Action bar on Xamarin Forms using XAML (Android, iOS, WinPhone)
Has anyone implemented an action bar with menus? This Android, iOS, and if possible with WinPhone. Furthermore. How Xamarin Forms can be used "Fragments"? As in the picture Have a view in which there...
View ArticleGrid Horizontally Stretched on page
I have a simple grid with some rows with controls inside. I want my grid and controls to be stretched according to screen size automatically. I tried it on Android but after trying different layout...
View ArticlePushAsync() and delay
I'm wondering how to avoid delation after Navigation.PushAsync() was called. Where do I need to post all my initialization code for view and view model? At a moment my init code is in constructors of...
View ArticleUnable to upload MediaFile.Source through Web API
I have written a code for Image capture through Camera and on button click upload same image on Server through API. I tried converting MediaFile.Source to byte[] but couldn't find the Image Format...
View ArticleOnly use Pages from Xamarin.Forms
Hello people, I have been experimenting with Forms for a while now and I'm looking for the best way to use .Forms and thinking of only using the Pages for handling navigation from PCL. The content of...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms and iOS8 Launch Images
How to I create a Dynamic Launch Screen for my Xamarin.Forms iOS project? The Xamarin guide under "Unified Storyboards" seems to refer more to an iOS only application (with a storyboard) and not a...
View ArticleLabel wrapping in RelativeLayout
I'm having some trouble with word wrapping of a label that's placed in a RelativeLayout. It's added with a non-zero xConstraint and non-zero yConstraint and a widthConstraint (which is effectively...
View ArticleProgramming with 'Xamarin Forms' vs 'Traditional' (4 Projects: Android, iOS &...
What way to program mobile applications seems the best and why?
View ArticleNet functions (TCP, http posting) in Xamarin Forms
I'm working on an app right now that requires some modest internet interaction - the ability to transfer some data online, either by TCP or an HTTP Post. Is there a straightforward way XF handles this?...
View ArticleFloat an Image with text around it
Is it possible to set an image to float left or right and have text wrap round it, like you can in HTML?
View ArticleGetting the Control bound to a Property
Hello. I'm writing an Input Validation framework for Xamarin.Forms. I made it like default Microsoft attributes validation. The validation logic is finished and validation errors are thrown as...
View ArticleCustom Picker Help
I'm trying to create a custom picker similar to the TimePicker, but for decimal numbers. I want two wheels, one for the left side of the decimal place and one for the right. On the page I want it to...
View ArticleExtending an Entry without custom renderer?
Hello, I'm trying to create an extended Entry control (for example ValidationEntry) which lets me set the text color to red, or clear the text, if there is an error when submitting a form. Can this be...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms 1.2.3 Prerelease 2 out
Important Notes In this release we have changed the base class of EntryRenderer from a ViewRenderer<Entry, Canvas> to a ViewRenderer<Entry, Grid> on Windows Phone. While it is unlikely...
View ArticleXamarin Forms with View Designer for XAML?
Does anyone know if there is a plugin to integrate designer views Xamarin for 'Xamarin Forms' with XAML?
View Article3 rows 20%x40%x40%
The attached file shows what i'm trying to do, it's a simple layout, 3 rows divided on percentages. I tried so far, no success: <!-- One: how can I put percentage on this? --> <StackLayout...
View ArticleException whilte trying to open Activity from Xamarin.Forms page
Hi, I am getting below exception when I try to open Android Activity from Forms page. System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object at at...
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A ListViewRenderer architecture
Hi guys, I'd like to see the docs about how to create a custom ListViewRenderer. Not because I need another ListViewRenderer (assuming the current one will get performance boost ) but because I might...
View ArticleMixed UI (Forms and Native) Navigation
I am currently working on a project which will have a mixture of Xamarin.Forms and Native UI (this is mainly due to needing some Mapping functionality that I could not get working in Xamarin.Forms)....
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ListView JumpList
I have started to use the example from I am wondering how I can make the jumplist different. I am wanting to have a static A-Z list that does not scroll with the list view. I also would like to change...
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