Screen flicker on navigation
I'm using Xamarin Forms in my app. I've followed the recommended pattern for showing a login screen within a navigation page - my initial page is a page within a navigation page and then the login page...
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iOS Local Notifications
I've been trying to get a local notification to pop up in the notification manager using the sample code provided by the Xamarin titled "Notifications in Xamarin.iOS" with no success. What is it I...
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How to make Font.OfSize bold
I have a Label and want to make it bold. I only know BoldSystemFontOfSize() (obsolete) and the new Font.SystemFontOfSize(size,attribute) but how can I apply bold to a Font.OfSize(string name, double...
View ArticleProblem with using PushModalAsync on top of a custom rendered page in Android
The main page in my application requires a custom page renderer (and an activity). When the application launches, I initially need to display a login page (a simple Forms page). After some googling, it...
View ArticlePage loading on iOS emulator, but not on device - Unable to get entitlements...
My app runs fine on the iOS emulator, but never displays the first page when I run on a physical device. The App.GetMainPage().CreateViewController() returns a valid view controller, and it is being...
View ArticleCultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase is gone?
Dumb question. I cant seem to find ToTitleCase anywhere. TextInfo textInfo = Translater.ci.TextInfo; textInfo.ToTitleCase("this is a test"); // doesnt exist do i have to make my own method? I've seen...
View ArticleIs There a way to differentiate iphone 5, iphone 6 and 6+
Hi Folks, Is there a way to know at run time what device it is. I know how to differentiate iPhone and iPad, but how to differentiate iphone5, 6 and 6+? Thank you
View ArticleLongTap as well as Tap Gesturer
It would be great to have LongTap along with the current Tap event/gesture available across most, if not all, views and controls within .Forms as a large proportion of apps (mine definitely!) have...
View ArticleWindows Azure Exception in Release Mode
Simple Forms app using Azure Mobile Services. When I run it in release mode I get an unhandled exception (below). I can fix it by switching to No Linking but the package balloons up to 40MB lol. Any...
View ArticleWindows Azure Exception in Release Mode
Simple Forms app using Azure Mobile Services. When I run it in release mode I get an unhandled exception (below). I can fix it by switching to No Linking but the package balloons up to 40MB lol. Any...
View ArticleError building for Android
Hi all, When I try to build for android, I get this error: /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/External/xbuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets: Error: Tool exited with code: 1. Output:...
View ArticleGoogle Analytics in Xamarin Forms
Hi, I want to implement google analytics in my forms app to check usage. Is there a way to implement this in Xamarin?
View ArticleColor conversion in the WP8 renderer
What is the secret to converting from a Xamarin.Forms.Color to a System.Windows.Media.Color inside of a custom renderer? There are no .To methods and you can't typecast it either. It's got to be...
View ArticleHow to use tabbed page to switch among child pages
I have a Forms application with three pages. I'd like to use a tabbed page to switch among the three so that you can access them in any order. The samples seem to show swapping different data into the...
View ArticleCustom Fonts in Android
Hi. I am following this example for setting custom font for Android, iOS and WP http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/working-with/fonts/ Everything works fine except on...
View ArticleUpgrade Issue
I'm trying to upgrade my Xamarin Forms package from 1.0.6186 to 1.2.3.6257 and I receive the following error in Xamarin Studio: Could not install package 'Xamarin.Forms 1.2.3.6257'. You are trying to...
View ArticleDependencyService and Referenced Projects
I've been attempting to create a class library for a set of services to be accessed in a Xamarin Forms application, using the DependencyService mechanism for each platform. I've been unable to...
View ArticleIs there a way to use intent filters with Forms
I would like to launch a particular content page from an intent filter. Any ideas how I can do this? Thanks
View ArticleIsShowingUser doesn´t work
I'm using xamarin forms map and the IsShowingUser property doesn´t work, please help
View ArticleListview - How to fill
What is the best way to fill a Listview? I have one Json or Csv file and it includes many items. When an item is chosen, I need another Listview filled in with different data from the same Json or Csv....
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