Xamarin.Forms UWP support & Windows 10 Mobile
Should we expect Xamarin.Forms UWP support on the day Windows 10 Mobile becomes generally available? From what I see on https://resources.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-private-preview.html, it's a "very...
View ArticleTableView Section Header Font and Color
Is it possible to make changes to section headers in a TableView? I'd like to change the font, text color, and background properties. I was able to change the height of the header by using a custom...
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TapGestureRecognizer not following view when using LayoutTo()
I'm using LayoutTo(); to create my own pseudo hamburger menu. Unfortunately, once the view moves, I can no longer tap it again to close it. It's as though the GestureRecognizer is no longer available...
View ArticleCalling Grid.Focus() doesn't actually focus the element. Is this a bug or by...
So I have a button on my Android device and when I tap it I call. myGrid.Focus(); I then try to use the property: myGrid.IsFocused; but this always returns false. Is this a bug or is this by design?
View ArticleUntrusted HTTPS certificate
Hi, I use System.Net.HttpClient to call my webservice in my PCL Forms project. With HTTP everything works great, but now for the stagging environment the WS was passed in HTTPS with an untrusted...
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Finding the closest value from a list
Is there a way to put a ton of values in a list, set another stand-alone value, and then find out which item in the list's value is closest to the stand-alone? In the end I'll be using this method to...
View ArticlelistView ViewCell not adjusting it's size to content on iOS
I have a custom ViewCell that i use to populate a listView. It works like a charm on android, on iOS however i'm having issues. The cell has a Horizontal stackLayout with a box and a 2nd stackLayout,...
View ArticleMaintain List View Scroll State
I have a MasterDetailPage with a few items in the Master page. Each time a Master item is selected a ContentPage containing a ListView is assigned to MasterDetailPage.Detail These ContentPage's each of...
View ArticlePUBLIC WARNING! Barcode scanning in Xamarin Forms
BACKGROUND: We are building a Xamarin Forms product that uses barcode scanning as a central function. In the early stages we decided not to buy a barcode scanning component, but use the free ZXing...
View ArticleMR.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 ArticleAzure app service with FaceBook based authentication
I am developing an app based on Azure App Service Mobile in Xamarin.Forms. Its documentation says, it would take 'only 5 minutes' to add FaceBook authentication to an app. In my case, it was not true....
View ArticleMaps, Current Location & Xaml
I wouldn't think that I'm the first to ask this.... but how can you set the current location in Xaml while using a View Model? I've searched & found out that I have to use an external GeoLocator...
View ArticleImage not loading in the right way. Please Help me!
Hi, I'm newbie in xamarin development. I'm developing a xamarin.forms app (ios and android). I've a content page defined in the main project using an image. I've added the images to each project. To...
View Article.Register(t => WindowsPhoneDevice.CurrentDevice)
Hi I am using XLab in a XF project and I am getting an error message in my WP8 app on the following piece of code: .Register<IDevice>(t => WindowsPhoneDevice.CurrentDevice) error: Cannot...
View ArticleXAML button not triggering?
I have a XAML layout (see below), with a number of buttons. They were all previously working, but since I have updated some of the sizes and positions, one is not working any longer? It appears, but...
View ArticleJSON.Net FileNotFound Exception - Where am I going wrong?
Hi, I get the below error when trying to debug a project I have just started in XF PCL 1.4.2 with the following code. APIResponse arResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<APIResponse>(strJson);...
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Layout errors on Xamarin.Facebook LoginButton
Has somebody has found with this error. I'm using a custom render to use the Facebook LoginButton. On iOS everything goes fine. But Android the button shows like the attached picture. The Text for "Log...
View ArticleSupport issues with various Android versions
Hi! I am experiencing significant roadblocks with Xamarin.Forms and newer Android OS versions. For example, the cross-platform app which I have developed for iOS and Android has been used by users...
View ArticleA sample project using Camera control (MediaPicker) of XLabs
Here is the link to .zip of a sample project for using Camera control of XLabs. It's named XPA_PickMedia_XLabs_XFP. XPA stands for 'Cross Platform App' and XFP stands for 'Xamarin Forms PCL'. In my app...
View ArticleGrid background colour disappears on load, any way to fix?
I'm quite new to using Xamarin and I'm developing a cross-platform (between iOS and Android) mobile app. I've been working with a Grid to display some instructions, since the instructions are long...
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