Xamarin.Forms.Core 2.0.0.0 Xamarin.Forms.BindingBase Binds a template property to the parent of the view that owns a . Control templates provide reusable styling and functionality for common UI elements in an application. They do this by providing a common set of properties that bind to the parents of the View that owns the View to which the control template is bound. Application developers can assign these properties through XAML, as in the following example: