Custom page renderer
Hi all. I have a custom page renderer in iOS where when it passes through the ViewWillAppear I want to add a button to the nav bar. I think you do it like this as i can't see a way to add it when in...
View ArticleCustom Entry view like SearchBar
I'm trying to create a custom Entry view that's similar to the SearchBar view (I know the SearchBar has an X for clearing the text, but want to implement my own). I want to add an X at the end, so that...
View ArticleWhat's the best way to save a few variables in Xamarin.Forms?
I need a lightweight saving/loading mechanism for a few app settings variables. I know that creating a database is possible, but that seems like overkill for this situation. Android's SharedPreferences...
View ArticleXamarin Forms Labs 1.1.0 released
Hi guys , Xamarin Forms Labs is a open source project from the Xamarin community, we have controls and services to help you build your Xamarin Forms apps. We just released a new version of the nuget...
View ArticleXamarin Forms Android TabbedPage error
Im getting this error when i change between tabs in android [MonoDroid] UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object [MonoDroid] at...
View Articlehow to select pictures in Android by xamarin.forms
I find that select picture at Android will associate with Activity. Forms just has one main Activity, so who can give me a solution to solve the problem.
View ArticleLock the scroll inside a web view
Hello How can I block the croll inside a wenb view in xamarin forms? Mario
View ArticleLocalization for controls
Hi everybody! I'm sure this is pretty simple, but how can I achieve that the controls are shown in German? When I use a date picker, the month values are shown in english by default. In Android and iOS...
View ArticleMax length on Entry
Is there a way to limit the length of text in an Entry control? If not, is it planned to add this feature?
View ArticleXamarin.iOS Page drawing in Xamarin Forms. Help with iOS equivalent to...
Hi there, I am at the final stages of completion for an application which is built mainly with Xamarin Forms (Login+Main Page), the Main page contains a part of it which is drawn natively using a...
View ArticleApp Crash When Try To Bind Data To ListView
Hi all, I'm facing a problem with ListView (Xamarin.Forms): In page 1, I try to open page 2, and then load data: Page2 page2 = new Page2 (mCurrentActivityType); if (Device.OS != TargetPlatform.iOS) {...
View ArticleProgress Dialog in Xamarin.Forms
Hi, We are working on sample application using Xamarin.Forms. We need to implement to show the** progress dialog** in the application. It seems to be not available in Xamarin.Forms. How to implement...
View ArticleTimezone not found on deserializing json datetime
I believe this is already a known bug. Android Compile: 4.0.3 Minimum: 4.0.3 Target: 4.4 When I try to deserialize a json that contains a datetime I get a timezone not found. If I manually set the...
View ArticleUsing Custom Renderers to Create a new Page type in forms
Hi, Does anyone know if we can create custom page type templates using custom renderers? For ex. I want to create a Carousel or Tabbed page with my own implementation on how it will look when rendered...
View ArticleCannot get todo sample to work, referencing version 1.1.0.6202 but nuget...
Hi all, I was just trying to take a look at the full xamarin.forms todo sample, but I cannot get it to load the android, ios and main todo projects. The error is something like: The imported project...
View ArticleAlertDialog.Builder Rendererer from Picker (sharing code).
Code is raw and has not been cleaned up, but allows you to create an Alert modal window for the picker control. code works, nothing to handle the events of the AlertDialog control. I share the solution...
View ArticleIOS bordered button custom renderer
Hi all I've built a custom renderer derived from the Button class, to basically make it easier for me to add custom styled buttons. I need a button with rounded borders, on IOS by default they don't...
View ArticleMasterDetailPage with Navigation
Hello, I have an application which has a Splash Screen on startup and then navigates to main page which is MasterDetailPage. After navigating to main page, it appears that page has Back Button (since...
View ArticleBinding List.Count to part of Label in XAML
Hi everyone, I was trying to bind my Lists count value to a part of a Label in XAML. The Label looks like this: I'm a List with >>10<< entries! The 10 should be updating when I add or...
View ArticleWhy is my ViewCellRenderer applied to ALL view cells in iOS?
I made a custom iOS renderer for a ViewCell, but when I use it it is being applied in other normal ViewCells other than my custom cell. The other normal ViewCells are having their background's changed...
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