Page Lifecycle
I'm trying to override 2 Xamarin.Form Page lifecyle methods (OnAppearing() and OnDisappearing()), but it doesn't appear to be working. ` protected override void OnAppearing() { base.OnAppearing();...
View ArticleDisplaying PDF in webview on iOS9 using xamarin forms
Hi, I am displaying a pdf inside a WebView. It is working properly as expected in all iOS versions except iOS9. in iOS9 the pdf occupies only around 1/5th of the page width only. I have tried setting...
View ArticleStripeView in Xamarin Forms
I did a little research and it seems braintree and stripe are suitable for app payments. braintree has no official xamarin bindings but there's a Stripe component by Xamarin for Android and iOS. is it...
View ArticleSharing violation on path PropertyStore.forms.tmp
I am seeing a huge upswing in reports of this in Insights in the past few days - seems to be mostly on Android, not iOS the stack trace is System.IO.FileStream.ctor(System.String path, FileMode mode,...
View ArticleIs there a way to make a listView show only certain number of items and the...
As clear as the title , I have a listView that I want to show only 5 items of 20 items and the rest I can scroll through them. Is there a simple way to do so ?
View ArticleLabs MediaPicker and EXIF
I am currently using Xamarin.Forms.Labs 1.2.1-pre2. When using their MediaPicker component the MediaFile created by the SelectPhotoAsync method appears to be stripping the GPS data out of the photo...
View Articleios bindings project
Hello! Well, I'm trying to create a simple PushToTalk app using pjSip library. But now I'm stuck on creating an iOS binding project. I'm using Xamarin Objective Sharpie tool to wrap my c code. But I've...
View ArticleAuto-Connecting the BLE characteristic with ObservableCollection
I am using Xamarin.Forms, to build a cross platform BLE app. It is based on this example app using the Monkey.Robotics plugin. All the examples use an ObservableCollection<IDevice> devices; line,...
View ArticleHow to import facebook contacts
In my xamarin forms application i need to login with facebook account and retrieve all the contacts and display it in listview. Any help on this?
View ArticlePublication of Android App Failed using Xamarin Studio
I'm using Mac with Xamarin Studio version 5.9.5 to Archive for Publishing my Android App. I followed the steps in "Part 1 - Preparing an Application for Release" to publish the app but I encountered...
View ArticleCross Platform Location Services
I am building a Xamarin.Forms (PCL) app, with some BLE data collection and Azure Mobile Services to push data entries to the cloud. I would like to add location services data to that, so I know where...
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Grial UI Kit for Xamarin Forms
Hi everybody! Just wanted to share with you our first Xamarin Forms User Interface Kit. And hear what you think about it Please check it out http://www.grialkit.com Thanks everybody!
View ArticleSearch Bar in ToolBarItems
Is it possible to use SearchBar in ToolBarItems? I tired it wasnt working. Can anybody help me.
View ArticleHow to create button pressed effect?
Hello, I need to create a button/image/whatever that changes image while pressed to create the button pressed effect. How can i get to the 'while pressed' state? Even if using custom renderers, i cant...
View ArticleTesting in Android - getting an error with the shared runtime
I'm trying to test my XF application in an Android genymotion emulator. Unfortunately, I can't get the application to start. I am getting the following error when I look this up in monitor. This...
View ArticleTwilio SMS code works from console, but not from ios app
I am writing a business app on IOS and I need to sent preformed text messages when specific events happen. It looked like it would be reasonably easy to do with Twilio, so that is the direction I went...
View ArticleDisable rotation all pages except one
Hi, All the solutions the i found about blocking rotation is global to all pages of the App, but my situation is different I wan't all pages to portrait except one that can be used in portrait or...
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3x3 square grid inside ScrollView
Hello, I am trying to build a 3x3 grid with square images (and a label). I am having a hard time because every attempt I make it results in the "squares" being flattened or stretched. That's my code...
View ArticleHow to use MasterBehavior in Xamarin Forms
Hi everyone I am facing issue when i am using MasterBehavior getting error can you please guide me how i can use MasterBehavior = MasterBehavior.Split; i want to split my masterdetailpage in ios...
View ArticleRunning XF app on Android shows CPU usage that does not to 50%
I'm executing a XF app that does lots of operations in a loop and checking performance. I opened a terminal and ran 'adb shell' + 'Top' command to see CPU usage. My app's CPU usage does not go over...
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