Windows Phone version with Forms - without Business license
I have the Indie plan for iOS and Android. I'd like to make apps for all 3 platforms: iOS, Android and Windows Phone. I'd also like to use Xamarin Forms for this since my apps will fit the model and...
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Future direction of Forms API?
I'm a few weeks in to using Xamarin Forms and I have to say, the idea is amazing and the allure is strong. I think once Forms matures you're going to have an absolutely killer thing here. I'm just...
View ArticleForms with material design
Is it easy, or even possible, to use Xamarin forms with android's new Material Design guidelines? I know a lot of the material stuff is built into the Android OS with lollipop. Placing meta data on the...
View ArticleHow to Launch the Installer in xamarin forms for Android
Hi All, I have an scenario where apk file will be downloaded,once the download is complete I have to launch the installer.How to do that? Thanks
View ArticleHow do I change the Back and ToolbarItem color without changing the Title color?
Hi, How do I change the Back text color and ToolbarItem color without changing the Title color? Right now I'm taking our NavigationPage and setting its BarTextColor to the desired color. I've tried...
View ArticleHttpUtility
Hello, I would like to use HttpUtility.HtmlDecode() but i have this error: Error CS0122: 'System.Net.HttpUtility' is inaccessible due to its protection level (CS0122) (ProjetXam.Android) This is how I...
View ArticleDisplay list of items without using ListView
Hi everyone. I stuck with a problem of displaying list of items without using ListView. I have a ListView with ItemSource property bound to ObservableCollection of Company objects. Each of that company...
View ArticleTargetInvocationException occuring on running an Android Project but not in...
Same code is running in one solution but not in another solution. This has a reference to code in @CharlesPetzold book, Chapter 4 - Version 9 & 10. Version 9 code runs without any errors in both...
View ArticleCentralize an image on a button
Good morning, I would like to know how I can centralize an image on a button on xamarin forms , or form native in IOS
View ArticleRelative or Absolute layout
I am trying to set layout but don't know how. Blue view should be centered in the layout (cyan) Green view's center point should be on the center point of right side of the blue rectangle. Is this...
View ArticleXLabs using microphone
Hi, I want to use microphone and i did this using XLabs AppDelegate class: `public override bool FinishedLaunching (UIApplication app, NSDictionary options) { Forms.Init (); this.SetIoc(); #region...
View ArticleToolbarItems Secondary Order not working as intended
Apparently, when I add a ToolbarItem to ToolbarItems (say on a ContentPage, which is in a NavigationPage itself), I try to put the ToolbarItem's order to Secondary (ToolbarItemOrder.Secondary). I was...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms Animation and Skype For IOS
Hi there , one of the Xamarin Problems is the lack of the open source / third party library , for example if i want write my app with Objective-c I would find thousand of open source or paid library on...
View ArticleUsing a page as a picker for a control, in which a keyboard refuses to hide...
So I have a screen where I want it to be kind of like a Picker but the individual items have different amounts of informational text and such, so I wrote a second screen to use a UICollectionView on...
View Articlemulti-column picker
Hi folks, I want to allow a user to enter a time duration into my app. I think the best of doing this is with a picker that has weeks, days and hours columns. Does anyone know the best way of achieving...
View ArticleUpdating list based on user action
If I have a ListView (in xaml) which has its ItemsSource property set to a collection and I update that collection in code, is there a way to get the list to redraw? Shouldn't observable collection do...
View ArticleBLOB to Image Binding
I have to bind images from a SQLite database. The images are stores as BLOB (png file). var image = new Image { HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.Start, WidthRequest = 40, HeightRequest = 40 }; var bnd...
View ArticleTableView - Changing the row line style?
Is there a way to change the thickness, color etc of the rows that separate each row?
View ArticleXamarin.Forms Portable - where is InvokeOnMainThread ?
I tried to use HttpClient in Xamarin.Forms Portable debugging on Windows Phone. First, if I tried to wait for result then it hangs forever. Then I decided to do asynchronously, it gets response, but I...
View ArticleTableView Containing Grids as Rows - How to set height?
I have a TableView and each TableSection contains grids that are in ViewCells var content = new TableView { Intent = TableIntent.Data, Root = new TableRoot("Performance"), BackgroundColor = Color.Green...
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