Crosslight vs Xamarin.Forms
anyone try Crosslight ? is it more advance then Xamarin.Forms http://www.intersoftpt.com/crosslight/
View ArticleTransparent Background Image in ContentPage
Hi, I've set a background image to my application and it is transparent image. but when i running my app on simulator, i'm seeing some black color on top of my application. please look into the...
View ArticleHow can we Integrate Xamarin.Forms Application/Component with Xamarin native...
Hi All, I have developed an app/component using Xamarin.Forms and as per the requirement I need to integrate that component with another app which is developed on Xamarin Native in Android as well as...
View ArticleTrouble with localization in XAML extension class
Hey guys, While using the exact example found here : https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/localization/ I am getting the following error at TranslateExtension Error 1...
View ArticlePlaceholder Editor
How can I have a placeholder in an Editor in the same way as I can in an Entry field ? Regards
View ArticleAdd a button to WebView
Hello. I'm using WebView to view .pdf documents. Also i need to print them. Is there any way to add some button on WebView? Problem is in adding this button to page's content.
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VS13 breaking on handled exceptions
Hi there - I'm trying to figure out why VS13 is breaking on exceptions that have clearly been handled. The exception is thrown and handled within an external library, if it matters. I have a RESTful...
View ArticleSystem.MissingMethodException: Default constructor not found for type...
Hi Folks, I created a small project that uses a custom control. I'm trying to run this project and I get the error message: System.MissingMethodException: Default constructor not found for type...
View ArticleHow to make a translated button clickable?
I'm trying to make a drop-down menu. The way I tried to do this was adding buttons in an AbsoluteLayout and giving them TranslateY in a for loop. The problem is, the buttons are not clickable, and are...
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Toolbar area stays visible when navigating to a page without toolbaritems...
Hi, I'm having some trouble with the toolbar on WinPhone. When navigating from one ContentPage with toolbaritems to another without toolbaritems, the second page shows a black area (where the toolbar...
View ArticlePlay Services 25 --> results in hundreds of "does not contain a definition...
I'm using a package (Kinvey Android) that requires Google Play Services 25 (all of them). This results in hundreds of errors like "Resource.designer.cs(141,141): Error CS0117:...
View ArticleVisual Studio reporting errors (Value cannot be null) since last set of...
Since applying the latest Xamarin updates, Visual Studio is reporting the following error: ERROR: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: project Unfortunately, with so much software auto-updating these...
View ArticleIs it possible to build a multi-language application using Forms?
I have been trying to follow a Microsoft tutorial shown here And have got: <Button x:Uid="Greeting" Text=""/> And a resource file in my PCL with Greeting.Text with value Diary.. But I have...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms and MVVM
Hello, i decided to create a mobile app with xamarin.forms. My goal is to use the mvvm architecture in my xamarin.forms app properly. Is there any sample app which uses this architecture? I prefer to...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms and EntityFramework 7
With the latest release (RC1) of EF7, is it possible to use EF7 with SQLite in a Xamarin.Forms project for iOS, Android, Win 8.1, WinPhone 8.1 and UWP? If so, does anyone have an examples? Is there a...
View ArticleUsing Entity Framework 7 RC1 with SQlite on Xamarin.Forms
Can Entity Framework 7 RC1 be used with Xamarin.Forms? If so, please provide an demo example with simple CRUD operations. Thanks.
View ArticleHow to make the screen visible for 20 seconds or more in the Xamarin forms
Hi I have 3 content pages here first.cs second.cs third.cs In First.cs I have following code snippet. Button b=new Button(){ Title="Submit" }; b.clicked+=(){ //Here I would like to call the second page...
View ArticleXamarin Forms localization strings not showing up on Galaxy s3
I'll make this quick. I have a Xamarin Forms app, and I am testing the localization feature on a Galaxy S3 device. In the Emulator, the strings change without issues, both in XAML and code behind, when...
View ArticleXamarin 4 What more can we expect?
Xamarin 4 has been launched with some great new features like iOS Apps in Visual Studio, XIB Launch Screens, tvOS with Xamarin. Are there any other aspects of this release that I can leverage while...
View ArticleBindingContext of Buttons within a ListView template
So I'm having a little trouble with Command binding within a ListView template here. This is my XAML code: <ListView ItemsSource="{Binding AvailableExams}" ItemTapped="ItemTapped"...
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