how to debug network calls hanging
After a while my network calls just start hanging. My server code never executes so it seems like the calls are waiting on network handles. In other words, it seems like I'm leaking network...
View ArticleEvolve 2014 Summary: Extending Xamarin Forms with Custom Controls – Jason Smith
Hi All I've done a summary of the Evolve session on Xamarin.Forms custom controls. Let me know what you think? Do you want more?...
View ArticleCompilation in Maps sample code with Xamarin.Forms
I have got the error below when building the code below: http://developer.xamarin.com/samples/WorkingWithMaps/ Error 2 Unzipping failed. Please download...
View ArticleIs it possible to build a multi-language application using Forms?
I have been trying to follow a Microsoft tutorial shown here And have got: <Button x:Uid="Greeting" Text=""/> And a resource file in my PCL with Greeting.Text with value Diary.. But I have...
View ArticleForms.Maps on Windows Phone 8.1 project problem
Hi, I have developed ann location based app that uses Forms.Maps. I am doing the Location manager and location updating using a Dependency class implementation (I am not using the Xamarin.Mobile...
View Articlei want use fragment this way ,but failed
i check many pages ,want to find a way use fragment in a page,but find nothing, so i decide myself to resolved this problem,i use this way,this my renderer, [assembly:...
View ArticleOpen MasterDetailPage programmatically
Is there a way to open the MasterDetailPage's side menu programmatically? I want the same behaviour as if I'd be pressing the hamburger icon but from code.
View ArticleWhy is Maps in the production release?
Please forgive the harsh title, and apologies in advance if anything below seems inflammatory. I mean it in all good faith, and for the betterment of XF. My team started working on a new App this week...
View ArticleIf want a snappy UI don't use Labels. Or anything else...
I'm sorry for the harsh title. But this is exactly the sentence we throw around the office for quite some time now when ever somebody complains about the slowness of Apps based on Xamarin.Forms....
View ArticleChange text backround color in XAML
Hello coming from Windows Form I'm totally newbie in XAML but I've the feeling to get back in the eighties spending more energy to work with the user interface than the business logic itself I'm trying...
View ArticlePushModalAsync causing an UIKit.UIView.EndEditing exception using iOS unified..
I'm getting the following exception when trying to use Navigation.PushModalAsync on iOS using the unified Xamarin.iOS dll: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'UIKit.UIView.EndEditing'. at...
View ArticleBug with databinding a ListView from XAML (leads to big perf problem)
There appears to be a bug in the ordering that BindingContext is set on items generated within a ListView that is causing some invalid debug output. I'm getting debug spew that a binding is failing...
View ArticleData binding to dictionary object
Hi, I'm creating forms with the code. I want to bind the controls on the form with dictionary keys. Is this can be done with Xamarin forms. Please help with some some sample code. Thanks
View ArticleMissingMethodException (SetTitleTextAttributes) after migrating Forms iOS app...
I have an app that was built using Xamarin.Forms 1.0. I used Xamarin Studio migration to convert it to Unified API. First it didn't compile, but I've found a blog post that recommended to re-install...
View ArticleStreamImageSource have a major bug
When I use a StreamImage multiple for multiple images it works just fine, except when it's a StreamImageSource... The first Image will display fine, but the subsequent Image are blank I have used this...
View ArticleForms Labs fontsize on WP
Has anyone gotten ExtendedLabel fontsize working on Windows Phone for Xamarin Labs? It wasn't working for me in the v1.2 NuGet package, so I deleted that and pulled the master dev branch zip off Github...
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Custom renderer PagerAdapter not rendering children
I've been banging my head against the wall and the decompiler for hours on this. Maybe someone smarter than me could help a guy out I put together a Carousel renderer for Android that uses a ViewPager....
View ArticleDetecting KeyDown in an entry?
Hi, I'd like to detect when the backspace keyboard button is pressed in an Entry even when there is no text in the entry. I've tried creating a custom renderer and overriding OnKeyDown but it doesn't...
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When an empty CancellationToken is used
There is some code in Forms that does new CancellationToken() when an useless CancellationToken is being used. It is better to use CancellationToken.None static instance to avoid unnecessary instance...
View ArticleTabbedPage
Hello, I change recently my App.cs to have a NavigationPage: public static Page GetMainPage() { return new NavigationPage(new HomePage()); } My HomePage is a TabbedPage Since there are only titles of...
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