Background Image for button, Entry and other views.
Please, I am having issues on how to set the background image for an entry field or a button. I have searched and found how to change the background colour using custom rendering but am having issues...
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I need to trigger an action after my menu is totally closed. I know there is a IsPresentedChanged but this event is trigger when the Master starts closing not when is totally closed.
View ArticleCode review: Concise views with static-type bindings
So I wrote this, and I'm pretty happy with it, and I thought I'd share. I hate magic strings, and I'm a big fan of static typing, and I usually build my interfaces in code rather than XAML. But at the...
View ArticleHow to properly indicate page is loading?
Hello, I have tried many different ways of doing this and none are consistent across all platforms. I have my testpage.cs that loads 400 labels in a grid which takes several seconds and am in need of a...
View ArticleConfused about Xamarin Form Labs
Hi. I am trying to get started with Xamarin Form Labs, with my first goal to get the Device resolution, size and dpi. I added the Forms Labs Core package to my Android project, as well as the IoC...
View ArticleApplication / Activity State
Hi, I am new to Xamarin. How can I save Application state or activity state in Forms. Issue I am facing is when I rotate or minimize the app and come back it take me back to MainActivity.cs's onCreate...
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Fun new iOS build error
Has anyone else seen this....and even better have a fix/workaround. I can't build iOS at all now
View ArticleAndroid - CellRenderer
Hello everyone! Need to customize the rendering of CellRender on android, I am using the following classes: public class MenuCell : ViewCell { public string Text { get { return label.Text; } set {...
View ArticleForms application not installing on some androids - Error -103
I'm having a strange problem currently. The application/APK I'm putting out is not installing on some android devices, but is installing on others. I checked the log during the install process for one...
View ArticleCyclic Serialisation/Deserialsation
What is the best way to perform serialisation in PCL? This needs to encompass cyclic references as I have a hierarchey of objects which each reference their parent. normally I would use the...
View Articlehow to change the default backbutton title in navigationbar to 'Back'
Hi, can anybody tell me how to change the default back button title to 'Back' now it is showing the page name
View ArticleShow viewcontroller from dependency
As in the subject, I need to push a viewcontroller created inside an exported dependency into the screen (modal is ok). How to do it?
View ArticleListview pull to refresh for iOS and Android
how to implement listview pull to refresh in forms? thanks in advance.
View ArticleScrollView Orientation Issue
I'm having an issue with the ScrollView control when the orientation of the app changes. The issue seems to occur when the following is true: The content in the ScrollView cannot be scrolled (because...
View ArticleGoogleMap with Forms
Hello, I want to port an application on Xamarin. I have a GoogleMap but i cannot use Map because i need things like polylines... My question is how can I use a GoogleMap with forms ? I looked about...
View ArticleOpenGLView and setPreserveEGLContextOnPause
Hello, Do someone know how to set PreserveEGLContextOnPause with an OpenGLView ? Else as backup, how to know that it was paused ?
View ArticleAdjust ContentPage background image size
I am using the BackgroundImage property on a ContentPage. It looks good on Android, but it doesn't look like it's the correct size on iOS. Is there a way to handle how it scales?
View ArticleXamarin.Forms NavigationPage BackgroundImage - Android
Hi there! I am trying to setup an image as a background for a NavigationPage on a Xamarin.Forms project. Here is how my App.cs file looks like: public class App { public static Page GetMainPage () {...
View ArticleCustom Font in Forms Labs ExtendedLabel
I'm trying to use ExtendedLabel to set a custom font in code, but all I get is the default System Font. Here's what I have, pretty straightforward: `var myLabel = new ExtendedLabel { Text = "some...
View ArticleProblem in getting event for allow or don't allow on LOcation GPS enable
Hi Evenryone, I am facing problem to get the code wait for "Allow" or Don't Allow" below is my code bool istrue = false; CLLocationManager locationManager = new CLLocationManager(); Version version =...
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