Is there a way to position the center of an element somewhere?
More generically, I'd like to be able to set some anchored point (with center as 0.5, 0.5) to a specific location on the screen (instead of only positioning the top-left corner of an element all the...
View ArticleCan I use a platform specific UI code/functionality mixed with Xamarin.Forms?
We are deciding whether to use Xamarin.Forms or platform specific UI for an Android and iOS app we are going to develop but we are not sure if we are going to face problems with UI controls so I would...
View ArticleCustomizing Title on Carousel and Tabbed Page
Hi, We are developing a cross platform app (starting WP8). Currently we have an issue that we are not able to custom style the Title of Carousel or Tabbed pages. PFB the requirements:- Carousel Page -...
View Articlechange font size in textcell and tabbedpage title
Hi. I've a tabbedpage. I would like to change the font of titles. Also, I've some listviews. I would like to change the font of TextCell. How can I do this? Any examples? Thanks Alessandro
View ArticleHow to make phone vibrate in Xamarin Forms
Anyone know how I can make the phone vibrate in Xamarin Forms?
View ArticleWindows Phone Picker Unfocus event not raised
Hi! I'm using a Picker to navigate to a new page, where the user can fill out the selected form form the picker. On iOS and Android the Picker.Unfocus event raised properly, and the new page appears,...
View ArticleAndroid : last viewcell in the list view is not fully loaded
I am creating a list view in xamarin forms and setting the height of the viewcell using ListView **RowHeight **property, but I see that the last viewcell in the list view is not fully loaded but the...
View ArticleListView element is not populated in case if it's placed on non-root page
Hello! I'm trying to add a ListView populated with some data. I have some initial page which is a NagivationPage. This page leads to another page with ListView using Navigation.PushAsync. ListView...
View ArticleJIT Compile error Xamarin.Forms.OnPlatform
We're creating a Unified Xamarin Forms application using Forms 1.3.1.6294-pre1. Currently we have a blocking issue when trying to run an application on a iPhone. The application crashes during startup...
View ArticleListView items gets duplicated on scroll - Android
I am testing ListView in Android. On scroll of ListView items gets duplicated. I am facing this problem, while trying to reuse the existing ListView, otherwise thing are working well.
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Variable definied in XAML - no intellisense support in C# code behind?
Hello, I'm trying to start developing with Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin Studio. I define a variable in XAML, then try to acesss it at code behind but intellisense is not working, the variable is shown in...
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Azure support for PCL - or better to use WCF?
Got Azure and have seen that it has Mobile Service with 'Xamarin' as platform ready for any developer to set up. In the component-store there is also an Azure component-pack listed. The comments to...
View ArticleForms project iOS with VS 2013 Method not found:...
Hi, I have a Forms project with a iOS native app which runs perfectly with XamarinStudio on the Mac. If I copy the project to Windows/Visual Studio 2013 SP2 and start the iOS project I get this error:...
View ArticleEnable NuGet Package Restore?
I'm using Xamarin Studio on Mac and currently only focusing on the iOS project. After having updated packages (because the compiler complained about FontAttributes not being found), I get the following...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms.Labs.Controls.AutoCompleteView problem
Hello guys! I have a problem with AutoCompleteView control. I am just trying to create instance of this control and I am having an error: System.Exception: Method not found:...
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Xamarin.Forms.Maps not working?
Hi guys, super new on xamarin. Can anyone help? having problem on iOS on a PCL project. I have added the nuget package for the Maps but i am always having Error CS0103: The name `FormsMap' does not...
View ArticleDevice.StartTimer - How to cancel it??
I have a timer set on my authenticated pages so that after N minutes, it'll log them out. Works. How do I disable a timer once I have created it though? I don't want it to fire if they do XYZ, or I...
View ArticleDidEnterBackground - on Android?
I have this code in my application delegate , what override do I use for something similar in Android? public override void DidEnterBackground(UIApplication application) {...
View ArticleCustom Control Calendar (Hourly Time)
Hi, I am wanting to know if there is any third part custom controls for adding a calendar to both iOS and Android applications that display hourly times of the days. I looked into Telerik but that is...
View ArticleCreating a custom control in Xamarin.Forms
Looking through the discussions on creating custom views, it seems I need to use ViewRenderer. In my Android project, this isn't defined, so I get compilation errors. using System; using Xamarin.Forms;...
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