Set ContentPage Background Color via Xaml & Converter
Hi, I have a simple contentpage where I would like to change the background color based on a boolean value (false => background color red, true => green). <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"...
View Article[Tutorial] Using icon fonts in Xamarin.Forms applications
Hey guys, I recently needed to use icon fonts in a Forms project, but the information I found was just bits and pieces, so I decided it might be worth a while to write a blog post about it. Since this...
View ArticleI need to select Image from gallery and i need to display in a form
Hi All, when user is clicking on the button i need to redirect to gallery of the phone and need to select image from gallery and selected image i want to display in the form Please guide me how to do...
View ArticleGetting error on CI with Xamarin and jenkins
Hi, I am doing CI for Xamarin.iOS app using Xamarin and jenkins. I have installed and jenkins and configured as mentioned in Xamarin...
View Articleforms app device.openuri system exception in ios
Hi, I want to open a browser in iOS with my app with this line of code: Device.openUri(new Uri("http://www.google.com")); but when that line executes I get this error: Could not initialize an instance...
View ArticleListview Paging in xamarin forms
Hi, I want to implement paging in xamarin forms app. I want this paging to work across all the platforms. Can anybody show some light on how to implement it. Thanks, Shri
View ArticleSetting Style for control (in custom renderer for Android)
How can I set a certain style to a control? Even though it's a XF project, I am only interested in the Android solution. The style of the control (lets say a Checkbox) is already defined in the Android...
View ArticleVideo plays only sound but no visual.
Good day, I'm developing an app with Xamarin.Forms and I'm trying to play a video. I have been googling for the past two days and almost every discussion has the same/similar possible solutions but...
View ArticleJson Web Tokens
Hello everyone, I'm searching around the net how I could decode a JWT token to fetch the expiration date in C#. Only I couldn't find many solutions / examples for Xamarin. I tried adding...
View ArticleHow to navigate from a UIViewController to a Forms ContentPage (with...
Hi, I need to navigate from a UIViewControllerPage to a Content page (with custom PageRenderer). I found this - https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-samples/tree/master/Native2Forms and it is...
View ArticleInvalidProgramException System.InvalidProgramException: Invalid IL code
I use a Result object to be to handle both positive and negative results when querying my server side code in my: namespace GenerationLondon { public abstract class Result<E, S> { private...
View ArticleNo receiver allowed to receive com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND at...
Hi, I am getting below error while checking manifest in GCM. I am using Xamarin.Forms, I have done this successfuly in Xamarin.Android app, I have added required permission what am I missing? No...
View ArticleWindows Phone pull to refresh not working when ListView has few items
We're using Xamarin Forms 1.4.2.6359. We have a page with a ListView that has pull to refresh enabled. For Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1, when the ListView doesn't have enough items to fit the screen...
View ArticleLocalizing App Name
I've been following the Localization using RESX tutorial and have everything working perfectly except for iOS. The app name doesnt seem to localize when I change my phone language. Does any one know...
View ArticleXamarin.Auth and iOS9 SSL issue
When running the sample code after changing to my FB creds I get an authentication error. "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made" This issue exists on GitHub...
View ArticleHow to resolve assembly dependency for 1.5.1 in WP ?
Hello, I upgraded xamarin forms version from 1.4.0 to 1.5.1. In this new version Android and IOS working fine but getting assembly dependency issues for WP. I upgrade my all references but no luck,...
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 ArticleVS2015 / VS2013 / Windows 10 / thoughts? :-)
Hi folks, I see a lot of chatter online about the new 2015 and mobile apps additions - anyone read a nice article talking about what future options have become of all this? I bought VS2013 recently and...
View ArticleDisabled buttons are invisible on WinPhone 8.1 Silverlight
I have the following trigger for styling disabled button: <Style TargetType="Button"> <Setter Property="BackgroundColor" Value="#017A73" /> <Setter Property="TextColor" Value="#fffefe"...
View ArticleXamarin.Mobile Geolocator wait for user confirmation
Hello everyone, I have the following code which runs nicely on iOS and Android. Although in iOS I would like to wait until the user hits either Allow or Don't allow location before firing the code. How...
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