Injecting a new root element in a Xamarin Forms Content Page

If you want to insert a new root element on a content page (using Xamarin Forms) you must set the Content to null first before assigning it again. Otherwise touch events will not register (at least not on iOS).

For example, add the entire view in an AbsoluteLayout could look like this:

 // Get a reference to the content
 var content = page.Content;
 page.Content = null; // This line is key

 // Create a new root element and add the content
 var absoluteLayout = new AbsoluteLayout();
 absoluteLayout.Children.Add(content);

 // Replace the content
 page.Content = absoluteLayout;

I would do this directly after the call to InitializeComponent() in the code behind of the view.