Access GPS Location
Hi. I'm building a cross platform application with Xamarin Forms and XAML, and I need to access the GPS to get the current position. All examples I find are for Android or iOS platforms, could somebody...
View ArticleAzure Mobile Service Connection not connecting... Error: NameResolutionFailure
Any ideas... Seems to work on WinPhone but not on Android.... MobileServiceClient MobileService = new MobileServiceClient( , ) var result = await...
View ArticleChange border color for Editor Control
How I can change the border color of an Editor control on Android platform by using custom render ?
View ArticleCan I read a UIImage from the photo library?
Hi, I'm writing an app that allows the user to select multiple images from the Photo Library and I store the URL for each of these in an array so that the user can go back to them later. However, I...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms to Platform specific UI
Hi, So what I want to know is basically what is the best way to write a UI using forms only, like a prototype crossplatform version, and then move to platform specific UIs. I'm trying to determine what...
View Articleblack screen after update Xamarin.
Updated version of Xamarin today 4/9/2015 and my app get the black screen and does not open. Can anyone help me.
View ArticleCan't select text, copy, paste in an Editor view
I am using Editor view (currently in Android). Long press doesn't show the text selection, copy, paste bar (the regular Android's bar). But Entry view allows all of these. Please help.
View ArticleHorizontal stack layout with a label and a slider, how to vertically centre...
Hi guys, Im trying to use a horizontal stack layout to setup a label and a slider inside a cell. I can get them to appear, but the label is aligned to the top and not entered vertically, and nothing I...
View ArticleSplit action bar on only one page?
According to the Android SDK: To split the action bar, add android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" to each activity in your manifest file that you want to have a split action bar. How to do this...
View ArticleCannot resolve symbol InitializeComponent when adding Xaml ContentPage
Hi, whenever i add a new xaml ContentPage my XamarinForms PCL i get > Cannot resolve symbol InitializeComponent Below is the code behind, the markup as well as the entry in the solution file...
View ArticleToolbar - Application Title
Is it possible to horizontally place the application title in the toolbar? If not then I have noticed that the space between the back button on toolbar and application title is very less. Is it...
View ArticleLoad image from share resource
Hi all. I having development a small project by Xamarin-forms and encounter a problem. I have a custom Listview that display images from my resource. Problem here are i don't know how to organize...
View Article0KB .ipa file ???
Hi all, Today when I try to build Xamarin.iOS project in Ad-Hoc mode, I receive a 0 KB .ipa file. When I build the project in debug/release mode, it works fine. Any idea?
View ArticleCan I nest a PopupLayout (or RelativeLayout) inside another layout?
I am trying to place a Map control inside of a PopupLayout, where the PopupLayout doesn't start at the top of the screen. I have something like this: <StackLayout>...
View ArticleI/Choreographer(23341): Skipped 41 frames! The application may be doing too...
Hi Guys, What is the best way to avoid getting this warning : I/Choreographer(23341): Skipped 41 frames! The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
View ArticleHow could I use MasterDetailPage logout and jump to the Login page
Since the Navigation.PushAsync(Page) want work ,How could make this direct through
View ArticleNavigation problem (maybe a bug with the new Xamarin version)
Hi, to move from a page to another i used this method: Mynav = new NavigationPage(mypage) { }; MainPage = Mynav; But I noticed that there are some memory problems: after i changed page a certain...
View ArticleStackLayout overflow my cell grid.
Hello friends, I do a project using reusable controls and i have a problem when i use several views in a stacklayout when it is contained in a cell grid, the stacklayout overflow the cell. To explain...
View ArticleIs it possible to change the Font of the Editor control?
Seems like it should be easy enough to do but I can't find out how. Anyone know?
View ArticleThird Party Charting Components - A quick review on availability
I thought I'd share this as we looked at the available third party Charting offerings with Xamarin Forms a couple of weeks ago (updated 24-Dec-2014) The two client prerequisites for choosing a solution...
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