HasShadow Property of Frame not working
I am using Xamarin Forms and I am trying to build a cardview style control by putting a frame inside a listview and it doesn't look like the HasShadow property is working properly. I have it set to...
View ArticleStop making properties internal!
It's getting really annoying. Many of the controls are under-developed on Windows Phone (e.g. MasterDetailPage - seriously, a command bar icon???), and our team decided to work around that. Except they...
View ArticleDo MessagingCenter subscriptions get processed on not visibale pages
I have a page that includes a control, this control has a view model that subscribes to a message Like this MessagingCenter.Subscribe<object, string[]>(dummy, "UPDATE_LAST_SYNCED", (sender,...
View ArticleFacebook component - Share Link doesn't show url and image url on device but...
Hi, I noticed lately that the following wasn't working anymore. It does on simulator but on device there is an activity indicator running within the Facebook frame as if it could not load the web page...
View ArticleRender a ContentPage inside an AlertDialog or DialogFragment
Hi Xamarin Devs, Is it possible to display a ContentPage inside a DialogFragment or AlertDialog? My problem is that when I try to get the renderer of a ContentPage, it throws an error. Here's how i'm...
View ArticleHas anybody had Norton anti-virus remove Mono.Cecil.Mdb.dll and...
Norton anti-virus has just kicked in and removed Mono.Cecil.Mdb.dll and Mono.Cecil.Rocks.dll from the xamarin.forms.2.0.0.6490 package of a project that somebody sent me as part of a delivery of a work...
View ArticleViewmodels not disposing on navigation.pop?
Hello Ive ran into a problem where if i setup a page with a viewmodel using Xlabs ViewFactory... its not disposing on popasync? The problem it causes for me is that the viewmodel subscribes to the...
View ArticleDLToolkit PageFactory - simple MVVM for Xamarin.Forms (github)
DLToolkit.PageFactory for Xamarin.Forms The main reason for creation of PageFactory was that I needed very simple to use library which would free me from implementing the same things for any...
View ArticleMissing Image... "SkImageDecoder::Factory returned null"
previously working for a year or so. Builds in the last couple weeks now are intermittently failing to show my avatar and this is dumped to the log. SkImageDecoder::Factory returned null As far as i...
View ArticleAdjust Width of Master on MasterDetailPage
I am using the MasterDetailPage for the NavigationDrawer on Android. Implementing the functionality has gone perfectly, however the width is too large and i would like to adjust it. I have tried to set...
View ArticleXLabs and Xamarin.Forms v2
Hi, after installing XLabs.Forms into a Xamarin.Forms v2 Solution, the WinPhone-Project says "Cannot resolve dependency to assembly 'Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WP8, Version=1.5.0.0, Culture=neutral,...
View Articleproblem with master Detail and navigation
Hello I began to create a project, was following in the footsteps of this project "https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/Hanselman.Forms" but when I begin to navigate the menu items get the following...
View ArticleAccessing the CommandBar in WP8.1
Hi, I want to change the background color of the CommandBar in WP8.1, but I don't know how to access it. I tried a custom Page and NavigationPage renderer, but I didn't find it. Is there a way to...
View ArticlePerformance bottleneck on android in Children.Add
Hi, My apps always were kind of slow when I added many elements to a page or a layout, even if they are just Labels and Buttons. So I used the Xamarin Profiler and ILSpy to figure out what exactly it...
View ArticleMobile Chat Back End - what languages/technologies should I learn to achieve...
I am trying to learn and build an app that can integrate mobile chat. Mostly, Iām wondering what languages/design patterns/technologies I should learn so that I can fluently build and fully understand...
View ArticleInitializeComponent does not exist
Hi, I'm having difficulties on XAML files in a Sheared project. Using Xamarin Studio; What I did was simply adding a xaml page to the project and build without adding any code. And it gives me the "The...
View ArticleAccess Xamarin Forms Layout (Frame) in Android
Hi, i have a question. I'm working on an application which provides UI with Xamarin forms. Now i want to show a toolbar or a dialog with dynamic contents (based on other circumstances) in my...
View ArticleCustom Property Issue
Hi All, I am having some issues when creating a bindable property. I am working with the forms map control and I am wanting to bind Pins in MVVM(I may be going about this wrong but its worth a shot) I...
View ArticlePlease help me resolve align control problem
Hi all. Today i've create a page with layout like as below : I have a StackLayout with these options : Orientation = StackOrientation.Horizontal, HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand,...
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