush
                    {
                        GradientStops = stopCollection,
                        StartPoint = new Point(1, 0),
                        EndPoint = new Point(0, 1)
                    };
                    break;
                case GradientColorStackMode.ToBottomRight:
                    gradient = new LinearGradientBrush
                    {
                        GradientStops = stopCollection,
                        StartPoint = new Point(0, 0),
                        EndPoint = new Point(1, 1)
                    };
                    break;
            }

            Background = gradient;
        }

        protected override void OnElementChanged(ElementChangedEventArgs<StackLayout> e)
        {
            base.OnElementChanged(e);

            if (e.OldElement != null || Element == null)
                return;

            try
            {
                if (e.NewElement is GradientLayout stack)
                {
                    Colors = stack.Colors;
                    Mode = stack.Mode;

                    UpdateBackgroundColor();
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(@"ERROR:", ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

In your XAML pages

<renderers:GradientLayout
    ColorsList="#dd8f68,#a9a9a9,#3a3939"
    Mode="ToBottomRight">

    <!-- Your content -->

</renderers:GradientLayout>

Hope this will help!