Web view not working on droid
Hi, I have my web view set to point to an external URL using Source = "http://news.bbc.o.uk". On iOS, I have this working, but on droid I constantly get a crash Could not load signature of...
View ArticleTapGestureRecognizer on Map. I'm I actually this dumb?
I've dropped a TapGestureRecognizer onto a Map in hopes of being able to trigger a legend_close method. It doesn't trigger (iOS or Android). <AbsoluteLayout VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"...
View ArticleAcessing Android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar through a...
Hello, I have a doubt about Material Design on Android. I used the tutorial on this link https://blog.xamarin.com/material-design-for-your-xamarin-forms-android-apps/ and it worked. But I wrote a...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms Label won't word wrap inside a Grid
I define a Grid like this: var easyGrid = new Grid(); easyGrid.ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition { Width = GridLength.Auto }); easyGrid.ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition { Width = new...
View ArticleCreate Image from Layout
I am trying to use a Xamarin.Forms Layout (StackLayout, Grid, etc) and convert it to an image. I need to create an image from a layout (but never actually display it) using a width constraint, but let...
View ArticlePossible bug in newer versions of xamarin forms listview
I'm not sure if it is a bug, or if I'm doing something wrong, but it seems that ViewCellRenderer has stopped working in all versions of xamarin forms after 1.3.5.6335. My entire project relies on...
View ArticleChanging the background Color of the Popup-/Overflow-Menu on Android?
Hey together, has anyone already changed the Background Color of the Android PopupMenu in a Xamarin.Forms app? The following code in the Styles.xml should but has not worked for me: <style...
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CachedImage FFImageLoading for Xamarin.Forms
https://github.com/molinch/FFImageLoading or https://github.com/daniel-luberda/FFImageLoading/ (new Forms features) DEMO:...
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Xamarin.Forms book by Charles Petzold: new chapters to download
If you haven't been checking regularly, the Xamarin.Forms book page now has 24 chapters available for free download! You can download the complete Preview 2 ebook which includes 16 chapters in one easy...
View ArticleHas anybody else hit a problem with BackgroundColor on StackLayout on...
I am hitting a strange problem on WinPhone, where the BackgroundColor of a StackLayout is being ignored when the number of entries in the StackLayout goes over a certain number (when my app hits 57...
View ArticleWhat happens to a timer after user navigates to another page?
If the user navigates to another page on the navigation stack, what happens to a running timer on the previous page? Does it keep running or pause/stop?
View ArticleLazy loading of images in a ListView
I am developing an app that need to display a list of news. Every news has a image. For this I am using Xamarin.Forms to target iOS and Android. I want to implement lazy loading for the images of the...
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Binding - Traslate XAML to code
Hello! How I can translate this XAML to code? Thanks in advance
View ArticleHow to modify the font size of title on windows phone?
I have developed an app in Xamarin forms. Now, I am working to support the app on windows phone 8.1. In this, I am facing the issue font size of the title is large on the navigation header. Any one has...
View ArticleTextChanged event of Entry control is not working properly.
Hi all, I have an Entry control. As I enter any number into it, the TextChanged event get called and the no. which I have entered in the entry, comes into NewTextValue. Suppose I enter "1" in the...
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Tabbedpage at bottom of the screen
Is it possible to set the TabbedPage at the bottom for default. Left is Android, and I want it like the middle (iOS), I've searched for this but with no succes. The class looks like this; public class...
View ArticlePopup keyboard hides parts of the UI rather than resizing
I would like to create a screen that has a behavior similar to common chat apps e.g. Hangouts where there's a scrollable section of the page and an Entry with a Button underneath that updates the...
View ArticleWindows Phone 8.1 Navigation.PushAsync(new page()); Crash!!!!
Dear All, I got a Xamarin.Forms app that I've compiled and starts both on the emulator and phone (WP 8.1) then after a few calls from different pages to Navigation.PushAsync(new Page()); the app closes...
View ArticleGenerics question/issues
Hi there. I am working on an abstract datamanager class that will take any class we throw at it and do simple crud interface with it. I am having an issue with some generics in the save call and was...
View ArticleIs it possible to hide a ToolbarItem?
If a ToolbarItem has been added to the Navigation bar, is it possible to conditionally hide/show it? Consider the use-case of showing a "Save" button when an Editor field is dirty, but hiding the...
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