Custom Control Implementation
Hi Using http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/custom-renderer/ to create a custom TextField with a Done button in it... Now on my original iOS application I have logic that...
View ArticlePicker control, wrong default
Hi, I think it's a BUG: the SelectedIndex of picker control is 0 when there is nothing selected and when the first item (index 0) is selected. If there is nothing selected, the default shouldn't be -1?
View ArticleBest way to maintain development and production version builds?
I've done a bit of searching and haven't really found any information that addresses this topic thoroughly. First, a bit of background (I'll keep it brief): My app is making use of Azure Mobile...
View ArticleDownloaded image scaling on Android
Hi, I'm using ImageCells in my TableView displaying avatar images I've downloaded. On iOS, I just make sure my images end in @2x and so on, and they display fine on high-DPI displays. But on Android,...
View ArticleRelativeLayout RelativeToView "Align Bottom"
I'm wondering if there is a way use a relative layout to align a view to the bottom of another view from XAML? My end result looks something like a StackLayout, but I'm opting for relative layoutout to...
View ArticleCustom Header On TableView (not Section Group Header)
Hello, I am trying to create a TableView custom renderer for iOS and Android that will allow me to bind a custom view and apply it as a static header in either an Android ListView or an iOS...
View ArticleSpecifying Color Luminosity in Xaml?
Hello Community, Quick question here. Is there a way to specify a Color Luminosity in Xaml? I did a search here on and online and didn't see anything obvious. Any insight into this would be greatly...
View Articlehow to show youtube links on listview in xamarin.forms?
i want to link some videos from youtube to list view so how can i do that in xamarin.forms?
View ArticleCustom Camera Control for multiple photos
Hi Guys Are there any custom camera controls which lets you take multiple photos (not a burst) before leaving the camera control? If there aren't any custom controls out there what would I need to do...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms PCL project using ServiceStack.Client
Hello everyone, Have you used ServiceStack.Client in Xamarin.Forms PCL project? If yes, then can you please share a very sample project (like helloworld) with me? I am following this one...
View ArticleProblem with ViewRenderer inside ListView
Hi Folks, I want to bind ListView to a list of videos, and show the video inside the CellView through a Custom View called VideoView. But the problem is that the VideoViewRenderer will repeat value...
View Articlei 'm not able to show map on screen how can i achieve that?
i have done all the steps which are given on the web but the map is not shown on my app what i'm missing? i also downloaded the api of the device but nothing can happen.
View ArticleProblem in testing android application
I am trying to create a xamarin.froms application using visual Studio and trying to execute in respective devices but when i try to deploy the android application its showing an error "Please select a...
View ArticleMSBuild error
Hello. I am creating a new, blank xamarin.forms portable project in Xamarin 5.7.2 but when I try to build it, I get MSBuild failure, with the following error: _InvalidConfigurationMessageText = The...
View ArticleAndroid App not installing and WP emulator not launching app
Guys, I have started to get weird environmental issues testing my app: 1- Android: the app runs and deploys well when released by VS Run button and in Debug mode; but, when I manually pick & copy...
View ArticleSearchBar focus?
Is it possible to programmatically set focus on SearchBar. I notice there is a bug right now when setting focus on Entry on Android : https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21862 Should this...
View ArticleTableView vs Grid vs StackLayout / ListView - best practice ?
Hi all In my app, I have used StackLayout, Scrollview, ListView and various controls until now. I have seen, that there are various other layouts / views, but unfortunately, the documentation...
View Articlei'm not able to go back while press back button on android device
i have master page and detail page the problem is when i navigate some pages after that when i press back button on android device i can not go back to previous page insted i go out from my application...
View Articlehow can i make video player on xamarin.forms?
i want to create list of videos and when i select that list item the video should be able to play on another page but how can i do that in xamarin.forms?
View ArticleListview hasunevenrows not setting correct height
Hi, have an app I'm developing (WP8 and Android currently) with a ListView containing an ItemTemplate of a ViewCell. The ViewCell has 4 'columns' (Horizontal stackpanel), column 2 has 2 'rows'...
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