Does Forms work correctly in Visual Studio 2015?
I'm trying to get a default out-of-the-box sample project template to work in Visual Studio 2015 and the only one I can get to work is the Droid version. Despite paring it with an mac, the iOS version...
View ArticleTheme Error
Hello. I'm trying to compile an example of Xamarin Telerik UI and the following error is generated. Apparently it's because Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat.
View ArticleTaller Mobile C# (Mobile C-Sharp Developer Wokshop Costa Rica)
Tema: Foro de bienvenida y discusión para el Taller Mobile C# Developer de Costa Rica. Cubriremos aspectos generales del taller y primeros pasos.
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XLabs.Forms checkbox not working in iOS throwing exception
I Created Xamarin.Forms PCL project to work on CheckBox in Xamarin Studio(5.7) in Mac environment. I added XLabs.Forms package from Nuguet Package. CheckBox is working fine in android. But when i run...
View ArticleFacebook Native Login Using Forms
Using the example in Facebook SDK package which is Android project (not Forms) I created a page renderer for facebook login. I got the facebook permission dialog open but no matter what I click, Cancel...
View ArticleUI Design question
Hi folks! I am finishing up an app and now it's time to spread some peanut butter on it. But I'm quickly realizing just how inept I am at creating a nice look - in terms of colors and button shapes....
View ArticleAuthentication with Azure AD
I've got an internal Xamarin.Forms (PCL) app that needs to auth the user via Azure AD. The preferred scenario is that we take the user's name/pass (so we can control the login experience) and request...
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Layout errors on Xamarin.Facebook LoginButton
Has somebody has found with this error. I'm using a custom render to use the Facebook LoginButton. On iOS everything goes fine. But Android the button shows like the attached picture. The Text for "Log...
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MVVM Binding Issues
Hello all, I am having difficulty with the data bindings with xamarin and I was hoping someone might be able to see what I am doing wrong. First created this in my resources <DataTemplate...
View ArticleMvvm - Creating Views/Viewmodels Used On Multiple Views
I'm wondering how best to structure components that are used in multiple views. For example, the app I'm working on will have a button present on most views that opens the camera and allows the user to...
View ArticleRemoving from the ItemsSource of ListView does not update the native listview
The code is below, I'm testing with android platform. When the item is removed, it remains in the listview, and when you interact with it the listview complains that the adapter state changed without a...
View ArticleHow do I use 9-Patch images in for Android?
Hi, I'm trying to create the good 'ol speech bubble in Xaml. I have a custom control that uses a custom renderer for iOS, and on that platform I create a resizable image. It's working great. However,...
View ArticleHow do I prevent the selection flash when cell selected in a TableView or...
Hi all, Im trying to prevent my cells from flashing when they are selected. Ive tried the listView ItemSelected and ItemTapped events to set the SelectedItem back to null, but the selection animation...
View ArticlePage indicator for carousel - dots, for instance?
On the windows platform it is easy to see that there are more pages because of the huge title. However there is no default page indicator for Android (I have no IOS device). How can I go about creating...
View ArticleHow to cancel or handle the back button press on Navigation Bar on iOS/Android
This is such a frustrating experience probably due to either my stupidity or someone's stupidity. The OnBackButtonPressed won't be called at all. And I tried to handle the Popup event of navigation, to...
View ArticlePLEASE remove Starter edition!
Starter utterly worthless. You can't do anything with Starter. I tried "getting a taste" (per the website) of Xamarin.Forms and low and behold upon running the app, I get the "Your app is using native...
View ArticleMultiplatform authentication? (WP, Android, iOS)
Hello, I'm currently developing a PCL application for iOS, Android and WP using Xamarin.Forms. The thing is that I can't find a nice multiplatform way to do authentication. I'm currently using the...
View ArticleVertically expand ListView inside an AbsoluteLayout
Hi, I have a ListView inside an AbsoluteLayout that doesn't fill the parent vertically, even setting the VerticalOptions to Fill it always leaves some space at the bottom. How can this be achieved?
View ArticleItem text size of a picker
Hello guys I have a picker with five items and some are too long, I want to make the text small, but I don't find how to do it, I was researching without any result. I have a custom render on my...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms + UIDocumentInteractionController.PresentOpenInMenu
I need to open a file in a different app. For this I used PresentOpenInMenu in my old Xamarin iOS app which I now want to port to Xamarin.Forms. Unfortunately the other app does not open. My code looks...
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