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Xamarin.Forms.Image usage in Android
Hey , here is my simple button with image : var search = new Button { Text = "SEARCH", VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Center, HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.EndAndExpand, Image = "search.png",...
View ArticleWindowsRT Load Local Html File
Guys, I am able to load up a remote html file just fine in my Webview by setting the Source to the Url. But is there a way to load point a local html file to the source somehow?
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Xamarin.Forms Bluetooth Samples Broken - References not found?
I have just tried to download the Heart Rate Monitor Example, but the 'Robotics.mobile.core' reference in the PCL is greyed out and raises an error. Please see the image below. I also get this message...
View ArticleAnimated gif in Image view
I've tried multiple gif files, with no luck Their first frame can be rendered correctly, but does not animate Will animated gif be supported? Or do we have to implement ourselves? What other image...
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Prerequisites for creation of Xamarin.Forms IOS app on Apple Mac Mini ?
Hi all, I am novice to Mobile app development using Xamarin.forms. I have actually created a sample Master-Detailpage in shared library project and tried to test the output on each platform using...
View ArticleiOS: AVSpeechSynthesizer.Speaking property always returning false
Hi, I have an Xamarin.Form iOS app that has a button that speaks some text. I'm trying to check if the app is currently speaking by checking the AVSpeechSynthesizer.Speaking property, but it always...
View ArticleMulti-line text on buttons - how to get consistent across platforms?
When the Text property of a Button is set to text that contains more than one line (i.e. has a carriage return/linefeed in the middle), what gets displayed is different on each platform. On iOS, only...
View ArticleFile Upload Control not working in web view
Hi, I am loading my HTML web page into Xamarin Forms Web View control. In the HTML web page there is one File Upload Control for Image upload. Here The Upload control is not working in Mobile. Thanks
View ArticleOverriding OnDisappearing
I have a non modal page where the user enters data. If the user clicks the software back button (popping the task) before saving his entered data I want to ask the user if they want to save the data. I...
View ArticleListView Alternating row background colors
Is there a way to indicate to the ListView that every other row is a different color? var list = new ListView() { ItemTemplate = new DataTemplate(typeof(FinancialCell)), .....? } I haven't seen an API...
View ArticleAnyone ever get rows to size correctly using just "HasUnevenRows"?
I've personally always had to use a custom renderer which calculates the cell size based off the model the cell is bound to. I've been doing some experimenting in a test project using the latest...
View ArticleDeploy to Windows
Seems silly that I have to ask, but I can't seem to find any info. Is there any documentation for deploying to Windows? I have a Xamarin.Forms project with a Windows 8.1 App and I want to get it on my...
View ArticleHow to use Azure DocumentDB
Folks, I searched the forums for 'documentdb' and found nothing. I'd like to use a NO-SQL approach in my project and store data as JSON using Azure DocumentDB Anyone had success doing this? When I try...
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View Articlehelp required - Can I place tabs inside a content page
Can I place tabs inside a content page? I am trying to design one single page, where one image(like banner) will be at the top section and 2 or 3 tabs wills be in the remaining section. I have tried...
View ArticleI am unable to call a webservice hosted on my local network.
Attached is my debug summary. I used the following code to call the webservice. I used HttpClient with async task to consume the service on xamarin.forms, but got no success. I tried the same code in a...
View ArticleImage not appearing in a StackLayout inside a StackLayout
Ok this one has me stumped. I have a ScrollView with the content being a StackLayout called TabLayout. In code I'm adding another StackLayout as a child to TabLayout and this StackLayout contains an...
View ArticleGet device location in PCL
Hi guys, can anyone explain me how to get device location from PCL project in Forms? I can't find on the Internet any tutorial how to do this. I just want to create an page in PCL and in code behind to...
View ArticleStoring Controllers Inside Xamarin Forms Custom Renderers
I am creating a Xamarin Forms custom renderer. I need to invoke and manipulate a native iOS view controller inside the custom renderer. I see two possible options : Create a custom class and extend...
View ArticleXamarin Forms app crashes in release mode
My Xamarin Forms app crashes in release mode. The Android log says: "Info(1209)/ActivityManager: Start proc com.companyname.testapp for activity...
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