What a Java developer need to know to begin develop with Xamarin?
Hello everyone, I have Developed applications in Java/Android by the last 5 years, now I need migrate one Android App to Cross platform, the company selected Xamarin tool, because C# is most popular in...
View ArticleGeocoder.GetPositionsForAddressAsync returns some strange results
I have found that the Geocoder.GetPositionsForAddressAsyn accepts some bad input yet returns a valid result. For example, if I send it "a" as the address, it returns 48.3705449, 10.89779 which is the...
View ArticleCustom view load in Carousel Page
Repost into this Forum after comment from Cheesebaron. I have a custom view which is heavily based on the Karma meter created in the demo found here:...
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Xamarin Forms: [Release Mode] Could not load type System.Decimal[]
Hi everyone, I'm having some trouble trying to make a release **of an application (that is working perfectly on Debug Mode), when I receive the information from a **web service I got the following...
View ArticleNullPointerException on Android when checking if declared task is running
I am using Xamarin Forms and have updated everything. The code below works great on the iOS Simulator but crashes on the Android Simulator (at least for API 16). I originally just declared the task in...
View ArticleXamarin Forms UI not properly updated when binding source value changed
Hi I have an issue with binding in xamarin forms when i am using tableview with image cells. I set the binding with var result = new ImageCell() and then...
View ArticleCustom view load with live updates
I've created a custom view, which I've rendered for use in a xamarin.forms view. I'm able to update the view using the OnElementPropertyChanged method: protected override void...
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Making programmatically added Android view fill its parent
Background I have an Android view that is created with a custom renderer of a Xamarin.Forms page. Particularly, the page is a stack layout with this custom renderer and some buttons below that. This...
View ArticleListView ItemSource and SelectedItem
I have a xaml based app where a listview gets populated via ItemsSource and the SelectedItem is binded with an initial value. When the listview shows up the first time, the SelectedItem doesn't get...
View ArticleDevExpress Grid Component Crashes With No Error
I have been trying to setup the DevExpress Grid component, but the app just crashes with no errors. I think it may have to do with the section that says Next, manually add the...
View ArticleWindows Bridge
I'm curious what everyone thinks... Is it a Forms replacement in the future? Does Xamarin have some real competition now?...
View ArticleA Note About Push Notifications
I aim to be the knight in shining armor with this post... For the last 5 days, I have worked 8 hours a day in order to solve why Xamarin was rejecting push notifications from external services such as...
View ArticleLoad a FileImageSource from an embedded resource
The XAML Button has an Image property which can be loaded with an image bundled with each OS version. This is not helpful for cross-platform development with hundreds of images. Can this image be...
View ArticleOpening solution in VS2015 results in project loading errors: Unknown Tools...
I receive an error for each project that's in my solution when I attempt to open my solution that was created in VS2015. For each project I receive the error: Unknown Tools Version '14.0' I am using...
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Can't download and open local PDF file on Android tablet device using Xamarin...
Hi, I am trying to write a test app in debug mode using the dependency service from Xamarin.forms to download a PDF file from the internet onto my app's special folder on my Lenovo Android tablet...
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MR.Gestures handles ALL touch gestures
With MR.Gestures you can handle the Tapping, Tapped, DoupleTapped, LongPressing, LongPressed, Panning, Panned, Swiped, Pinching, Pinched, Rotating and Rotated gestures on all layouts, cells, views and...
View ArticleCan you have dynamic cell heights with either the ListView or TableView views?
Can you have dynamic cell heights with either the ListView or TableView views?
View ArticlePLEASE remove Starter edition!
Starter utterly worthless. You can't do anything with Starter. I tried "getting a taste" (per the website) of Xamarin.Forms and low and behold upon running the app, I get the "Your app is using native...
View ArticleMasterDetailPage in NagigationPage
Has anyone realized that a MasterDetailPage cannot be launched as a NavigationPage after moving the app to Unified API with the latest stable Xamarin Forms? Basically this code doesn't work anymore...
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