Convert entry's to stacklayouts for Windows Phone
Hi everyone, In xamarin forms we can add an entry with a placeholder, which works perfectly but in Windows phone it is not common to add a placeholder. Therefore I was looking for a way to convert my...
View ArticlePickers - selecting first value
http://iosapi.xamarin.com/index.aspx?link=T:Xamarin.Forms.Picker I used the above as my start point and I have a couple of pickers on my accounts page of my app. I have two problems that I am unable to...
View Articlehow we can get intelligence tips in Xaml file like in C# file?
as we all know, we can design UI by Xaml file in Xamarin.forms now, but I found we have no intelligence tip for the Xamarin.forms control and properties there.
View ArticleMissing method get_RootPage in assembly (Android)
I'm getting this error in Android, how can I debug it?? [Mono] Assembly Loader probing location: '/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.MYAPP.Android/files/.__override__/MYAPP.dll'. [Mono] AOT module...
View ArticleHow to apply a margin on a Xamarin.Forms control?
We've tried this very simple approach: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Button xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"...
View ArticleNavigationRenderer and iOS right button
Hi, I wrote the below renderer but no right button on iPhone simulator. 'public class NavigationPageWithHomeBtnRenderer: NavigationRenderer { public NavigationPageWithHomeBtnRenderer() { } public...
View ArticleCollectionView FlowLayout for Android
Quick question if there is CollectionView FlowLayout for Android and if there is - can you kindly share the link to resource. Thank you
View ArticleFlip animation like Flipboard.com
Hi, I have a requirement to create a mobile app on flipboard website concept but I am very new in XAML animation, can anyone please help me out in same if they have done some thing similar to this or...
View ArticleNull reference exception on InitializeComponent
I received a prompt in my task bar to update Xamarin. After doing so, now that I create a new project in VS > PCL Forms project, if I add any new Xamarin Forms pages, the project doesn't build. In...
View ArticlePushModalAsync doesn't work on real Android device
Hi, I have a simple content page that open a Modal page with Navigation.PushModalAsync method. When I deploy on Genymotion, on iOS emulator, or Windows Phone emulator (or on a real WP device)...
View Articlesignature pad (acr xamarin forms version)
Hi all, i am using the signature pad component from acr xamarin forms and i noticed a problem. If i rotate the screen and then call the signature pad function then it only shows a semi black screen and...
View ArticleHow to change status bar text color to white in Xamarin Forms
Anyone know how to change the status bar text color to white in Xamarin Forms? I tried using UIStatusBarStyleLightContent, but that didn't work.
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Drop down menu for tabbed page backwards on Android Phones?
I apologize if this has been brought up before, I searched and couldn't find anything. My application has four tabs in it (so the "More" button doesn't show in iOS). When viewed in portrait I see all...
View ArticleOpenGLView
Hi Guys, ive been trying for days to figure out if you can do Xaml Xamarin.Forms.OpenGLView and use shaders and stuff with it. but im not seeing anything rendered to the screen and not sure if the...
View ArticleCreating Custom Components
I see it's pretty simple to create a custom renderer for the standard components, and I was wondering if there were any resources that could help me get started on creating my own components (in my...
View ArticleDoes Label's HorizontalOptions work in a grid?
I have the following xaml: <StackLayout Spacing="0"> <Label Text="Center me!" HorizontalOptions="Center" ></Label> <Grid BackgroundColor="Red"> <Label Text="Center me!"...
View ArticleUnXaml like behavior
I'm new to Forms, but have a lot of experience with XAML (WPF, Silveright, Phone, etc.) I've started playing around with a Grid in a form, and the child controls aren't getting laid out as I would...
View Articleawait DisplayAlert pop up when I press back button on Android
Hi my friends. This is my first thread, so have patience with me and with my poor english. I've this situation in a ContentPage var buttonLogout = new Button (); buttonLogout.Text = "Logout";...
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Example WorkingWithListview not working well
Hello guys, I just downloaded and tried example http://developer.xamarin.com/samples/WorkingWithListview. For Android it works perfect but on Windows Phone device it's behavior is incorrect, two things...
View ArticleError building Android app with Xamarin.Forms in debug mode
Hi guys, I'm getting this error: /Users/daniel/Projects/Memory/packages/Xamarin.Forms.1.2.3.6257/build/portable-win+net45+wp80+MonoAndroid10+MonoTouch10/Xamarin.Forms.targets: Error: Error executing...
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