How can i show ToolbarItem Icon (shopping basket) together with Text (item...
Hi All, I am working on shopping cart menu item icon and i would like to show the count of item text together with icon as below pic . how can i make it work ? <ToolbarItem Order="Primary"...
View ArticleIs there a way via XAML to add a ToolbarItem conditionally, for only...
For Views, I found a good XAML workaround to conditional display per platform, by setting View.IsVisible using OnPlatform, like so: <Button Text="Whatever"> <Button.IsVisible>...
View ArticleWorking with images from a PCL
Im creating an app using XLabs camerafunctionality but I do not understand how I can work with the images that gets saved on the disk of the device. I use this code to take a photo: public async Task...
View ArticleAndroid builder tool error
Hi, I'm struggling on an error that I can't exactly understand, it occurred after adding google play services component to the Droid package of a Xamarin.Forms solution. Hope anyhow could shad a light...
View ArticleShowing a picker after a button click
Hi, I want to show a picker after a buttonclick to change the color of a boxview. How can I show/hide a picker in a button click event? This is my code: public partial class MainPage : ContentPage {...
View ArticleOpen pin label and adress in code
I want to show my pin label and adress by default without tapping on the pin in a map. Is this possible?
View ArticleA little help required, how to start using XF in an existing PCL based app
Hi guys, Dipping my toe again in the XF world and I want to use XF for some basic data entry screens in an existing PCL based iOS and Droid app. Ive added a XF class library project to my app which...
View ArticleDisable CarouselPage finger swipe
Implemented with success a derivative CarouselPage control that lets you change the current page by index to create a steps form(wizard). The page change interaction should be carried out by buttons on...
View ArticleBlurred text on Xamarin.Label inside a ViewCell on iPad
Hi, I've implemented a custom cell class that extends ViewCell, it contains two Labels nested inside a StackLayout. On Android it looks fine but on iOS the text is noticeably blurred compared to a...
View Articlepicker button
Can you change the picker to a button instead of a Entry element? I tried a render and can change it to a button, but I lose the functionality of the picker. Any ideas? thanks
View ArticleCustom commands?
Hey, is there a guide or example how you should create own commands in a view renderer? I would like to use commands instead of events so that we can bind these to our viewmodel instead of the code...
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Changing the back button color on NavigationPage | Android
Hi! I am trying to change the back button color of a navigation page. It does reflect the color sat from BarTextColor, but when thats white, its hard to see the "<" because it gets some...
View ArticleOpening a datepicker view with the click event button in a toolbar item
Hello I have a datepicker inside a stacklayout, what i want to do is open the datepicker when the user clicks a button (any button) DatePicker startDate = new DatePicker { Format = "D", BackgroundColor...
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App Layout - Android with tabs at bottom and icons, and slider inside tabs.
Hey guys, I have a pretty tricky work. I have a Xamarin Android app and I'm thinking of migrating it to forms. The reason is the cross platform advantage. However I had some problems, since I want to...
View ArticleTabbedPage Bar change its color on Android
Hi guys! I am doing an app that requires to set a TabbedPage (with 4 NavigationPage because the customer wants the tabs being visible the whole time) and everything is working fine on iOS, but, on...
View ArticleWorkingWithWebView sample not fully functional on WP8?
Hello, @CraigDunn ! I'm trying to embed a custom font in our app, and I was trying to follow the steps in the WorkingWithWebView sample app as a guide. However, it appears that the "baseurl" page...
View ArticleHow to access native view, from the PCL code of a custom view, or at least...
I have a custom content page in my app, which handles all the navigation. I want to be able to to talk to the renderer of a custom view, to invoke a tight interface of messages on it, i.e. ShowZoomed,...
View ArticleUnhandled Error in Android.Platform.GetRenderer
I am now experiencing an issue that I believe started with XF 1.4. It occurs in a custom renderer on Android. My custom ViewCellRenders were working prior to upgrading to 1.4.0. 1.4.1-pre does not fix...
View ArticleControlTemplate in Xamarin.Forms
I want to customize the Xamarin.Forms UI controls. Is Style or ControlTemplate supported, like the WindowsPhone?
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