Some questions about application life cycle
Hi, still new to App development it would be great if you could clarify some points for me. 1.What happens to the active thread of my App when the App looses focus? 2. What if it is in an event handler...
View ArticleAndroid Video Player using Xamarin.Forms
I am trying to get a video player working in my Xamarin.Forms app on Android. I have implemented the iOS version using a ScrollViewRenderer where I add the MPMoviePlayerController (code at bottom, file...
View ArticleSeemingly not possible to validate field-by-field on navigation page
I have some text fields (Entry) on a navigation page and need to validate them as they are entered, rather than validating them all at once at the end. Amazingly there does not seem to be a way to do...
View ArticleHow to change Title font for Navigation bar ?
Can't find place where to change font for Navigation page title. Is there ability to do it ?
View ArticleHow can I change carousel header (Pivot title) font size?
I have searched forums but couldn't get any solution. I tried writing custom renderer as well but UNFORTUNATELY CarouselRenderer in WinPhone does not expose much.. Even Pivot control has very few non...
View ArticleXamarin User Controls
Hello. For my project I need to animate an image by rotating. I thought that since quesa ruora image that must be repeated in various parts of my application would be useful enough to pack in a custom...
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Xamarin.Forms PCL (not shared) app + photos + Azure Blob Storage = ???
OK, after weeks of researching, reading and trying all sorts of methods, I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to have to use the HTTP Client to interface with the Azure Blob Storage REST API....
View ArticleStackLayout ItemTemplate
Hi! For my project I need to declare an itemTemplate in a stackLayout. With the traditional xaml I could declare something like that: < StackLayout Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalOptions="Fill"...
View ArticleSystem.InvalidCastException: Object must implement IConvertible - Xamarin...
I'm having this exception every time I try to set a footer on ios: System.InvalidCastException: Object must implement IConvertible. at System.Convert.ChangeType (System.Object value, System.Type...
View ArticleNavigation Page within a tabbed page
Hi All, I have the maximum allowed icon tabs (5) and still have more pages to display. Basically what I want is what twitter does with the find button on the iOS platform. When you hit the button a...
View ArticleListview Image > An unhandled exception occured.
A listview with DataTemplate: <ListView.ItemTemplate> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> </DataTemplate> </ListView.ItemTemplate> pictures are in the album...
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What is the preferred way to catch all unhandled exceptions on Xamarin Forms?
Do they need to be caught at each application level or can we use a PCL event? Any samples would be great.
View ArticleHow to launch a Forms PCL solution in Xamarin Studio with the VS emulator for...
I have the VS emulator for Android installed. In a shared Xamarin Forms solution, in Xamarin Studio, there is a menu item "Run With" where I can launch the solution with the VS emulator. But in a PCL...
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How to use SVG Images as Controls and Form "Background" (or customisation)?
I tried several Nuget packages and followed their description of implementation. But since I'm very new to Xamarin and C# I can't get it to work Could someone please precisely describe how to implement...
View ArticlePushModalAsync followed by PushAsync crashes.
Hello everybody, First of all, I just want to let you know that I am an IT student that just started to use xamarin and I already love it. However, while i was following this tutorial...
View Articlehow to navigate between pages using mvvm - doing it on viewmodel
I have a xaml called category and in the listview, I display list of categories. When i select a category in the list I want this to navigate to details xaml by using category Id. is it possible using...
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Bug with FormsAppCompatActivity and MasterDetailPage on Android 5.1
On android 5.1 detail page have strange padding on top.
View ArticleAnnouncing the "Xamarin.Forms Kickstarter" guide
Dear Xamarin.Forms community! My team and I are working on a kickstarter guide for Xamarin.Forms. Our objective is to give an introduction to developers that might be new to the field of cross-platform...
View ArticleSpannable string with custom renderer
Hello. I have problem and I can't understand what is wrong. 1. I have MyButton : Xamarin.Forms.Button 2. I have custom renderer: protected override void...
View ArticleCall a Soap Web Service in Xamarin Forms
Hi All, I wanted to get a web service Soap envelope request and response using WSDL Libraries. Any good responses and samples would be appreciated. Thanks,
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