XamlC errors on event callbacks in a DataTemplate, expected?
Normally doing this is fine in Xaml: <controls:FooBar> <controls:FooBar.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <Image> <Image.GestureRecognizers> <TapGestureRecognizer...
View ArticleFreshMVVM and XLabs
Hi together, I’m currently implementing an app with Xamarin.Forms for all three platforms. Looks good so far using FreshMvvm-Framework. For having some extras in the app (geolocation, calendar, a...
View ArticleUnable to debug Xamarin Forms - Android. What settings control debugging?
Hi, I upgraded to XF 1.5.1 and I have a number of packages installed but I doubt they are causing any issues. I am not able to debug the application when I deployed to my Nexus 6. It runs as if in...
View ArticleXamarin forms application runs twice.
I have a problem with my Xamarin Forms application. Every time i start the android solution, App() constructor gets called twice. I "fixed" this by making the app entrypoint a singleton. But every...
View ArticleSetting ListView selectedItem to null throws an exception on WP 8.1
I have a page with a listview, when you press the row it takes you to a detail page. When you navigate back you should get the same list without a selected item. If I don't set the selectedItem to...
View ArticleCalabash and Xamarin Forms, what am I missing?
It seems that Calabash doesn't really play nicely with Xamarin.Forms in practice. First off there is the issue of sharing feature files (see my question here:...
View ArticleNamespaces unknown after xaml page code generation when using portable library
Has anyone else been experiencing issues with Unkown namespace errors or missing assembly reference errors after running the customtool to generate c# code for the Xamarin xaml pages? I'm using visual...
View ArticleConnecting to hostnames that end in ".internal"
Anyone have issues connecting to hostnames that end in ".internal"? I'm using the ModernHTTPClient with a Forms app. The iOS connections are working ok, but the Android client can't resolve the host....
View ArticleHow to customize the Android Action Bar to look like the iOS rendered...
Hi, I am using Xamarin.Forms to build my first cross platform app. My NavigationBar/ActionBar looks great on iOS and fits the design spec but not on Android. My main requirement is to have a centered...
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MTOUCH failing with -linkskip in Xamarin 4
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has issues with the linker in Xamarin 4. My project was working fine in Xamarin 3, but since the update the linkskip command it seems that is not working. This is my...
View ArticleAttempting to JIT compile method (....) while running with --aot-only.
Hi to all. I am getting this exception when I process a WCF request from my Xamarin.Forms app: "Attempting to JIT compile method '(wrapper runtime-invoke) :runtime_invoke_bool_Nullable`1...
View ArticleWhat's the proper way of add a row of buttons at the bottom of a TabbedPage?
I'm working to port a Java-based Android app to X.Forms. In the original app, there's an Activity with some tabs. This is easily accomplished by using a TabbedPage. This TabbedPage should have a row of...
View ArticleYour experiences with ModernHttpClient?
Hi all In my Xamarin.Forms app (Shared), I use System.Net.Http.HttpClient() now, to access our webservice. Now, I have noted, that there is a specific add-on to XF called “ModernHttpClient”. This...
View ArticleTapGestureRecognizer - using NumberOfTapsRequired for double tap
Ideally I'm looking for a LongTap event or GestureRecognizer but as yet that doesn't exist in .Forms (hopefully next release!) so as a temporary workaround to my situation where my app normally uses...
View ArticleAfter Updating Xamarin Forms to 2.0 All Conrols getting error like the...
After Updating Xamarin Forms to 2.0 All Conrols getting error like the control does not exist in the current context due to initial component also getting same error.
View ArticleXamarin Forms Date / Time picker set Text Color
Hi, is that possible to set text color in Date / Time picker. i had tried with custom render too. still the color is not changing. `` EditText nativePicker; protected override void...
View ArticleInvalid cast exception error
I'm trying to add styles to application's global ResourceDictionary and access from another content page. Its working with labels but, not with buttons and images. I'm getting an invalid cast exception...
View ArticleCustom ViewCell after xamarin forms 2.0 upgrade have breaking changes in...
Dear All, I've attached a fairely simple. drilled down version of our app. What you will see in it is that I've a simple Forms app consisting of 2 pages. My first page just has a button to navigate to...
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Notification over a toolbar item.
I have a toolbar in my Xamarin forms project. I require the following - 1. I need to display notifications on my toolbar items as in the image - . 2. I need to decrease space between the toolbar items...
View ArticleiOS Keyboard showing
Hi, I have a custom renderer on my UI which inherits Entry. Once clicked, a Picker is fired (having to do it this way as there is no way to align the text in the picker centrally from what I can see)....
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