How to identify largest font size for a label, to fit in a specified amount...
I need to fit a Label in the space available to the left of other controls, after those other controls have been positioned. On a phone in portrait mode, there isn't much space available, so I need to...
View ArticleTerrible TableView perfomance on Android
I am using XF to create an Android app and I use TableView to create a page with settings. However you scroll the table view, the more you do it, the slower it gets. You can also see GC going crazy in...
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How do I get the Facebook account associated with the iOS device?
How do I get the Facebook account associated with the iOS device? The iOS settings page allows the user to associate a facebook account with the device. This is separate from the Facebook app. I would...
View ArticleIs there a way to access a DataTrigger binding inside the TriggerAction?
I'm hunting for a Binding or a BindingContext property within the TriggerAction<T> but there isn't one there. Is there a way to access said binding?
View ArticleAndroid Grid Layout Rows too small until keyboard is shown and dismissed
I have a relatively simple grid in a ContentPage. When the view load, the view is "squished" as all the rows are a lot thinner than they should be. When I display the keyboard and dismiss it, the view...
View ArticleProblem creating correct layout
Hi, I am busy with an App which needs to show at the bottom of the app one button and a label in the left corner, one label in the middle and one button and a label in the right corner of the screen....
View ArticleHow to launch a search engine for international market using Xamarin.Forms?
I am using Device.OpenUri and other methods to interact with Text Messaging, Emails, Telephone etc. I also want to be able to open a search engine in a browser on whichever Xamarin.Forms supported...
View ArticleError on Android after updating to Forms 1.5.1.6471
My app was working fine until I've updated to Forms 1.5.1.6471. I get 30+ errors like this: /Users/.../Android/Resources/Resource.designer.cs(124,124): Error CS0117: Myapp.Android.Resource.Attribute'...
View ArticleDoes Xamarin.Forms support custom input methods
Does Xamarin.Forms support custom input methods? Say I want a calculator-like or phone-like keyboard with all the digits 0..9 plus '(' and ')' keys and the letter 'd' and '.'. Can I do that with...
View ArticleRestart a Xamarin.Forms activity
Is it possible to restart a Xamarin.forms activity ? I found an answer for just Android in the link below http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1397361/how-do-i-restart-an-android-activity
View ArticleXamarin forms and xamarin native UI mix
Is it possible to mix xamarin forms and native UI into an application. Example use xamarin forms for simple ui and use native ui for complex ui. Thanks
View ArticleXF.iOS & XF.Droid Error: Symbol file doesn't match assembly
Error executing task XamlCTaskL Symbol file '.../obj/Debug/MyProject.ddl.mdb' does not match assembly What is this error? I deleted both bin and obj directories, cleaned the project and tried to...
View ArticleError initializing a new XAML Page
Hey guys! So after a bit of study I decided to test a simple application from Xamarin Studio, so I made 4 XAML pages and tried to run the app in the emulator. The problem is I always get the following...
View ArticleWrapping text in a tabbed page label
I have 3 tabs and the last tab the title does not show completely. Is there a way to expand the width of the tab label? Or to wrap the text? ` <TabbedPage.ToolbarItems WidthRequest="150">...
View ArticleMasterDetailPage inside NavigationPage not showing Hamburger Icon
When I deploy my Forms application on Android, I see the Hamburger menù correctly, but when I deploy on iOS I cannot see the hamburgher menù image. The image is in the "resources" folder with...
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Why the phone's status bar looks different only in my forms app?
Hello, One customer complained the my app changes the looks of the status bar that he doesn't like. Why is that so? Here are the 2 pictures: Normal iPhone 6s Status Bar Status bar when using my app Why...
View ArticleHow to use Spinner in Xamarin Forms
I want to use android Spinner in Xamarin Forms application. How can I do that?
View ArticleFormatted Label with Xamarin.Forms
Can someone please show me how to use Xamarin.Forms.Label.FormattedText correctly? I'm using Xamarin.Forms to write a Carousel based app, when I try Label IntroductionTextLabel = new Label();...
View ArticleAsync ImageSource in SetBinding
Hi, I have a ListView that is bind to an ObservableCollection. Each item in the list has property "Path" with a url for an image. I've already set the bindings through the DataTemplate. Is there a way...
View ArticleSetting ContentPage Icon
I wanted to display an icon for an App on the next to the Title - ideally on the LHS. I attempted to modify petzold's toolbar demo as follows, but... no cigar. No icon is displayed on the Title/toolbar...
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