Xamarin.Forms and Windows Universal Apps
Hello! In the latest updates from Microsoft for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, they introduced the Universal Apps. Wrapping up, it is nothing more then use the new Shared Projects included on...
View ArticleHow to set a xamarin semi background in forms
Hi, I have an application which has a menu option. The menu has to be implemented with a semitransparent background. Is there any way I can do it on xamarin forms.
View ArticleSatellite Menu with Xamarin Forms
Hi! I was wondering if anyone has used Satellite Menu component with Forms. I guess you have to implement some sort of interface and custom control mix since satellite menu component is implemented for...
View ArticleMultitrigger on a Button doesn't work
Hey maybe someone can explain to me why this code is not working. When the conditions are met the Button doesn't get enabled. Or do the conditions don't work like that. I mean !string.IsNullOrEmpty...
View ArticlePage transitions in Xamarin.Forms Android
Hi all, I'm working with with an Android project in Xamarin Forms. I'd really like to leverage some device standard animations to apply to all of my page transitions. Is there an easy way to do this?...
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CachedImage FFImageLoading for Xamarin.Forms
https://github.com/molinch/FFImageLoading or https://github.com/daniel-luberda/FFImageLoading/ (new Forms features) DEMO:...
View ArticleSidebar Navigation integration into a Xamarin Forms project
hi, I'm trying to get the Sidebar Navigation component working in a Xamarin Forms iOS/Android project. For some reason though my project doesn't show the menu on the top right of the root form as...
View ArticleNuGet.targets error installing packages.config using Xamarin Studio on a Mac
The Xamarin.Forms project was built in Visual Studio 2013. I am now trying to run the IOs app in Xamarin Studio on a MacBook. I've researched the web and the Forums, but I can't find any articles to...
View ArticleHas anybody written an AOP Logging Interceptor for a PCL?
I'm looking at adding logging all over my app (for insights), but I really don't want to add all that bloat to the code. A typical method with logging will look like public void SomeMethod() {...
View ArticleHide title bar in Android 4.3 (Api 18) with xlabs
Hello, In the Android part I am trying to hide the title bar. For API 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 I have a theme with this item : <item name="android:actionBarSize">0dp</item> For API 16,...
View ArticleChanging ListView's ItemsSource causes an out of range exception in Windows...
There appears to be a bug in the ListView control for Windows Store apps. If you try to change the ItemsSource after it is loaded it throws an exception. The same exception is thrown if I initially...
View ArticleIs it possible to have PullToRefresh in ScrollView?
Hi to all. Is there any way to have PullToRefresh in ScrollView? I need this feature in ScrollView instead of in ListView. Thanks.
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FastCell on github - silky smooth scrolling in ListView while using XAML
The xaml in the complex example is really over-the-top (3 stack layouts, and 9 images) and performance is still good. Let me know how you get on! Implementation is very easy and unobtrusive....
View ArticleDeselect selected item of ListView
Hi, I want to deselect already selected item by click. So the user first clicks an item and it becomes selected, then user clicks same item once again and it should become deselected. Following code...
View ArticleOpacity incorrectly blends with black
I'm seeing a bug when setting Image.Opacity to any value between 0.0 and 1.0. It will blend the image (or the background color if there is no source image) with black, instead of becoming translucent...
View ArticleXamarin.Auth for Instagram "riderect URI" problem
I smashed my head over it to make it work with no success: Using this tutorial as a base. new OAuthSettings ( clientId: "4777d948cd5***********", // OAuth2 client id scope: "likes", // The scopes for...
View ArticleSystem.IO.Compression It does not work - Microsoft.Bcl.Compression
I've a xamarin form project, when i use this code ... var re =await client.Execute(request); var gs = new GZipStream(new MemoryStream(re.RawBytes), System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress); .....
View ArticleExceptions in Visual Studio with latest Xamarin
I just updated Xamarin to get some of the new features of the ListView control. Now when an unhandled exception is thrown instead of stopping at the exception with the exception detail window it just...
View ArticleAddSubview and Custom PageRenderer in Android
Hi there I am writing a PageRenderer that simply adds a menu control to the bottom left of the page. Using iOS the renderer is easy because I can simply use View.AddSubview (button); and it works...
View ArticleBug or wrong approach? FormattedText and Bindings through XAML throw an...
We have a Label that has a sentence as the Text property, we want to split it in two to style it differently. The original approach that compiles and "works" but doesn't show up on screen because our...
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