Android application stopped displaying Xamarin.Forms components
The component worked last week and it still works on iOS. But when I went back to working on it this week, I've been unable to get it to work. It displays the blank dark gray background and default...
View ArticleAndroid Emulator Not Completing launch
I have an XF app that was originally written for iOS/PCL and works beautifully on that platform. Now I've added an Android app to the solution, added all my components and hooked it all up to the PCL....
View ArticleHow to downgrade Google Play Services for XF Android to version 22.
When I added xamarin.forms.maps yesterday, it automatically installed v25. Apparently, I need to stay on v22 in order to use the maps. How can I select the version using nuget, or should I use the...
View ArticleDatePicker DateSelected Event Not Fired if the date doesn't change?
So I have a form where I would like a user to add a "note" to a day. So they click a button which sets the Focus to a DatePicker: <DatePicker x:Name="addToNoteDiaryDate"...
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Cross platform compositional Gestures - using Xamarin's own mechanism
Hi guys, please chomp on the juicy fruit of my last month's worth of toil....
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Is there a partial Views equivalent?
Hi guys, I want to create a homepage which will display a load of information to the user at once in different sections. Is there a way for me to create each sections separately and then call them from...
View Article* size for grid with minimum width?
Is there way to specify a * size for a column, but also have a minimum width on the column? Right now we are doing something along the lines of: Label: __entry____ Where the Label is on the left, and...
View ArticleExample of binding with a path more than one level deep?
Can someone provide an example of how to define a binding in code for a path that is more than one level deep? For example consider this //directly setting works Title = model.Person.FirstName...
View ArticleGetting initial orientation in Custom Page Renderer
Hi, I implemented a custom Android Xamarin.Forms PageRenderer and am able to detect the orientation change fine using OnConfigurationChanged. However, I'd like to also find out the initial orientation...
View ArticleCrash when XAML doesn't use Label.Text tag
Hi all: I've been going through Charles Petzold's excellent Xamarin.Forms book preview, and I ran into a situation where his code crashes. I don't think this is his problem -- I think it's something...
View ArticleCrossConnectivity on Android
I'm having the strangest problem. I use James Montemagno's Cross Connectivity plugin. I use it to check connectivity to the web like so: if (!CrossConnectivity.Current.IsConnected) return null; On iOS...
View ArticleCan data binding to a list of dictionary?
Say I have data like this: So this is a list of lists of dictionary that have name and age, in xamarin.form I create a list view which itemsource is the whole thing, so each cell has itemsource like: {...
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"Ionic View" equivalent for Xamarin Forms
Hey, I have used Ionic before and one of their recently great features is the Ionic View which allows you to quickly upload, deploy and share your apps with other people without without having to worry...
View ArticleDeploying XF Android app to Galaxy tablet from VS2013
The only documentation references XS. Is there any step by step documentation on deploying an Android app to an actual device from Visual Studio?
View ArticleXamarin Forms and Azure Media Player on Mobile
Has anyone used Xamarin Forms with Azure Media Player to deliver adaptive streaming videos to a mobile IOS/Android client? http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/media-services/media-player/ We are...
View ArticleXamSVG
Hi folks, I'm trying to follow the instructions to use XamSVG in my app from here: http://components.xamarin.com/gettingstarted/xamsvg The instructions assume that a Xamarin Forms app always has an...
View ArticleCharts For Xamarin Forms
Are there any Chart Plugin available for Xamarin forms ? Charts:- Line;Bar;Pie Or how to achieve it?
View ArticleNavigationStack is doubling pages
Strange situation that, after searching, I haven't found anyone else running into. I have a tabbed page as my main, and when I navigate out using Navigation.PushAsync() I end up with two copies of the...
View ArticleLabel background color
Can anyone explain to me please why the iOS renderer for Label overrides the default SetBackgroundColor method? The default method sets the BackgroundColor of the Control property (in iOS this would be...
View ArticleHow to avoid cached page image being displayed on iOS when navigate back to a...
In particular scenarios, when the user hits the back button to navigate back to the previous page, I want to update that page before it is displayed. On Windows, WinPhone and Android this works fine,...
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