ContentView lifecycle
Hi, First I'm a huge fan of Xamarin & Xamarin.Forms, it is simply amazing ! My question is : I am creating a XAML ContentView which has animations looping while the IsVisible property is true and...
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I have an image that is data-bound to ImageSource object. It works on Android but fails on Windows Phone platform. I've tried multiple ways to initialize ImageSource:...
View ArticleHow to prevent software back button navigation
Overriding the OnBackButtonPressed makes it possible to take control over physical back navigation, why isn't it possible to do the same for the software back button? This is very inconsistent and...
View ArticleUse Ioc in iOS and Forms at the same time (XLabs)
I have this in my iOS project private void SetIoc() { var resolverContainer = new SimpleContainer(); var app = new XFormsAppiOS(); app.Init(this); resolverContainer.Register<IDevice>(t =>...
View ArticleIs there a guide to all the publishing options for iOS to the app store,...
I've read through the xamarin guide and understand the process, but it would be nice to have in one place a step by step guide to using VS and only VS to get an IPA for enterprise and get an app in a...
View ArticleDelete empty rows from TableView
Hey guys, I am trying to make a tableview with 3 entryCells (it's always going to be 3). My problem is that the table automatically extends, adding many more unneeded rows to my tableView. Is there a...
View Articlehow to implement custom page renderers on android?
this blog post http://blog.xamarin.com/using-custom-uiviewcontrollers-in-xamarin.forms-on-ios/ formed the base of my custom navigation system for my app, allowing me to create my own UIVIewController...
View ArticleBackground Image from Remote URL
Is there anyway we can set background image url for a content page in Xamarin.Forms from a remote URL? If I use BackgroundImage="imagename.png" it works as long as the image is in resources for the app...
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ResourceID not seen in Visual Studio
Resource id needed for embedded resource. its seen in XS but not in VS
View ArticleWhy won't my PropertyChange not be null for an iNotifyPropertyChanged?
I am trying to bind a label's text to a ViewModel property, but for some reason the PropertyChange is always null when RaisePropertyChanged is fired. The viewmodel's property value does change, and the...
View ArticleScreen Recorder
First let me tell you YES i know the App Store will not Approve such App and this is not for App Store anyway so i want ask how Screen Recorder works and this is not for Recording single app , it...
View ArticleApp.OnSleep is not called on Android when resources are constrained
If I set the debugging options on Android not to allow background processes and press the Home button, the Xamarin Forms app is killed and App.OnSleep is not called as expected and documented. However,...
View Articleput two buttons on the same line.
How can i put two buttons on the same line for code sharing platform?
View ArticleApply a full page background image to the main page.
I cannot apply a full screen background to my main page, because of the navigation pages. How can it be done? I have a white title bar space on the top as in the attachment.
View ArticlePicker is displayed differently on my samsung galaxy note then in the emulator
The xamarin forms picker is displayed differently on my samsung galaxy note then in the android emulator. In the emulator I can scroll the choices. On my samsung galaxy note 2 and 4 I have to toggle an...
View ArticleHow to prevent double tap?
I created a Page with a button which will execute Navigation.PopAsync() on click. but if the user double tap the button, the Navigation.PopAsync() will run twice. How to prevent that happen?
View ArticleUnified vs Classic and how to deploy for both
Edit as original question was defunct as the problem was down to the AWS sdk dll - unified vs classic.
View ArticleThe type 'MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplictionDelegate' is defined in an assembly...
... Consider adding a reference to assembly 'monotouch, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=84e04ff9cfb79065' (CS0012) I got this error after updating my app to migrate the unified api...
View Articlexamarin forms app crashing when calling through soap websevice
i am using soap service to call. my app have a page in which there are 4 services calling for data fetching. this is almost like wallupdate page in facebook. and i am using xamarin 1.4.0 . please help.
View Articlepopping up another contentpage from something happening in the viewmodel
Hi Experts, I'm using the viewmodel as my controller. Not sure if that's a bad idea - but I don't know where else to put the control. When something happens in my viewmodel, I want to cause another...
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