Locking orientation in Xamarin.Forms
I'm trying to lock the screen orientation programmatically in my Xamarin.Forms app. I could not find a solution that is supported across devices, so I'm using the Dependency Service to implement it for...
View ArticleNot able to scroll the scroll view programatically on Entry fill event
I am trying to build a login form and I am using Xamarin forms for the same, for a better user experience I am adding scrollview as my root and then using the Grid controls (Attached is the Xaml for...
View ArticleTabbedPage Icons not visible (Android)
Hi, I want to add Icons to my TabbedPage (see image ) but the icons don't get displayed on Android Devices: Here's my sample code of my shared projects GetMainPage method: `public static Page...
View ArticleHow can i repeatedly make an http request in background using xamrin.Forms?...
I am working on a project which need to make a simple get request from a server. Simple Http GET request. But it has to be called after a fixed interval. The data downloaded will be in bytes.. How can...
View ArticleWebview open external browser
Hello all, i'm using xamarin.forms webview to open a html page. So far so good. Inside my html has "a href" linking to another URL and when clicked, its open inside the webview. I wanna open outside...
View ArticleXamlC on assembly level, breaks on masterdetailpage setting detailpage in xaml
I'm creating an application where I'm using MasterDetailPage's. Everytime i'm setting a detailpage as in the sample here...
View ArticleText aligment and color in SwitchCell
I am using a Xamarin.Forms.SwitchCell on an Android application to allow user to toggle configuration settings. Is there a way to set the text color and alignment of the text in the Switch cell? The...
View ArticleXamlC on assembly level throws unhandled exception for a simple Xaml page
Environment: Xamarin.Forms version: 2.0.0.6490 Visual Studio Community 2015 (w/ Update 1) on Win10 (32-bit) Android Phone Version: 4.2,1 PCL project Description: The Xaml page (attached as text file)...
View ArticleRealize Calendar Control.
Is there prepared solution to calendar control with function like: current taped date, color of tapped date, marked dates, etc ?
View ArticleHow to get the current applications Icon image
I have a common PCL that's used by a number of different Forms applications. In this common component I need to get the current applications Icon, and I'm wondering where I would be able to find that....
View ArticleTrouble with ZXing.Net.Mobile Barcode Scanner activating the camera
Hello, I'm using the latest Xamarin.Forms (2.0.0.6490) and ZXing.Net.Mobile (2.0.3.1). The Barcode Scanner code works without any error but it can't activate the rear camera (haven't tried the front)....
View ArticleAndroid M Not Rendering ListViews
Hi, All our ListViews appear to not be rendering under Android M, they work find for earlier versions of Android. Any suggestions? Thanks, Daniel.
View ArticleVS 2015 Errors on sample projects
Hi there, Hope someone can help me. I'm checking out the xamarin-form samples on github. On most projects i get the following 2 errors : Error Build action 'EmbeddedResource' is not supported by one or...
View ArticleIs there a way to add badges in navigation bar in xamarin.forms?
Is there a way to create badges in navigation bar? I tried using the custom renderer by rendering the page renderer and failed to inflate the menu items in renderer in native android. But , it would be...
View ArticleCan we include Urho Sharp in custom renderer in Xamarin.forms?
Urho Sharp is used for game development. But it would be nice if can add animations available in Urho Sharp or CocoSharp to our Xamarin.forms application.Since they have all the animations to easily...
View ArticleXamarin.forms nugetpackage conflicting and endless update
anyone else experiences this problem ? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34471364/xamarin-forms-nugetpackage-conflicting-and-endless-update/34471604#34471604
View ArticlePadding issue with ScrollView in Xamarin.Forms 2.0
Hi guys. I'm experiencing a problem with the padding in ScrollViews. It seems to be saving the space for the padding but its rendering the content aligned to the left in Windows Phone. If I put...
View ArticleApp.xaml file isn't getting created with new XF Solution
Seems like this has just started happening recently when I create a new Xamarin Forms solution (PCL). What happened to the App.xaml and App.xaml.cs files that were created? Wasn't that part of the...
View ArticleIs there in Xamarin Forms something like state list color in Android?
I have button, i want set background color red, and set background color as white if button pressed (not clicked, only on pressed!). In Android I can use color state list with state_pressed property....
View ArticleSupport for Windows phone 8 in Xamarin.Forms.Dynamic pre-release
Hi Team, I am trying to developing an application for Windows Phone 8.0 with Xamarin Forms. I am trying to load the views dynamically using an xaml string. Please refer the link below:...
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