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Showing Secondary ToolBar items - best way?
I use two devices for testing my app: Phone(Android 4.0.3). It has a hardware button menu Tablet(Android 4.2.2). It has no hardware button menu. This is code my ToolBars <ToolbarItems >...
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Quickstart-guide to start developing with Xamarin(.Forms)
Hi all I have created a description (.pdf) how to start work with Xamarin(.Forms) and Visual-Studio. It contains a lot of information's for starters but also information's, like "how to use the forum",...
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Xamarin.Forms.Labs Peeps!
@KevinFord @rmarinho So I used NuGet to get the package added to my project; it also added ExifLib. I set up a class to utilize the camera from my app, based upon your Xamarin.Forms.Labs.Sample app....
View ArticleScrollView won't work in work within images
Hi all, I put six images into a scrollview, they are fixed size and inside the scrollview, there is in Grid to put them into three rows. For phones which have larger screen, that is no problems, but in...
View ArticleHow to cancel or handle the back button press on Navigation Bar on iOS/Android
This is such a frustrating experience probably due to either my stupidity or someone's stupidity. The OnBackButtonPressed won't be called at all. And I tried to handle the Popup event of navigation, to...
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Bound Field in Xamarin Form Grid
Hi, I need Bound Field for XFGrid. If i click on any field in my grid the clicked field should change to textbox. I Created my XFGrid through Code. private void CreateGrid() { XFGrid grid = new...
View ArticleGetting a grid of buttons without the spacing in between.
What do I need to do to avoid the default spacing between two buttons? I have tried setting padding to 0, BorderWidth etc. I am using Grid like this: in ctor: InitializeComponent(); var grid = new Grid...
View ArticleIOS - ScrollView doesnt work on device
Hello, I got the following Problem - Currently I am trying to output a Datagrid (Zumero) in a Stacklayout located in a ScrollView. <ScrollView > <StackLayout x:Name="Scroll" Padding =...
View ArticleHow to add the content of a Frame as a Subview in an UIView? (Add Views as...
I'm using the RoundedBoxViewRenderer example from here (http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/custom-renderer/) and I updated it to inherit from Frame and not BoxView because...
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How can I MVVM-Compliant modify dynamically the contenttype of a custom control?
Hi, I am trying to make an own control with a headerline and a contentarea. The Problem: The Content is not always a String which I can use with a label. It could be quite every possible contenttype....
View ArticleWhat's the proper way to do push notifications using XF?
Howdy folks, I'm playing around with xamarin for vs and I'm wondering what the proper way to do push notifications should be? I'm gravitating towards using AWS SNS and I found on github an AWS SDK for...
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Using imported views in xaml
Hello, I'm trying to create an autocomplete search bar using Forms.Labs' AutoCompleteView. But I'm always getting "Type AutoCompleteView not found in xmlns". The xaml and cs files use the same class...
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Master detail app menu icon sizes
I make a master-detail app in Xamarin.Forms. Everything is great, i have one annoying problem. Images in master menu appears perfectly on IOS: ...but on Android images are huge (only the first row...
View ArticleMVVM and navigation
Hello Fellow Xamarin fans, I have some problems with navigation. I use the mvvm light framework and navigation. But one problem I need to navigate from a contentpage to a masterdetailpage. The problem...
View ArticleCurrent OxyPlot Version not working with current Xamarin.Forms Version
Hallo, the current OxyPlot-Version is not working on all Plattforms. On Android everything works well, but on WindowsPhone and iOS the PlotModel does not appear. The PlotView appears and displays the...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms.Device.Idiom issue on tablet
Hi, I have to open my application in portrait mode in phones and landscape mode in tablets. I am using below code for changing screen orientation. Its working fine in android phone. But in samsung...
View ArticleDetect if Phone vs Tablet (iPhone vs iPad, Android Phone vs Android Tablet)
Hi For phone vs tablet i want to use different layouts since on a Tablet you do have more space available. How can I detect if a device is a Phone vs a Tablet? This is for both iOS and Android. Thanks
View ArticleWeird Language Behavior
I have an app built with Xamarin forms for android and IOS. All is fine with the Android version but the IOS version starts showing strange language behaviour on both the emulator and devices. Though I...
View ArticleCustomer Renderer View Dimensions
Hi All, I'm currently writing a custom renderer, in order to display a video control on a ContentPage. The basics of the player are working - however, I'm unable to find any documentation/guidance on...
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