Announcement: NControl - Custom Controls for Xamarin.Forms
Just wanted to inform you all that I've just released a new library called NControl for Xamarin Forms that helps you write custom controls without the need for custom renderers. The library uses the...
View ArticleCleaning the Data from setting in Android my app get crashes
Whenever i install the app and go to the settings of the device and choose my app and clean the data from setting, And coming back to the app and run the application it getting crashes and my app did...
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TabbedPage with NavigationPage as children
I have a client who wants to have a MainPage with three Tabs, each of these tabs has a NavigationPage as the first child to keep the navigation local to each tab. The tab bar in the bottom should...
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Can't add Shared Project to References in Windows Phone 8.1
Hello, I'm trying to add a Windows Phone 8.1 project to my existing solution which contains a Shared Project. I'm also using Xamarin.Forms. But when I follow these steps, I get stuck at the step where...
View ArticleiOS and Android different behaviors for OnAppearing
Hello! I am running into an issue (one that I could probably resolve a different way, but I wanted to make sure this is an issue) where when OnAppearing gets called is different for Android and iOS. As...
View ArticleCoordinate units
Whenever in Xamarin.Forms I see size or corrdinates being set, it is not clear....are these numbers pixels, dip, px, ps or something else? Please, let me know
View ArticleCustom Entry control on Android
We're learning/working with Xamarin.Forms 1.3 and made a custom Android Entry renderer. We're trying to change the color of the bottom border and nothing seems to affect it. Here's what we tried:...
View ArticleCannot get libraries from incompatible component when upgrading from Xamarin...
From VS 2013 (Update 5) I am try to upgrade the Xamarin Forms component in our iOS and Android XamForms projects. I have tried the NuGet Package Manager selecting each of the Xamarin Forms projects and...
View ArticleHow to show only bottom of entry in xamarin.forms
Hi can anyone help me with this.. with reference to this link http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/29295/custom-entry-control-on-android i could able to change the border color of the entry but i just...
View ArticleUse Crosslight-Controls in Xamarin-Forms?
Hey, I was wondering if anyone of you knows if there is a way to get Crosslight-Controls working in a xamarin forms application? The crosslight "support" told me, that there is a way to use the...
View ArticleSelect Renderer for control
Hi! I would like to use different renderers related to one control. I am using such code: [assembly: ExportRenderer(typeof(ControlMono), typeof(ControlRenderer1))] and I hope I can write something like...
View ArticleCould not load type Share.Forms.Plugin.iOS.ShareImplementation,...
I've been scratching my head on below error when I started using https://github.com/jguertl/SharePlugin: Could not load type Share.Forms.Plugin.iOS.ShareImplementation, Share.Forms.Plugin.iOS,...
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Create share button
Hello, is there a way to create a "Share" button with Forms? I want to create this button that, when pressed, launches the classic intent chooser in Android (Image 1), the UIActivityViewController in...
View ArticleOverride/cancel pop when hardware back button pressed using NavigatePage
Is there anyway to achieve this? Thanks, Stuart
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Camera Capture using XLabs
Hi I'm trying to implement a camera capture using XLabs. I've follows the examples but there seems to only be part of the code necessary (unless there's a complete solution I'm missing on Github!?) I...
View ArticleXamarin Forms Labs Camera
How do I use the camera feature from xamarin forms labs? How do I implement the code and such?
View ArticleSecurity of Resources.resx and Build Action
Hello, I'm using a resx file in my application to store some keys that I want to keep hidden to users. Is there any way for users to read its content? (I've set Build Action as Embedded resource) Thank...
View ArticleHow to change the background color of top Menu Bar in Xamarin.Forms
Hi, How to change the background color of top Menu Bar in Xamarin.Forms ?? Thanks
View ArticleTapGestureRecognizer not getting called
Hi folks! I've got a simple class that extends a Button. I use this button on a form, I get a breakpoint in the constructor, so the tapGestureRecognizer gets created, but I never get a breakpoint in my...
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Can't download and open local PDF file on Android tablet device using Xamarin...
Hi, I am trying to write a test app in debug mode using the dependency service from Xamarin.forms to download a PDF file from the internet onto my app's special folder on my Lenovo Android tablet...
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