Forms9Patch: Simplify multi-device image management in your PCL Xamarin.Forms...
Announcement of Form9Patch Xamarin Forms is great for developing apps on Android and iOS but it is missing two important tools for developers: scalable images and PCL multi-screen image management....
View ArticleImage 9 patch image not working
Hi all, I'm trying to use 9 patch images in a Xamarin.Forms project generated using the Android tool. But I'm not able to make them work as the Image control is not expanding them by default. I'm...
View ArticleInitializeComponent does not exist
Hi, I'm having difficulties on XAML files in a Sheared project. Using Xamarin Studio; What I did was simply adding a xaml page to the project and build without adding any code. And it gives me the "The...
View ArticleTapGestureRecognizer not firing for Android
TapGestureRecognizer is working for WinPhone but on Android although the Application Output is showing [ViewRootImpl] ViewPostImeInputStage ACTION_DOWN but the Tapped evenit isn't being called... var...
View ArticleIssue with OxyPlot in Xamarin.Forms
I am building a Xamarin.Forms app that needs to plot several graphs that update with new data every second. Eventually I will want the app to run on both Android and iOS but for now am working only...
View ArticleCan you have dynamic cell heights with either the ListView or TableView views?
Can you have dynamic cell heights with either the ListView or TableView views?
View ArticleOnAppearing() not called on Android for underneath page if page on top was...
Shared code that was tested on Android and iOS. Using Xamarin Forms 2.0.0.6490 with a NavigationPage. Steps to Reproduce: 1.) Set a page as your MainPage for Navigation. 2.) Observe OnAppearing() is...
View ArticleProblem with selected cells when using RecycleElement caching strategy on...
Hi guys, I have a ListViewwith caching strategy set to RecycleElement, where each cell has a certain number of context actions implemented with MenuItems. In Android, when the user long presses on a...
View Article9-patch support in Xamarin.Forms?
Hello Xamarin Users, Does Xamarin Forms have a 9 patch feature? I want to make fancy 9-patch buttons for my iOS and Windows Phone app.
View ArticleUsing Google Maps on Xamarin.Forms for Android
So we need to create an app that renders a map and we are currently using Xamarin.Forms to integrate it. However, we will not use Xamarin.Forms.Maps since we have to use the Google Maps API for iOS and...
View ArticleApplication.Current.Properties not persisting
Any data I save to Application.Current.Properties seems to clear whenever I restart the Application? I'm using the following code to save the data: private static void SaveLoginLocal () { if...
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Support for Windows
I know there is dedicated support for Android and iOS when you buy licenses but since you never actually buy a license for Windows there doesn't seem to be a support email or contact I know of for...
View ArticleProblem in consuming restful webservice by post method.
Hi, I am very new with webservices. I need to create login by webservice. I am providing userid and password and the webservice will return login validation. The webservice is returning null response....
View ArticleMissing implementation of IProvideValueTarget.TargetProperty property...
Unfortunately implementation of IProvideValueTarget.TargetProperty property is missing in Xamarin.Forms. The implementation of property looks like this: public object TargetProperty { get { throw new...
View Article[iOS] unfocus called, IsVisible=false then keyboard pops up with no textboxes...
I'm having an annoying iOS issue right now where I call Unfocus(), hide an overlay element, and then the keyboard pops back open. Has anyone figured out a way to force this keyboard to go away? It's...
View Articleapi call synchronous & asynchronous
Hi, i have wrote a small code snippet to fetch the data from WCF service and to display it in list view. everything seems fine but the API call is not waiting for the service to return the data...
View ArticleUse MasterDetail page (Menu) and Navigation page in a project
Hello All, I am developing XF app for iOS and Andorid. I need to use Menu in my project. I followed this article to use MasterDetail navigation page -...
View Articleerror when set Selected Item or Current Page in Carousel Page (Android)
I tried to set Selected Item and Current Page in Carousel Page when i want to see specific item when Carousel page showing. But it's not working. First item or 2 last item of ItemsSource work correct,...
View ArticleOpen new Page
Hi all! I have a question that may seem trivial to some one. How to I browse a Content Page to another? Let me explain: I have to go from Loading.xaml to Home.xaml once I finished loading data from a...
View ArticleHow to manage or send optional parameter to an mvc api backend
I developing an app with xamarin forms that is talking to a backend service or api developed using mvc web api2 . To consume my api methods on the app i am using PortableRest plugin for pcl but the...
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