System Icons in Xamarin Forms
Is there a way to get the system icons for each platform when using Forms? I'm trying to create a ToolBarItem with an Add icon. I can, of course, create my own "+" icon, but IOS already have an add...
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This line: await btn.RotateTo(180, 1000) rotates a button by 180° around it's center on Windows Phone and iOS but not on Android where it rotates around upper left corner (CenterX and CenterY are both...
View ArticleAssertion failure in UITableView when updating viewmodel databound to ListView
I'm developing a Xamarin Forms app that asynchronously gets updated models from the server that need to be merged into the information shown in the UI. I accomplish this by having my viewmodels...
View ArticleOut of memory exception with listview
Hello, I am getting following exception when trying to bring up a listview with custom cell layout for just 3 objects in my model class- [dalvikvm-heap] Out of memory on a 3840016-byte allocation....
View ArticleMultiple Images and memory?
It looks like every time an Image.Source is declared, a ton (~30 megs?) of memory is taken up. Is there any way to reduce this while still displaying multiple Image views on the same page, or even...
View Articletabhost can not jump to the forms of the page
public class MainActivity : TabActivity { protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle) { base.OnCreate(bundle); SetContentView(Resource.Layout.layout1); Intent intent = new Intent().SetClass(this,...
View ArticleHow will views (created in custom renderer) be notified of appearing /...
I have a NavigationPage where I navigate from one page to another. On the first page I have a custom control with a custom renderer which is creating some views. One of the views is a OpenGL view where...
View ArticleTeamCity "Can't load types from xmlns"
I have a problem. Everything is fine when I build my project locally but on TeamCity it fails with this error:...
View ArticleChange Property of BoxView inside ListView
Hi. I have ListView Where first column contains base information and second column contains only 1px green BoxView where by default it is IsVisible property is set to false. And now i want...
View ArticleHow to config system.net.servicePointManager.expect100Continue=false in PCL...
Howdy, We're recreating our Xamain 2.0 iPhone and Droid apps in Xamarin.Forms for their next version. Our apps talk to a WCF compliant endpoint to do CRUD operations. In all our other .NET apps we have...
View ArticleSqlite and WCF - How to create primary key?
I'm creating an app which consumes data from WCF webservice. I'm able to communicate with this webservice and send data back and forth. The classes are defined inside the WCF service as documented...
View ArticleNameResolutionFailure Error
Hi, I'm getting NameResolutionError while running my application on Android Tablet. It is working fine on Emulator and phone devices. But when I run on Tablet,I get this exception. Help me out please.
View ArticleBroken iOS Layout with Grouped ListView
I've got a list view that looks pretty normal on Android, but on iOS, I get the category names twice. Once where they belong, and once squished over on the side. This is the ListView XAML <ListView...
View ArticleMap in android not hybrid
Hi, I have a map in my forms app with maptype Hybrid but in Android it is a regular map. It works in iOS. <maps:Map x:Name="HouseAdressMap" IsShowingUser="false" MapType="Hybrid"/>
View ArticleCan you share the Roadmap?
Is there a version roadmap available? I would like to know what controls / features are planned before diving into custom controls.
View ArticleRestrict Tap event to only 1 tap
Hello, I want to ask if it is possible to restrict the Tap event to only 1 tap. I went through the documentation and I saw that there is this property: NumberOfTapsRequired, but it only works for...
View ArticleHow to await a DisplayAlert from a page (without async-Button-event)..?
Hi all This problem follows me, since I work with XF... :-) On my search-page, I have various search-options (ListViews, SearchBars, etc.). If the user has searched already and then search once again,...
View ArticleRelease notes to Xamarin.Forms.Maps 1.3.0.6275-pre1...?
Since today, an update to Xamarin.Forms.Maps 1.3.0.6275-pre1 is available on nuget. Unfortunately, I don't was able to find any release-notes with changes. Can somebody from Xamarin please give us...
View ArticleOnTouchEvent override vs Touch += in a renderer
Can somebody comment on what's the difference between the two implementations: public override bool OnTouchEvent(MotionEvent e) { return base.OnTouchEvent(e); } and Touch += TouchEvent; ... void...
View ArticleImage and Aspect like centerCrop
Hi all, I was trying to have an image that fill entirely the cell in a listview. I was able to have the outer layout to fill the space and now i want something the android centerCrop option to have the...
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