[iOS] Fix Picker CharacterSpacing ignored on initial load

src/Core/src/Handlers/Picker/PickerHandler.iOS.cs

@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ void UpdatePickerFromPickerSource(PickerSource? pickerSource)
 				return;
 
 			PlatformView.Text = VirtualView.GetItem(pickerSource.SelectedIndex);
+
 			VirtualView.SelectedIndex = pickerSource.SelectedIndex;
 		}
 

src/Core/src/Platform/iOS/PickerExtensions.cs

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ internal static void UpdatePicker(this MauiPicker platformPicker, IPicker picker
 				platformPicker.UpdatePickerTitle(picker);
 			}
 
+			platformPicker.UpdateCharacterSpacing(picker);
+
 			var pickerView = platformPicker.UIPickerView;
 			pickerView?.ReloadAllComponents();
 
@@ -66,4 +68,4 @@ internal static void UpdatePicker(this MauiPicker platformPicker, IPicker picker
 			pickerView?.Select(Math.Max(selectedIndex, 0), 0, true);
 		}
 	}
-}
+}

src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/Picker/PickerHandlerTests.iOS.cs

@@ -64,6 +64,55 @@ public async Task TextColorInitializesCorrectly()
 			Assert.Equal(expectedValue, values.PlatformViewValue);
 		}
 
+		[Fact(DisplayName = "CharacterSpacing Initializes Correctly")]
+		public async Task CharacterSpacingInitializesCorrectly()
+		{
+			const double xplatCharacterSpacing = 4;
+
+			var picker = new PickerStub
+			{
+				Items = new[] { "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3" },
+				SelectedIndex = 1,
+				CharacterSpacing = xplatCharacterSpacing
+			};
+
+			var values = await GetValueAsync(picker, (handler) =>
+			{
+				return new
+				{
+					ViewValue = picker.CharacterSpacing,
+					PlatformViewValue = GetNativeCharacterSpacing(handler)
+				};
+			});
+
+			Assert.Equal(xplatCharacterSpacing, values.ViewValue);
+			Assert.Equal(xplatCharacterSpacing, values.PlatformViewValue);
+		}
+
+		[Fact(DisplayName = "CharacterSpacing Maintained After SelectedIndex Change")]
+		public async Task CharacterSpacingMaintainedAfterSelectedIndexChange()
+		{
+			const double xplatCharacterSpacing = 4;
+
+			var picker = new PickerStub
+			{
+				Items = new[] { "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3" },
+				SelectedIndex = 0,
+				CharacterSpacing = xplatCharacterSpacing
+			};
+
+			await SetValueAsync(picker, 2, (handler, value) =>
+			{
+				handler.VirtualView.SelectedIndex = value;
+				handler.UpdateValue(nameof(IPicker.SelectedIndex));
+			});
+
+			var nativeCharacterSpacing = await GetValueAsync(picker, (handler) =>
+				GetNativeCharacterSpacing(handler));
+
+			Assert.Equal(xplatCharacterSpacing, nativeCharacterSpacing);
+		}
+
 		MauiPicker GetNativePicker(PickerHandler pickerHandler) =>
 			pickerHandler.PlatformView;
 
@@ -110,6 +159,12 @@ UIColor GetNativeTextColor(PickerHandler pickerHandler)
 			return mauiPicker.TextColor;
 		}
 
+		double GetNativeCharacterSpacing(PickerHandler pickerHandler)
+		{
+			var mauiPicker = GetNativePicker(pickerHandler);
+			return mauiPicker.AttributedText.GetCharacterSpacing();
+		}
+
 		UIControlContentVerticalAlignment GetNativeVerticalTextAlignment(PickerHandler pickerHandler) =>
 			GetNativePicker(pickerHandler).VerticalAlignment;
 	}