How to bind to Command of button in listview when itemssource is set?
How do I change the binding context of a button inside a listview, (its a call button for a contact essentially), when the itemssource is set to an observable collection but the Command is in the view...
View ArticleIntegrate Audio Player in Xamarin Forms Shared Project
Hi, I'm developing a Xamarin Forms shared project and I will like to know how to integrate an Audio Player in my project, I read that Xamarin Forms doesn't have an Audio API and I need to use audio...
View ArticleTabbedRenderer - binding to TintColor not working properly
In order to create theme I bound a lot of my control's colors to a property and they all change when I modify the theme color except the TabbedRenderer's TabBar.TintColor. I don't see a...
View ArticleMasterDetail WinPhone Removing Default AppBarButton
Is there a way to get rid of the Default AppBar Button on WinPhone ? I have tried creating a ContentPageCustomRenderer and getting rid of it OnAppearing, but that doesn't cover all cases(i.e. The...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms ListView not properly resizing (only on iOS)
I'm using a ListView in Xamarin.Forms. I have a problem with the resizing of the rows. When I start my application on portrait mode, the width of the rows fill the screen (as intended), but when I...
View ArticleEmbed a page inside a page?
I know there are a few page types that allow for multiple pages (extend from MultiPage I think) but is there a way to put a ContentPage INSIDE another content page? I know it's not as it was designed,...
View ArticleBinding custom view
Hello, I am having some troubles to use a customized view and bindings... Actually, I want to create a custom grid. So, I created a new class that extends Grid. namespace Listes.Customized { class...
View ArticleNull reference exception from this.LoadFromXaml() in compiler generated code
I have a view that has the UI defined in XAML, and is loaded automatically when the view is created and a call to InitializeComponent is made from the ctor: public VideoContentView () {...
View ArticleHow to implement Left Bar Button on Navigation page using Xamarin forms.
Hi, In my app i am using both native and xamarin form UI. From my native i am presenting view controller to show the forms page on the view. The form page is embedded with navigation page, so how to...
View ArticleLabels and title not appearing on iOS Simulator
Hi, I have a really simple view (just starting out with Xamarin forms), the code is below. On Android and Windows phone it displays correctly, however on the iOS Simulator on my mac it just displays...
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NavigationPage Push/Pop event sequence different across platforms
I was using the NaviationPage.Popped event to be able to check/determine in a ContentPage.OnDisappearing event whether this was being called as the page was closing (i.e. being popped) or whether a new...
View ArticleImplement IDisposable on Element ?
I need at place to unsubscribe Pages/Controls from MessageCenter. OnDisappearing is not always useful. For example, when pushing a detail page it calls the OnDisappearing on the list page doing the...
View ArticleClassId and StyleId: What are they used for?
Right now I'm utilizing them as a hack for Pixate css id & class support. I don't see it used internally in Xamarin.Forms though. Where are they being used?
View ArticleCan we get more frequent releases and the source code?
After using Xamarin.Forms for a few weeks, it's becoming apparent that while promising, the library is full of bugs, which are often major and even in some cases indicative of larger design issues....
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How to disable TextCell using customrenderer through dynamic property binding
Here is my custom renderer for TexCell <local:ExtendedTextCell isEnabled="{Binding Enabled}"/> The binding changes dynamically but this doesn't disable the TextCell. How do I make it so that...
View ArticleNavigation Confusion
The main page for my app is a Navigation page. I have a requirement to have a page laid out with a list of items on the left, and the right side should be a single content area that rebinds based on...
View ArticleDisplayAlert cutting off text on Android?
I have a Xamarin Forms app that runs on both iOS and Android. I am using DisplayAlert to display messages that wrap onto a second line. On iOS this works as expected but on Android the text stays on...
View ArticleBest method to implement a multi select list?
UPDATE: I think implementing it with a Custom Renderer which customizes ListView is the approach. I'll post back with results. I'm trying to implement a multi-select list. The list only contains a list...
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