Origins of cannot resolve dependency on WP8?
Hi guys, I'd like a general explanation of a problem that's been bugging me since I started using XF... I get that the dreaded error "Cannot resolve dependency to assembly 'Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WP8,...
View ArticleApp crash immediatly at startup with 'Fatal signal 6 (SIGABRT)' error message
Hi everyone, I'm a new Xamarin Forms developper (about 2 month old) and I'm facing a big problem when I execute my Xamarin Forms Android application. I search on the Xamarin forum and on Google for a...
View ArticleListView is slow to load, any performance guidelines?
Hi I am using a basic Listview in forms with hard coded data in a list. When navigating to the page which contains the listview, it takes a nice 1-2 seconds to load. Any specific reason why this is...
View ArticleAuthorizing Xamarin PCL app with Azure Active Directory
Hi, I am developing a Xamarin PCL app using Xamarin.Forms and have a requirement to log in to it through Azure Active Directory. I have tried to achieve this by using Xamarin.Auth, however it seems...
View ArticleTabbed Page with tabs from ViewModel
I have a tabbed page that is loaded after another page and the tabs can be different based upon context from the previous page. I am trying to follow MVVM and the only thing that is in the code behind...
View ArticleHow to save a ImageSource as String in Base64 ?
Hi I need to save a ImageSource as string in Base64 in PCL in XamarinForms. Is it possible or do I need an Dependency Service ? Thanks
View ArticleToolbaritem kills navigation to "CurrentPage" on MultiPage (Windows Phone issue)
Hi all, I stumbled across the following issue, and was hoping someone could help to solve it. Issue: When I have a ContentPage without a toolbaritem, and I navigate to a specific page in a Carousel,...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms 2.0 WinRT Scrollview not scrolling
I have a ScrollView thus: <ScrollView VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" x:Name="ScrollTestEntry" BackgroundColor="Red" Orientation="Vertical" > <Grid x:Name="TestEntryArea"...
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Your experiences with update to Win10 + VS2015…?
Hi all I work with Win 8.1 and VS2013 Update 2 and XF 1.4.4 “stable” and XLabs right now. On the base of various reasons, I have to update to Windows 10 and VS2015 in the near time. As we develop also...
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?...
View ArticleXamarin Forms Windows 8.1 (WInRT) App on Windows 10
I read from Microsoft that Windows 8.1 apps will work correctly when installed on Windows 10. They obviously would not do any of the fancy things that a real Windows 10 app could do, but no surprise...
View ArticleSimulate Home click or close app in iOS
Hi mates, Does anybody know how to simulate the home click, put the application run in the background or just kill it, I know that this is not the proper way to do it, and we shouldn't mess with this...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms 2.0.0.6482 lot of problems in Winphone 8
What happen this this version in windows phone 8? After update for this version from 1.5.0.6447, Pickers disappeared the only thing i can see are a black vertical line ... the Entry object is strange...
View ArticleHow do I determine if a user is within a specific region using...
Hi, I'm a newbie to Xamarin. I'm using Xamarin Forms Map in my app and would like to determine if a user is within a specific region? For example, I want to set the map to a specific region (Let's say...
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masked entry *Android*
just adding a control I made for Xamarin Forms. still in beta testing but seems to work ok on Android. just giving back for all the great code I have seen from github projects....
View ArticleReduce size back button hitting area in navigation bar
hi, Is there any approach to reduce the size of hitting area of back button in navigation bar in xamarin forms
View ArticleInApp-Billing
Hey folks, as I'm taking huge steps to release our app, I'm now at the point where I have to implement a payment function. And I was curious if anyone here used the InApp-Billing Components from the...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms 2.0 issues
I just recompiled my project with Xamarin.Forms 2.0 and found Application.Current.SavePropertiesAsync is not working as expected in "Release" mode. I used the following code to save the login email...
View ArticleXamlC compiles, but throws InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid...
Hi, Updated my XF project to 2.0.0.6487 and verified that it's still working. Then I enabled XamlC on the assembly level. Android project builds without issues but dies on my Android 4.3 device in the...
View ArticleHow to Databind to a "Dynamic" object ?
I am currently using DevExpress grid and want to data-bind the grid to a Dynamic object that does not have properties. I have to assign an object to the ItemsSource property and I am not sure how to...
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