listview long press/ tap delete popup
Hi, I am looking for an example to delete or edit a listview item on long tap. Is it possible or I should do that for android and iphone individually. thanks
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I'm doing some work with azure mobile services which requires me to store both an application key, and also cache user authentication information locally (not passwords, just a token). Is there a...
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I have a WebView in a ContentPage that I am instantiating and setting the url to the WebView in the constructor. I am then later showing this ContentPage with PushModalAsync. Thing is, the WebView...
View ArticleStrange behavior of Editor in TableView on Android
I can't seem to make an Editor behave properly when it is in a cell of a TableView on Android. It is also a little funky on iOS, but that can wait. I have the Editor contained in a ViewCell, which in...
View Articlecreating sqlite db on local file system
Is it possible to access local file sqlite db from android emulator? I am not sure what i am doing wrong but when I try to access the DB i created with Sqllite DB browser on my local drive, I cant read...
View ArticleUnable to scroll unless on a control
I currently have a scrollview with controls inside. However on Windows Phone when I try to scroll the page up and down, the scroll doesn't work unless I am touching a control inside that scroll view....
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Hi Xamarin Experts, I desperately needed to catch scroll events in my PCL, but ran into all sorts of problems. I ended up having to catch the scroll events in Android with SimpleOnGestureListener....
View Articlecompatibility of Xlabs forms
I have several compatibility issues going on at present - the latest to pop up is Xlabs.Forms this is arising as I have several separate projects each proving a different functionality and am now...
View ArticleGet BindingContext of cell in a ListView
I'm converting a C# layout to XAML. The layout displays a list of Contacts that each have an Id, a PhoneNumber, and a Name property. I have a method CallContact that accepts a Contact as a parameter....
View ArticleiOS default shadows?
Hello, Is there any way to disable the default drop shadows on ios? Every time I have a Layout or View with Transparent Background all items inside it shows a drop shadow. If I change the background...
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Why does my Xamarin.Forms android application crash when I attempt to specify Theme = "@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" in my Activity?
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How to install, setup and use XLabs?
Hi all As the installation and use of XLabs is not self-explaining and there is no clear and easy documentation available right now, I have wrote a document (parallel to implement some functions from...
View Article"The type or namespace name 'App' does not exist in the namespace...
Apologies if this has been asked and answered elsewhere - I searched quite a bit before posting. I created a totally new project (Blank App, Xamarin.Forms Shared) via Visual Studio 2015 (running on...
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About customing slider
Hi friends, I have a control for answering a question. It is a slider. Now, I don't know how to custom it. Could anybody give me some ideas? Thank you!
View ArticleRounded BoxView (Circle)
The new release of RoundedBoxView plugin is now available on nuget. It includes the ability to add a border around the BoxView. Now go make some circles...!
View Articleforms app device.openuri system exception in ios
Hi, I want to open a browser in iOS with my app with this line of code: Device.openUri(new Uri("http://www.google.com")); but when that line executes I get this error: Could not initialize an instance...
View ArticleAutosizing EditorCell in iOS?
Hi guys, Im trying to write an EditorCell (ViewCell containing a StackLayout which contains a single Editor) that autosizes. I have something working but the Editor is not being contained within the...
View ArticleSetting the corner radius for Xamarin.forms controls
how can I set the corner radius for xamarin.forms controls, for ioS setting the corner radius is just setting the property like wise is there any property to set for the xamarain.forms controls to have...
View ArticleDownloading an Image and Sharing it to Facebook
Hi, I am trying to download an external image to the phone from the internet then upload the image to Facebook on a button click in Xamarin. This is a sharing text solution I found online which works...
View ArticleSystem.MissingMethodException: Method 'ScrollView.ScrollToAsync' not found.
Every time I try to call ScrollView.ScrollToAsync() I get this run time exception: System.MissingMethodException: Method 'ScrollView.ScrollToAsync' not found. I'm not sure how my code compiles if the...
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