How can I force hide the keyboard (as a workaround for a Xamarin Forms bug)
I unfortunately can't share the code as this is for a client, but I'll explain the situation. I have an Entry and a button. Clicking the button hides the entry. If I first click on the entry (bring up...
View Articlewhich social authentication to use?
Hi, I'm developing a Xamarin forms app. And now I want to implement user authentication. And later posting on facebook. I have looked at teh component store and found many different components. So...
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Critical performance issue in Xamarin.Forms Layouts
Guys, Right now I'm in the middle of porting process of my huge WinRT project from WPF to XF. I'm trying to keep same architecture and layout and that helped to find serious bottleneck. First of all I...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException woes
Hi So the situation for my application is that when loading my app for the first time, It does a check to see if data has been cached, and if so, can it be used to authenticate correctly with a server....
View ArticleThere is no Editor Available for XAML
Hello, I am developing a cross-platform application using Xamarin with Visual Studio 2015. The first question is, it is recommended to develop a professional application using Xamarin with Visual...
View ArticleImageSource.FromResource
Hi all, I have been attempting to work with images and as such have created a PCL class library to keep all my resource images in. It is called Mobile.GTO.Resources. I have referenced the assembly in...
View ArticleHow do I implement an ItemTemplate within a ListView using XAML?
How do I implement an ItemTemplate within a ListView using XAML? If I do not use ItemTemplate, then my binding works and I receive no errors. However, I want to format my list view. As a result, I am...
View ArticleXForms Slider() with MVVM - How to restrain the value Update?
Hello, I'm build and App that communicates with some specific hardware. This hardware controls some lights intensity thru dimmering, so I have and slider to set it from 0 to 100. The problem is: This...
View ArticleDim screen on Android from a form
I now how to dim the screen on Android directly. But how is it done from a form (say a user taps on an on/off switch). Thank you all.
View Articleis System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping unavailable in Xamarin.Forms?
I'm trying to use Ping in a Xamarin.Forms class but I'm getting a "does not exist in current context" error. I have the using System.Net.NetworkInformation statement and I am able to use other members...
View ArticleIs there nay way of cancelling the "back" button event from the NavigationPage?
Topic. Is there any way of cancelling the "back" button event from the NavigationPage, preventing the user from popping the navigation stack ? I already can intercept the hardware back button from the...
View ArticleAnnouncement: NControl - Custom Controls for Xamarin.Forms
Just wanted to inform you all that I've just released a new library called NControl for Xamarin Forms that helps you write custom controls without the need for custom renderers. The library uses the...
View ArticleViewRenderer SetNativeControl
I am going crazy trying to find the answer to this and having old posts about using NativeRenderer isn't helping! I want a simple custom view to display lines that I draw in native code. I have added...
View Articlesilly binding question
Hi folks, I'm using the awesome Fody.PropertyChanged library. I have a model that can be binded to in xaml, but this time, it's not xaml that I want to bind to it with. This model is inside my...
View ArticleSet selectedItem of a ListView, not highlighted
I'm setting in Xamarin Forms the selected item of a ListView but it doesn't highlight. I can't find an other property in the API like 'HideSelected' of 'Selected' than needs to be set. What did I miss...
View ArticleBig thanks!
Just wanted to record my thanks to @chris_riesgo for his AltBeacon library wrapper. It has enabled me to add iBeacon support to an Android app in only a day or so. Next time it will only be a few...
View ArticleBarChart
Hi all, I'm attempting to create some bar charts on my application, I've tried Oxyplot, however the oxyplot.xamarin.forms github package doesn't seem to be available anymore. Can someone recommend a...
View ArticleiOS PopToRootAsync not working
In my app I had previously been using: await CurrentNavigationPage.Navigation.PopAsync(); await CurrentNavigationPage.Navigation.PopAsync(); to go back 2 pages. This works fine in Android, but in iOS...
View ArticleUsing UniversalImageLoader.jar
Hi! I am trying to use UniversalImageLoader.jar (https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader). I created AndroidBinding project and add .jar file. But I get some error: The type or...
View ArticleCleaning the Data from setting in Android my app get crashes
Whenever i install the app and go to the settings of the device and choose my app and clean the data from setting, And coming back to the app and run the application it getting crashes and my app did...
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