Placeholder Editor
How can I have a placeholder in an Editor in the same way as I can in an Entry field ? Regards
View ArticleGot a SIGSEGV while executing native code
Hi All, I am getting following exception while running my app on android device. 1) XamarinStdio Version 5.9.7 [mono-rt] Attempting native Android stacktrace: [mono-rt] [mono-rt] at ???+0 [0x6fc07f08]...
View ArticleButton on Android all caps
I have just noticed that on Xamarin Forms Android, the text label on elements appears in ALL CAPS. Is this by design? Regards, Ian
View ArticleHow can I install Xamarin.Android.Support.Design SDK
I had Xamarin.Forms 1.3 and I updated the Nuget package to V1.5 but my project won't compile Error Unzipping failed. Please download...
View ArticleUser login
Any one please help me by giving reference to API based user login documentation or sample code.Any suggestion or help on this is appreciated. Thanks for all your effort on this.
View ArticleChecking Forms version programatically
Is there any easy way to check for current Forms version programmatically? There are scenarios in which it could be really handy (hacks for some bugs in earlier XF versions in custom controls, etc).
View ArticleOverlay and Image (building layout) on a map
I have an image with the office layout for my office. I want to overlay that on a map. I can create a rectangular version of the image and find the geocoordinates of the corners. How and I then add...
View ArticlePerformance
I have a Xamarin Forms project working with iOS and Android. Nothing special, some tabbed pages, and lots of navigation. Testing in: iOS -> Iphone 6. Android -> Samsung Galaxy S6 I'm having some...
View ArticleSystem.ArgumentException: 'jobject' must not be IntPtr.Zero
My app is crashing with the error message System.ArgumentException: 'jobject' must not be IntPtr.Zero . i checked the log files in the attachment .This is happening while i remove an item from my...
View ArticleSetting MainPage throws exception on Android
Hello all, I have a strange Android-only bug that throws when I go to set the App's MainPage. Here is the code that throws: private void onTryLoginComplete(object sender, EventArgs args) { try {...
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Problem with custom view with multiline UILabel
I'm creating a custom control from the ground. It basically has two labels inside a view, the view is resized based on the content of the labels (font, lines). All works as expected unless the labels...
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 ArticleContinuous shot using XLabs library
Hi, I'd like to ask how can I get the possibility to make continuous shot using XLabs library? When I run camera and try to make such shot I get notification: "Does not support continuous shot". Thanks
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ListView does not update on scroll when the source is NOT modified
Hello, I ran into the following problem when using ListView in Forms. Here is how the list looks when it is loaded for the first time: Then, I scroll down to see other items with less stars: Then, I...
View ArticleCustom renderer for HTML Label
Hi, I have the need to display HTML in a Label. Some webservice returns me HTML content that i need to show in a listview page and a detail one. The utilisation of a WebView will not be an answer...
View ArticleShareActionProvider on Android [v7.Widget.ShareActionProvider]
Hey Guys. Now that we have AppCompat support I'm curious if someone got the ShareActionProvider to work. I tried to follow this BlogPost but it is not getting displayed. Maybe someone knows how to get...
View ArticleXml text reader can't find xml file
I'm trying to read a custom xml file which I'll then be loading the data into a ListView for a user to select. I've created the xml file, and placed it in the resources folder in another folder called...
View ArticleDevice info ( Id, name, platform and version)
How can I get Device infos in Xamarin.Forms?
View ArticleProblem with custom control ItemsSource
I'm having some trouble with a custom control. It's based very heavily on: http://www.spikie.be/blog/post/2015/04/02/.aspx In addition it's got bits learnt from the BindablePicker example I've found on...
View ArticleAdding Android Theme Causes Crash
Hi All, When I add a Theme to the Android build of my project, it crashes. When I change my Activity from this: [Activity (Label = "AppName", MainLauncher = true)] to this: [Activity (Label =...
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