Multiline text, second power in label, bold font in label
Hi, I would like ask if I have long text, can I label or other control? I need bigger space between lines. Can I do second power in label, its possible and how do I small piece of text bold in label (I...
View ArticleThreading with async, await not executing the task
Using VS2013u2 and Xamarin 3 on Android. Created a task in a shared class public enum MyResults { Unknown, Successs, Failed } public Task<MyResults> MyTask() { return new Task<string>(()...
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Any ETA on the animation bug with Carousel View
I know that a Pre Release is due today, is there any chance that the Animation bug with adding objects at the beginning of ItemSource is in this? It's kind of a show stopper for me right now. I have...
View ArticleHow to change the color of Xamarin.Forms.NavigationPage
I wrote this, but it seems not working. public class App { public static Page GetMainPage () { var masterPage = new MasterPage (); var navigationPage = new NavigationPage (masterPage);...
View ArticleMarkupExtension not found
Hi there, Im trying to use the "ImageResourceExtension" to link embedded images from a Xamarin.Forms UI made in XAML. If i try to set the Image source from code it works but not from XAML. ` <?xml...
View Article[XAML][REALDEVICE] Problems with JIT/AOT and ResourceDictionary
Hi all, @JasonASmith @CraigDunn Today I first deployed my app on a real iPhone. I knew I would have to fix some issues but I came across an issue that I didn't fully understand. So I have this code...
View ArticleIs basic image pinch zoom implemented?
Reading through various discussions here and elsewhere, am I right in concluding that pinch zoom of images is not a base functionality available in Xamarin.Forms, and needs to be done through...
View ArticleIs it possible to use IGrouping instead of ObservableCollection on Grouped...
Currently I have an ObservableCollection as follows public class MediaListSection : ObservableCollection<MediaViewModel> { public string SectionName { get; private set; } public...
View ArticleMasterDetailPage crashes on Android when using NavigationPage
Hi, I have an app that displays a Login page (a ContentPage) inside a NavigationPage. After the user logs in, she gets another ContentPage where the user will select a role (buyer or seller) and then...
View ArticleSetting BindingContext to null doesn't do anything
I am experimenting a bit and looking into how to reset BindingContext. For testing purposes I have a view model with couple of properties: string Text and ImageSource Image and binding these two guys...
View ArticleHow can I add native android view to Xamarin.Forms View?
Hi, I am trying t add a chart to the Xamarin.Forms. the chart libary I use is OxyPlot and it returns a Android.Views.View object. Is there any samples on how i can add this to my Xamirin.Forms layout?...
View ArticleWhy is UIBarButtonSystemItem.Action not displaying?
I have a PageRenderer to Add Action icon to the top right, which does social sharing function. Here is the code: public override void ViewDidLoad() { base.ViewDidLoad();...
View ArticleBorder around layout
Hi, I was trying to put things horizontally on an Ipad(like the master - detail page). How can I add borders to the layouts in order to separate different parts of the page? I was trying to add a...
View Articlehow to handle navigation.PopModalAsync()
I have a listview when tapped it will open up a page using navigation.PushModalAsync(). I used customrenderer so that the Textcell in listview will change color using cell.SelectedBackgroundView = new...
View ArticleScaling Detail page in MasterDetailPage when Masterpage shown
Hi guys, I want is, When Master page is visible, detail page to be scaled to the available space in right side. i was able to follow thread below and reduce the master page side of android. thanks to...
View ArticleDial Pad on Xamarin Forms
In Short: Is there a simple way or standard way to call the dial pad on Xamarin forms ? Longer version: I have a tabbed page with a tab called "Dial" , this tab should contain the phone dial pan , with...
View ArticleTableView Section Title Not Appearing
Creating a TableSection without a title parameter seems to disable the rendering of any TitleProperty text set on the TableSection after it's initialization. If I pass in an empty string to the...
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Using native OS buttons
I would like to create buttons and use the native buttons that is given by the OS in case of Dial-Pad , WITHOUT going to the dial page. like in a normal view. Is there a way to do that ?
View ArticleHow can I notify a ViewModel that navigation has returned to it from a...
I'm using an MVVM approach. I have a ViewModel (let's call it Main) that needs to know via callback, event, etc. when navigation has returned to it from its child ViewModel. My attempted solution was...
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