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Xamarin.Forms PCL (not shared) app + photos + Azure Blob Storage = ???
OK, after weeks of researching, reading and trying all sorts of methods, I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to have to use the HTTP Client to interface with the Azure Blob Storage REST API....
View ArticleSystem.InvalidCastException: Object must implement IConvertible - Xamarin...
I'm having this exception every time I try to set a footer on ios: System.InvalidCastException: Object must implement IConvertible. at System.Convert.ChangeType (System.Object value, System.Type...
View ArticleNavigation Page within a tabbed page
Hi All, I have the maximum allowed icon tabs (5) and still have more pages to display. Basically what I want is what twitter does with the find button on the iOS platform. When you hit the button a...
View ArticleListview Image > An unhandled exception occured.
A listview with DataTemplate: <ListView.ItemTemplate> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> </DataTemplate> </ListView.ItemTemplate> pictures are in the album...
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What is the preferred way to catch all unhandled exceptions on Xamarin Forms?
Do they need to be caught at each application level or can we use a PCL event? Any samples would be great.
View ArticleHow to launch a Forms PCL solution in Xamarin Studio with the VS emulator for...
I have the VS emulator for Android installed. In a shared Xamarin Forms solution, in Xamarin Studio, there is a menu item "Run With" where I can launch the solution with the VS emulator. But in a PCL...
View ArticleHow do i render the contents of a xamarin forms (portable) control in custom...
This is my code so far (Works, but I can’t figure out the missing bit): Shared project: using System; using Xamarin.Forms; namespace Solvum.SiteTracker.Mobile.XamarinForms.Framework.Controls { public...
View ArticleRESX Localization using a Shared Project (not PCL)
This article only covers how to do localization with a Core library of type PCL, I however, am using the Shared project type as the Core library, and it does not support .resx files, only .resw files....
View ArticleIs it possible to disable all input?
Hello. I'd like to be able to temporarily disable all input on either a page or for the entire application to prevent the user from clicking anything during certain animations. Is it possible to do...
View ArticlePushModalAsync followed by PushAsync crashes.
Hello everybody, First of all, I just want to let you know that I am an IT student that just started to use xamarin and I already love it. However, while i was following this tutorial...
View Articlehow to navigate between pages using mvvm - doing it on viewmodel
I have a xaml called category and in the listview, I display list of categories. When i select a category in the list I want this to navigate to details xaml by using category Id. is it possible using...
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Bug with FormsAppCompatActivity and MasterDetailPage on Android 5.1
On android 5.1 detail page have strange padding on top.
View ArticleAnnouncing the "Xamarin.Forms Kickstarter" guide
Dear Xamarin.Forms community! My team and I are working on a kickstarter guide for Xamarin.Forms. Our objective is to give an introduction to developers that might be new to the field of cross-platform...
View ArticleSpannable string with custom renderer
Hello. I have problem and I can't understand what is wrong. 1. I have MyButton : Xamarin.Forms.Button 2. I have custom renderer: protected override void...
View ArticleBoolean Property and StreamImageSource result of converter not recieveing a...
Hey there, Me and the team decided to upgrade to Xamarin Forms 2.0 soon after it came out. We started seeing two problems that we have not been able to fix and no one else seems to have. Namely: 1) We...
View ArticleSetting shadow on detail page in MasterDetailPage
I am trying to recreate this UI. Screenshot I'm using a MasterDetailPage. In the existing app the background of the master page and the detail page are white. To separate them, the detail page has a...
View ArticleSearchbar = fullscreen in landscape on android, How do i prevent this?
I have a view that contains a listview with a searchbar in the listview header. When in landscape focusing the searchbar the search "field" desides to go fullscreen. Is there anyway a custom renderer...
View ArticleChart
I am learning xamarin and I want to add a chart to an application a developing. Is there anywhere I can work with chart without buying from telerik and other. I mean is there anyway I can design my own...
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Launching a new content page from webpage URL
Hi, I am bringing an iOS app over to forms and for the most part, it's not been too difficult. Okay, a bit sluggish in some parts for Android and with some very odd results on WinPhone, but on the...
View ArticleUpload Picture Windows Phone
Hi, i'm trying to upload a picture to a windows phone 8.1 app xamarin forms. When I call it I open this which opens the interface to select a picture FileOpenPicker filePicker = new FileOpenPicker();...
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