How to get started with Android
Ok... I've been working with Xamarin Forms for about 4 months. I started with iOS/PCL in VS2013. I had really no problems building my first mobile app with this configuration. Actually about to submit...
View ArticleHow do I reference Custom Controls within a Xamarin Forms Shared Project?
I'm running into an issue when trying to reference my custom control within my XAML page. It seems that it needs the Assembly, but with the Shared Project template how do I do that since the assembly...
View ArticleProblem with messagingCenter
Hello, I've a problem using messages to drive the navigation from an async call. I try to explain better. My problem is really simple: I've a login page. In this page I subscribe to navigate when a...
View ArticleCustom Controls, SetNativeControl and proper event handling
I am trying to use the Xlabs ImageGallery. In looking into the code it seems to have some issues with event handlers and I am just trying to get an understanding as to how it theoretically should be...
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[TabbedPage] Change colors of tabs in Android
Depending on the Android theme, the tabs are showing with different background and text colors. What is the best way of customize the tabs colors? Thanks
View ArticleHelp Me whit a Binding to List View
i need binding in a list view but, y cant, can i help me? ` <ListView.ItemTemplate> <ViewCell.View> <Grid.RowDefinitions> </Grid.RowDefinitions> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>...
View ArticleSetting shadow on detail page in MasterDetailPage
I am trying to recreate this UI. Screenshot I'm using a MasterDetailPage. In the existing app the background of the master page and the detail page are white. To separate them, the detail page has a...
View ArticlePossible to embed the Focused view of a timepicker on a page?
For Android / iOS I'm wondering if it's possible to have the "Focused" view of a timepicker embedded into another view or straight onto a ContentPage. Basically so there's no dialog popup and the...
View ArticleSetting switch width
Hi guys, I'm using a custom renderer to change the drawable used for the thumb and track parts of a switch on Android. However, the drawable is an oval shape, very similar to the native look of an iOS...
View ArticleNo Activity Indicator on Nexus 5 (Lollipop) (API 21)
I'm using the "IsBusy" code in my OnAppearing method and in the upper right corner of the Android version (API 19), I can see the Activity Indicator working properly but when I change my Xamarin...
View ArticleGallery style page with static content on top
Is it possible to have an image gallery (horizontal scroll) type page with static elements (buttons/icons) on top, or in the same page? I've tried CarouselPage but all the content in the page will...
View ArticleBuild parameters
Hi, I like to know if it's possible to set some build parameters for a Xamarin Forms project. My need is to have a reusable application, in function of some parameters set on the project i will load...
View ArticleImage buttons
I'm having issues with image-only buttons on iOS such that the images are distorted. It seems that the width of the button is "correct" but the image only takes up half of the available space and is...
View ArticleButton.Image - Sizing of button to size of image not working in IOS
Really simple problem. Android will properly set the size of the Button to the size of the Image. iOS does not. Is this a known issue? Setting the LayoutOptions of the Button doesn't change anything...
View ArticleProgressBar height changed but now width is messed up
Hi everybody, I created a custom renderer to increase the height of my progress bar which works fine, the code is below, public class CustomProgressBariOs: ProgressBarRenderer { protected override void...
View ArticleTrouble with Navigation Bar in MasterDetail Page
Hi I'm having trouble with the MasterDetail Navigation on the detail page. I would ultimately like to hide the navigation bar so that I can create a very custom look and feel I have tried adding...
View ArticleHow to get ViewRenderer for a ViewCell
I Have the following Control: public class FooViewCell : ViewCell And the Renderer: public class FooViewCellRenderer : ViewCellRenderer { public override System.Windows.DataTemplate GetTemplate(Cell...
View ArticleIssues on dynamic custom cell of ListView in Xamarin.Forms
I'm developing code snippet that uses 3 different custom cells in ListView. When I open the page that contains listview, everything is fine but after tapping button that changes the...
View ArticleNavigationItem titleview is null
Hi, I have a Xamarin Forms project with a page renderer. In this page renderer I want to show a UIPopoverViewcontroller with some content when I tap the title in the navigationBar but when I try to...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms for Mac
Why there is not a version of Xamarin.Forms for Mac? Are there any plans for that? Is there any open source project for Xamarin.Forms so we can fork it an and functinality
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