controls widths and heights based on device capabilities
I am developing simple survey form that should display well on iPhone and iPad, i.e. layout mus be responsive. I am using Xamarin.Forms. What is the right way to do it? Thanks in advance, Sanjin
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How can we optimize grid in Xamarin forms, so it can resuse view item? Currently I'm getting Outofmemory error when adding 500 items in Grid. or How can we show data like grid with proper memory...
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Push and pop NavigtionPage using dependency service.
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View ArticleGet phone number and carrier name
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View ArticleCross platform Barcode Reader
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View ArticleIncluding a Xamarin.Forms PCL in native apps
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View ArticleCan I get the height of the Android on-screen navigation bar?
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View ArticleTap not detected on Android Tablet
Hi, We found something weird recently. On Android tablet (and only there), the tap is not detected everywhere. For example we have a ListView with a row template composed of an image and some text....
View ArticleXAML VS C# - Performance differences
In my current project I experienced performance issues when navigating to a page with a ListView. The ListView has generally 30 entries (or more). The navigation to the page took 1.5 seconds or longer...
View ArticleApplication.Current.Properties what security/protection does it have?
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Icon in AndroidManifest not used
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View ArticleSend an email
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View ArticleCarousel View Custom Renderer Alternative?
Since there is not a Carousel View just yet (and Xamarin doesn't sound convinced to make one), has anyone made a custom renderer that can share some code on how to make a swipable carousel?
View ArticleLabel YAlign property does not work when changing font size in iOS
The YAlign property does not work when I change the font size of a label in iOS. In Android it works fine. Is this a known bug? Does someone know a workaround for this issue? Used setting:...
View ArticleXLabs HybridWebView Issue
Hi everybody, I've a problem with hybridwebview. I've login page and navigate to home page than the code first run is ok but when i logout and again login get an error object referance This code is...
View ArticleDocumentation for style value to assign to properties
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View ArticleHttpClient with WebApi is not working
I'm doing this: HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); var retorno = client.GetStringAsync("http://localhost/painelapi/api/values/get"); gets WaitForActivation status but returns nothing to me. so I...
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