Is there nay way of cancelling the "back" button event from the NavigationPage?
Topic. Is there any way of cancelling the "back" button event from the NavigationPage, preventing the user from popping the navigation stack ? I already can intercept the hardware back button from the...
View ArticleAnnouncement: NControl - Custom Controls for Xamarin.Forms
Just wanted to inform you all that I've just released a new library called NControl for Xamarin Forms that helps you write custom controls without the need for custom renderers. The library uses the...
View ArticleViewRenderer SetNativeControl
I am going crazy trying to find the answer to this and having old posts about using NativeRenderer isn't helping! I want a simple custom view to display lines that I draw in native code. I have added...
View Articlesilly binding question
Hi folks, I'm using the awesome Fody.PropertyChanged library. I have a model that can be binded to in xaml, but this time, it's not xaml that I want to bind to it with. This model is inside my...
View ArticleSet selectedItem of a ListView, not highlighted
I'm setting in Xamarin Forms the selected item of a ListView but it doesn't highlight. I can't find an other property in the API like 'HideSelected' of 'Selected' than needs to be set. What did I miss...
View ArticleBig thanks!
Just wanted to record my thanks to @chris_riesgo for his AltBeacon library wrapper. It has enabled me to add iBeacon support to an Android app in only a day or so. Next time it will only be a few...
View ArticleBarChart
Hi all, I'm attempting to create some bar charts on my application, I've tried Oxyplot, however the oxyplot.xamarin.forms github package doesn't seem to be available anymore. Can someone recommend a...
View ArticleiOS PopToRootAsync not working
In my app I had previously been using: await CurrentNavigationPage.Navigation.PopAsync(); await CurrentNavigationPage.Navigation.PopAsync(); to go back 2 pages. This works fine in Android, but in iOS...
View ArticleUsing UniversalImageLoader.jar
Hi! I am trying to use UniversalImageLoader.jar (https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader). I created AndroidBinding project and add .jar file. But I get some error: The type or...
View ArticleCleaning the Data from setting in Android my app get crashes
Whenever i install the app and go to the settings of the device and choose my app and clean the data from setting, And coming back to the app and run the application it getting crashes and my app did...
View ArticleAutocomplete for textbox
i need autocomplete extender functionality for a entry field . Can any one suggest me how to implement in xamarin.forms
View Articlexamarin user size code error
I am just trying run then Xamarin App. I have downloaded the trial version . I have successfully installed the Xamarin. when I have tried to run the app it says :- Error 1 User code size, 430080 bytes,...
View ArticleViewCell reusing issue?
Hi, I have a problem with a custom ViewCell, I guess it has to do with reusing cells/renderers but I can't figure out how to handle this correctly. Here is the implementation of my custom ViewCell...
View ArticleHow to do a Windows Phone 'OnPlatform' for a ToolBarItem Icon?
This works (the icon is shown) in all platforms including Windows Phone 8.1: <ToolbarItem Name="{resx:Translate MainPageLogOutLabel}" Command="{Binding LogOutCommand}" Order="Primary" Priority="0"...
View ArticleOverride UI Back Button
Hi, I know how to handle the hardware buttons and that's working fine, but when I navigate to a Carousel Page, there's a '< Back' UI button that navigates away from the carousel page. I don't want...
View ArticleCell ContextAction - calling ViewModel command
I've got a Page with ListView, with an associated ViewModel with Commands. I've added a ContextAction to my custom ViewCell, to allow the user to delete an item. Now I want to implement the deletion...
View ArticleHow to add checkbox control in XAML
Hi, I want to add Checkbox control in Xaml page. I added below code in .Xaml page. <CheckBox Margin="10, 10, 3, 3" Name="acceptPolicy" Content = "Accept our policy" FontSize="12"...
View ArticleForm Maps orientation
I noticed Xamarin Form Maps by default display map to North. By ICompass plugin i can get data orientation by user, so my question is: - how can i rotate Xamarin Form Maps (the maps content) to a...
View ArticleHow to change the background color of top Menu Bar in Xamarin.Forms
Hi, How to change the background color of top Menu Bar in Xamarin.Forms ?? Thanks
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