Question

I cannot find how to cap the number of characters on EntryElement

Answer 1

I prefer inheritance and events too 🙂 Try this:

class MyEntryElement : EntryElement {

    public MyEntryElement (string c, string p, string v) : base (c, p, v)
    {
        MaxLength = -1;
    }

    public int MaxLength { get; set; }

    static NSString cellKey = new NSString ("MyEntryElement");      
    protected override NSString CellKey { 
        get { return cellKey; }
    }

    protected override UITextField CreateTextField (RectangleF frame)
    {
        UITextField tf = base.CreateTextField (frame);
        tf.ShouldChangeCharacters += delegate (UITextField textField, NSRange range, string replacementString) {
            if (MaxLength == -1)
                return true;

            return textField.Text.Length + replacementString.Length - range.Length <= MaxLength;
        };
        return tf;
    }
}

but also read Miguel’s warning (edit to my post) here: MonoTouch.Dialog: Setting Entry Alignment for EntryElement