Can't add System.Timers as an assembly reference for CarouselLayout?
I'm trying to use CarouselLayout from this source but when I copy some of the code into my Xamarin.Forms project, I can't seem to get a reference to System.Timers that's needed in CarouselLayout...
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Is there a way to create a carousel layout effect? I don't want the CarouselPage, since I can not have a page as a child of anything. I'm looking for something where I can have a portion of the page...
View ArticleHow do I get navigation bar height for iOS?
I managed to get the Status Bar height using the following code. I placed the code in AppDelegate.cs and it works. It returns 20pt as expected. App.StatusBarHeight =...
View ArticleHow to get expected length in RelativeLayout
I am on developing something like a tag view in Xamarin.Forms, using the RelativeLayout. I have multiple elements that I want to put side-by-side until an element is not completely fitting to the...
View ArticlePage's visible property works wrongly on iOS
I was using this property on Android to save time to load my pageview (I have many page which are opened from a parent page, like chatbox is opened from chat history). It was working fine on Android,...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms Image Loading Issue
Hello! I am trying to load an image in Xamarin Forms from the file system. Currently I am encountering the following issues: - Images above 4096 pixels in length or width do not display (too big for...
View ArticleWinRT vs UWP for new Windows Phone development
Hi, For an app that needs to be in the market within 6 months, should WinRT or UWP be used as development project for Windows Phone? I was thinking of pursuing the WinRT route since UWP is relatively...
View ArticleImageCell Description Multiline
Hi there, How can i set ImageCell's Description Field to Multiline? Secondly, can i see the source code of ImageCell itself to learn how to make custom Cells? Regards
View ArticleImages not load in Win RT with Xamarin Forms 2.0
Since the release of version 2.0 of Xamarin Forms do not load images in ListView in Win RT
View ArticleProblem with selected cells when using RecycleElement caching strategy on...
Hi guys, I have a ListViewwith caching strategy set to RecycleElement, where each cell has a certain number of context actions implemented with MenuItems. In Android, when the user long presses on a...
View ArticleXamarin 4.0 compatibility issues.
Hi, I realized that there are some compatibility issues with Xamarin Forms. One of this issue is related to XAlign property. Once I have updated to Xamarin 4.0, found that on two of my testing phone...
View ArticleGlobal Styles in XAML Performances
Hi everyone, I'm making a new Xamarin.Android App with Xamarin.Forms and I was just wondering if there's a performance drawback from making your styles in App.xaml instead of using directly attributes...
View ArticleHow to use Couchbase Lite in Xamarin.Forms PCL project?
I go through developer.couchbase.com/mobile/get-started/get-started-mobile/net-mobile/before-you-begin/index.html couchbase documentation. But i am not getting how to use couchbase in Xamarin.Forms PCL...
View ArticleImplement popup with Master Page
Hi all. I have a problem when implement popup in master page. I have a master page which have Master is a list menu, which include logout menu. When i click to logout menu, i want to display a popup on...
View ArticleCompiled XAML - Exception thrown with AbsoluteLayout containing AutoSize...
After enabling XAML compilation, I get the following exception when I load a page that contains an AboluteLayout with children whose LayoutBounds use AutoSize:...
View ArticleIntellisense issues with XAML based views in PCL using any version...
I created a Xamarin.Forms PCL project in Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise and added some views, viewmodels, etc and everything seemed to be fine. The project template seems to come with Xamarin.Forms...
View ArticleError Code CS0117: Resource does not contain a definition for Animation - on...
I get this error while updating NuGet package Xamarin.Forms from v1.5.1.6471 to v2.0.0.6490. Why is it occurring? What is the resolution?
View ArticleGroupHeaderTemplate, Header, and Footer not working in ListView
I used the example in the documentation at https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/user-interface/listview/customizing-list-appearance/ pretty much verbatim but I can't get...
View ArticleAre DataTemplates supposed to be so slow?
I am loading a DataTemplate on the fly when the user performs an action. Problem for me is I have what could be up to 100's of different templates based on different objects. These could be small...
View ArticleCrash on start
Hi all - I've just updated a project I've worked on for a while to the latest XF build as well as updated all the project packages. Now when I start the app on the simulator, everything works fine, but...
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