How can I hide the iOS status bar in landscape pages in iOS 7?
I have a forms app that I force a page to landscape. This part is (finally) working properly on an actual device. But, testing on iOS 7 I realized that the status bar displays while on 8+ it does not...
View ArticleAdditional Content in a custom Xamarin.Forms Control (XAML)
If a custom control is created with content, is there any way to specify additional content: (Example here StatusView is a ContentView with a Grid for its Content) I would like to take whatever...
View ArticleI want to develop an Xamarin.Forms app using the iOS indie version...
I want to develop an Xamarin.Forms app using the iOS indie version and when I am almost finished I want to build the Android version. Is that possible? Is there a better suggestion for a developer on a...
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After changing from FormsApplicationActivity to FormsAppCompatActivity some...
Hi! I changed my MainActivity to use FormsAppCompatActivity to be able to support Android 6.0 Runtime Permission, which was pretty messy to fix in Xamarin Forms. When I did this, I had to change my...
View ArticleIs it possible to POST data to a WebView?
In Xamarin Android, and also something similar in iOS, it's possible to perform a PostURL with given POST content. This allows you to pre-fill form data or dynamically load a webpage with POSTed...
View ArticleDisable second tap on Label
Hi All, I have a label where i am handling the click event using guestures. code below. XAML CODE <Label Text="Click Here" FontSize="Micro"> <Label.GestureRecognizers>...
View ArticleWatermarking an image
I need to be able to add a text watermark to an image basically a date/time stamp. Is there a good cross platform way to do this?
View ArticleBubble up BindableProperty from a child control into parent control
I just can't seem to figure this one out. At the moment I'm building my own component made up of Xamarin.Forms controls, it looks something like this. MyComponent : StackLayout Label Switch I want to...
View ArticleHow to add resources to custom xaml ViewCell
Hi all. As you know in xaml for each content page you can specify it's resource dictionary and use them like this <ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"...
View Articleruntime binding errors
Where does xamarin studio log the runtime XAML binding errors? When I worked with VS, years ago, the binding errors were in the output window.
View ArticleHow to change Xamarin Form NavigationPage Title Color
Hi, I am trying out the Native2Form Sample Downloaded from Xamarin Intro to Form page. In there I am unable to change the color of the navigation bar title which is build from Xamarin.Form. However if...
View ArticleCan we develop an application with complex UI which support all resolutions...
Hi, My requirement is to develop the application for all resolutions in Android as well as all devices for iOS with rich User Interface, Which includes MapView,DataBase,WebServices and Peripheral...
View ArticleIs it typical for an iOS XF app to be much larger than the same Android XF app?
I have just built my app in release mode for the first time in a while. I haven’t started on optimisations etc. yet, but just to get an idea of storage consumption I checked the current figures on...
View Article"Install 'Android Support Library' available in SDK installer" error doesn't...
It appears my issue is different from what I found earlier threads in these forums. My issue is in Android project of Xamarin Froms app run from Xamarin Studio on Windows machine. I started getting it...
View ArticleRestSharp request returns content of previous request.
Dear Xamarin Developers, Since a couple of weeks I started developing a mobile application of my own. To become a more experienced developer, and because I like developing for the mobile platform....
View ArticleXamarin.Forms 2.0.0.6482 Breaks the SearchBar Text and Placeholder Text on iOS
I updated my app in development to use Xamarin Forms 2.0 and the placeholder font for a SearchBar became darker and when typing, it is invisible. Here's some basic sample code to recreate the issue:...
View ArticleHow fix deployment error Xamarin.Forms 2.0 Android API 21
Hi: I tried to reset deployment target to latest version and minimum level to API 21 and still fails to deploy with the following message: Deployment failed because of an internal error: Unexpected...
View ArticlePreventing "Sleep mode" - Keeping the app alive
When my app has been startet, it shouldn't be sent to background by display-timeouts or whatever. So I want to deactivate the "Sleep mode" of the phone or tablet by code. Does anybody have some tips...
View ArticleWhat does the xmlns need to be to use a custom control?
I want to customize the Label control to do some formatting of the text. I can write the C# code to do something, but am having trouble getting it to compile with the custom label in the xaml. Here's...
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