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iOS - Local webview shows black background when page is dragged
I'm currently working with some WebViews right now, one of which includes loading a local HTML file into my app. On iOS, if I try dragging the page, a black background shows. What can I do to disable...
View ArticleXamarin mediaPicker.TakePhotoAsync crashes activity
I have an Xamarin.Forms app that uses XLabs, it was working fine, but suddenly it started to crash my app, if I take photo or press back button from photo screen, I was googling around for 4 hours and...
View ArticlePUBLIC WARNING! Barcode scanning in Xamarin Forms
BACKGROUND: We are building a Xamarin Forms product that uses barcode scanning as a central function. In the early stages we decided not to buy a barcode scanning component, but use the free ZXing...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms Android NavigationBar and TabbedPage Problem
Hello Community, i have the following problems. I did these steps http://motzcod.es/post/115523285992/material-design-theming-for-xamarinforms-android for the Material Design Navigation bar. It shows...
View ArticleCrosslight vs Xamarin.Forms
anyone try Crosslight ? is it more advance then Xamarin.Forms http://www.intersoftpt.com/crosslight/
View ArticleListView bound to ObservableCollection crash
I have ListView bound to an ObservableCollection. When I do ObservableCollection.Clear() it crashes/throwing with a NullReferenceException in Source: "Xamarin.Forms.Core" at...
View ArticleCan 3 Windows/Visual Studio Devs use the same Mac as an iOS build server?
As the question states. We're just getting started with XF and wondered if we'd need also need 3 Mac's, or just the one? We've not got the infrastructure/licences in place as of yet - just wonder how...
View ArticleHow to set Entry keyboard to show numbers/symbols first
I have an Entry which uses the default Keyboard property, so when the user selects it the keyboard slides up and shows letters, with the option for the user to switch to numbers pressing the "123"...
View ArticleWebview and posting web authentication
Hello everyone, I'm creating a mobile application to interact with a website. The website has a login page that has a field for username and password. The website takes the login data, authenticate,...
View ArticleHow do I prevent the OS X firewall from complaining every app launch?
I recently got my iOS license, and I'm writing some applications. Every time I debug, it seems this is what happens: I choose "Start with debugging". The iOS simulator launches, and Xamarin sits at...
View ArticleHow to implement speech to text feature in Xamarin.Forms
Hey, i am trying to build a app with the microphone icon on the side of Editor control in Xamarin.Forms. I want the user to click on that microphone so that user can speak and the text will come as...
View ArticleButton renderer iOS
Hi, I'm new to Xamarin and start with Xamarin.Form API. I look video for using renderer to customize each component for each platform. I try to make a button with a background gradient but can't find...
View ArticleXamarin Forms Bluetooth
Dear, I have a question regarding Xamarin.Forms how do i get a list of bluetooth devices into a listview that ya can connect to i don't see any example in Xamarin Forms on the internet as far as i...
View ArticleHow to convert MonoTouch.UIKit.UIImage to Xamarin.Forms.ImageSource?
I have a MonoTouch.UIKit.UIImage produced by the ZXing library on iOS that I want to display to the user on a Xamarin.Forms page. I've tried creating a Xamarin.Forms.Image control, but its Source...
View ArticleWebView - refresh/reload
I am having the hardest time finding something out that should be so simple. I have a Xamarin.Forms project where I am using a WebView and providing it a source: var wvSource = new HtmlWebViewSource();...
View Article[XAML] ListView items not appearing
Hey guys, I set this Labels associated with the ListViews. When you tap the Label, the ListView should appear with its options. But when I tap the Label, the ListView opens empty, with none of its...
View ArticleInstantiating DataTemplate in XAML
May be silly question, but is it possible to instantiate DataTemplate class in XAML without ListView? If I make it inside ContentView, it throws a XamlParseException: Cannot assign property "Content":...
View ArticleUsing Xamarin.Forms.Maps for offline use?
Hello Is it possible to use Xamarin.forms.maps for offline use? and if it is, any documentation on it? Else if I wanna add OsmSharp to Xamarin.forms, how do i make custom renderer, that renders Map...
View ArticleContentPage.Resources not found.
HI guys, Given the following xaml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ContentPage.Content> <ContentPage.Resources> <LayoutOptions x:Key="vertOptions" Alignment="Center"...
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Adding Pull To Refresh to ListView for iOS :)
I love pull to refresh and I wanted to add it to iOS. Mark's video is awesome showing you how to use custom renderers, so I applied his practices to iOS:...
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