WinPhone Switch control...
...is HUGE. There are massive gaps around it too...as in, put two on top of each other in a stack panel that has no padding and see how much space is between them. I've tried putting HeightRequest on...
View ArticleAdd NavigationBar to Page without NavigationPage
In Xamarin.Forms, how do I add a NavigationBar to a Page without putting it in a NavigationPage? The page will not navigation to any other pages.
View ArticleLast Known Position
Hi guys! I am looking for a way to retrieve the last know position (coordinates). I am developing application which shows different facilities near the user location. The case is that IGeoLocator is...
View ArticlePCLStorage failing on Visual Studio for Xamarin.Forms project
I've created a Xamarin.Forms project that uses PCLStorage. I've added PCLStorage from Nuget to all projects in the solution (iOS, Android, Win Phone and shared). When I run the app in the iOS simulator...
View ArticleUIActionSheet equivalent?
Is there a UIActionSheet equivalent in forms? I need to give the user a bunch of different option, preferably from something pointing to the button they pressed.
View ArticleUIActionSheet equivalent?
Is there a UIActionSheet equivalent in forms? I need to give the user a bunch of different option, preferably from something pointing to the button they pressed.
View ArticleForms >= 1.2.2.6243 breaks Win Phone
I have an existing solution. I tried adding a brand new Win Phone project to it. Works fine without a reference to Forms. As soon as I reference my Core project which references 1.2.2.6243 I get :...
View ArticleChange NavigationPage.BarTextColor won't build for iOS
Hi, once I try to change the bartextcolor for my navigationbar I get the following error when I compile for iOS. Xamarin.Forms.NavigationPage does not contain a definition for 'BarTextColor' Works fine...
View ArticleHow can I change the DataTemplate of a TabbedPage on Button Click ?
Hi All, Doing well I guess. I'm working on a Feedback kind of page where I'm using a Tabbed Page to take multiple Q&A from users. I've a DataTemplate defined in a Separate XAML file for the same....
View ArticleThe state of Navigation history persistence
Hi Xamarians, See this thread. The thing is that, at least in Android, the activity can and will be recreated. When this happens Forms is restarted, state is lost and navigation history is lost. One...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms app shutting down abnormally on Android
I have suddenly started to experience my app shutting down abnormally on a button click on android. The Output shows this: 08-19 09:15:00.696 F/ (28830): * Assertion at...
View ArticleHow to show subitems when you tap on an item listview???
Hello mates, I am working on a xamarin forms project. I have a listview with a datatemplate with a viewcell. The itemsource of the listview is a ObservableCollection. I can see the main items, but i...
View ArticleFind Android Native View
We have added a a Xamarin.Forms.Maps in a PCL xaml view and now to implement custom options, we have accessed to it from the Windows Phone Project so easy using VisualTreeHelper but how can I find the...
View ArticleXamarin Forms Freelancers/Consultants Required
Hi All, For one of my customer, I am actively looking for freelancers/consultants to work on Xamarin Forms [iOS, Android, WP8]. We are expecting approximately 127 hours of work to begin with and scope...
View ArticleNavigation using MVVM Light and Xamarin Forms in Cross Platform app
I am trying to navigate from one page to another using MessagingCenter and MVVMlight in my PCL based Xamarin project. I have 2 pages-Page1 & Page2. Both pages are bound to respective Viewmodels VM1...
View ArticleService Layer Implementation
I am just starting with Xamarin forms. I am using MvvmLight in my cross platform application. In my application, when a form loads, I want to send a request to rest service to download some images and...
View ArticleApp Icon vs NavigationPage Icon
Seems like by default the NavigationPage icon is set to the AppIcon. Overwriting it be setting the Icon property on the Navigation page does not do anything : public static Page GetMainPage () { return...
View ArticleListView in WP8 pretty Slow
Maybe someone has a good idea for my problem: I do have a app with a ListView containing a lot ImageCell items. The whole thing works really well and fast in iOS and Android. But on WP8 it's pretty...
View ArticleUnsubscribing from event handlers not necessary in Xamarin Forms? i.e. ok to...
Based on some testing I have come to the conclusion that unsubscribing from event handlers is not necessary in Xamarin Forms for iOS, as it is in a non-forms iOS app when inheriting from NSObject....
View ArticleWhy do I receive a System.TypeLoadException when setting Label font in...
The Font = Font.SystemFontOfSize(NamedSize.Small) in the following code will cause a System.TypeLoadException. When I remove that code it works fine. Any ideas? using Xamarin.Forms; class TopBar :...
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