Button.Image, but no Aspect property?
I want to set the aspect ratio to AspectFit for an image Im assigning to a button, but the Aspect property does not exist on a button or on a FileImageSource. The example image Im using on Android the...
View ArticleWindows Phone 'Forms' to Xamarin Forms convertor.
Hi, I am writing, and hope to release a beta next week, of a utility that will attempt to convert the xaml from a Windows Phone form to a Xamarin form. There are more details in my blog Thanks Pete
View ArticleListView Images load immediately? Possibility for Lazy Load?
Hi, To optimize my ListView performance on all platforms I want to load images in my ItemTemplate Async? I feel like the performance on ListView is not very well atm on Xamarin.Forms. Best Regards Ali
View ArticleHow to get the currently selected Cell object in a ListView?
The reason I'm asking is because I want to set BackgroundColor to something other than the default orange colour when I select an item in the list (Android). Cheers, Space Monkey
View ArticleAdding pins to Map works too slow
Hi all. I am a bit new to Xamarin, but I am liking what I am doing. I noticed that adding 10(or more) pins in a map is very slow. When I developed my application for Android without Xamarin I could...
View ArticleNavigation between XAML Pages fail
Hi, just starting out with Forms to investigate the feasibility of making one of my windows phone apps cross platform. I am hitting an issue when trying to navigate between XAML pages I used Adam...
View ArticleXamarin forms Android - jobject must not be intptr.zero
Hi, I'm having jobject must not be intptr.zero in my forms android app that contains list view with viewcell (in a Grid). I've improved my listview with only one grid, which is btr than before....
View ArticleVideo generation after editing
How to generate a new video after editing the video like effects,slow down,fast up etc... The original video should be as it is and a new video file should be generated. Can anyone help me out in this...
View ArticleCrash in custom renderer on iOS
I have a custom renderer for a DatePicker. However the OnElementPropertyChanged event is being fired during Dispose of the view on iOS (doesn't seem to happen on the Android build), causing a segfault...
View Articlehow could I make the listview header and the data align
<StackLayout Orientation="Vertical"> <StackLayout Padding="10,5,10,5"> <SearchBar Text="{Binding keyValues,Mode=TwoWay}" Style="{StaticResource SearchBarStyle}" SearchCommand="{Binding...
View Articlehow can i place Multi layout columns in listview?
i want to make multi layout listview in xamarin.forms so how can i use this type of functionality in my xamarin.forms application?
View ArticleFont Size on Android
Currently I am using Device.GetNamedSize(NamedSize.Medium, typeof(Label)); I am using the various named sizes and these looks great on a S4, but when i load the app onto my Galaxy Tab 3 the fonts are...
View ArticleErrors after updating packages.
I have Updated Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin.Android.Support to latest Version. Many of the written code is shown in red. and I cannot build any code. What can be done?
View ArticleXamarin.Forms 1.3.0 Technology Preview
Hey Guys! We are pleased to announce a technical preview of the 1.3.0 release with new features. Please note that this is almost all the features going into 1.3.0 and we will after this release be...
View ArticlePicker with multiple selections
What are people doing to allow multiple selections i.e. checkboxes for a list of items? It would be neat if the Picker had a "AllowMultiSelect" property or something to transform its mode of operation.
View ArticleForms2Native bug in MyThirdActivty
In https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-samples/blob/master/Forms2Native/FormsBasics.Android/MyThirdPageRenderer.cs, When you click on 2nd button to open MyThirdActivity and then Back button, a...
View ArticleLayoutOptions.Fill vs LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand
Can someone explain the difference between LayoutOptions.Fill and LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand? In the tests I've done, they seem to do the same thing. Am I missing something?
View ArticleAccess camera
Hello, I'm new to the Xamarin platform. I'm trying to look for accessing the camera from a button click. Currently I'm working on iOS but I'm using Xamarin.Forms so wondering if there is a...
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ViewCell renderer on cells that has "IsEnabled = true"
In XF xaml I can set a ViewCell property called IsEnabled. How do I reach this property from a ViewCellRenderer in iOS? if(cell.IsEnabled) //Override things i want to override The above code is how i...
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