App.xaml file isn't getting created with new XF Solution
Seems like this has just started happening recently when I create a new Xamarin Forms solution (PCL). What happened to the App.xaml and App.xaml.cs files that were created? Wasn't that part of the...
View ArticleIs there in Xamarin Forms something like state list color in Android?
I have button, i want set background color red, and set background color as white if button pressed (not clicked, only on pressed!). In Android I can use color state list with state_pressed property....
View ArticleSupport for Windows phone 8 in Xamarin.Forms.Dynamic pre-release
Hi Team, I am trying to developing an application for Windows Phone 8.0 with Xamarin Forms. I am trying to load the views dynamically using an xaml string. Please refer the link below:...
View ArticleAfter updating xamarin android, the appliction which i have prevoisly created...
I have update xamarin android for visual studio recently. After updating, i'm not able to deploy the application which i have previously created(both in Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin.Android). Getting...
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...
View ArticleiOS MPMoviePlayerViewController goes blank after a few seconds
I'm having a weird issue with MPMoviePlayerViewController. public override void ViewDidLoad() { base.ViewDidLoad(); var f = new...
View ArticleListView Renderers
Hi everyone, I've made a sample App to test Xamarin.Forms ListView renderers because i've got some updating issues in a "production app" and i noticed something weird with bindings. I'm using...
View ArticleXamarin Forms - Android Lollipop java.lang.OutOfMemoryError problem
Hello, When releasing my app in some Lollipop Devices I got some issues with OutOfMemoryError. The error always happen in ListViews with images. In this case also CircleImages. The error is:...
View ArticleTwoWay Binding fails to fire in Windows 8.1 phone and Store app when using...
Hello, I have been seeing some strange behaviour with PCL based solutions using SwitchCells where the TwoWay Binding seems not to work in the Phone and Store 8.1 Apps. I have a multi target project...
View ArticleTouchesEnded is not called in CustomRenderer iOS
May I know what is reason TouchesEnded method is not called in customerRenderer iOS. But calling the TouchesCancelled instead of TocuhesEnded. Its for urgent please help me.
View ArticleProblem with WorkingWithListviewNative sample
Good day, I have been using this sample for my listview implementation. It works pretty well and smooth. see here:...
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 ArticleCompiled XAML - Exception thrown with AbsoluteLayout containing AutoSize...
After enabling XAML compilation, I get the following exception when I load a page that contains an AboluteLayout with children whose LayoutBounds use AutoSize:...
View ArticleWill it be possible to have UWP core libraries mixed with native...
I am just getting started with Xamarin (started my evaluation today). I'm trying to wrap my head around the different options for creating a cross-platform solution, particularly with UWP in the mix....
View ArticleHow to handle Android IntentFilter to open app with specific file-types?
How do I handle Android IntentFilter ActionView in a Xamarin.Forms-App? Here is my FormsApplicationActivity. IntentFilter is defined to enable the app to open *.gpx files from web-pages or file. The...
View ArticleForms.Map - Pins not appear on the device only in the simulator (IOS)
My map-based application works perfectly in the simulator, however when I executalo the IOS device (Debug or Release) the pins simply do not appear. I tried to reduce the amount to 10 and yet to no...
View ArticleTimer in Portable Class Library?
I would like to access System.Threading.Timer in my PCL targeting iOS, Droid, and Windows under Xamarin 3. I can't get it to happen. I know Microsoft accidentally left it out at one point, but they've...
View ArticleBinding and/or Converter Not Working
Trying to make a custom view that contains a ListView control. This is a control I made in WinPhone XAML and trying to port to Xamarin.Forms XAML now. In the item data template there is a content...
View ArticleBinding Update become blank on UWP
Hello all, I am a beginner and just starting to use Xamarin.Forms for cross platform. At first, the thing work fine in Android, but not working in Universal Windows Platform. I have create the...
View ArticleImage As Background
Hello, I am working with Xamarin Forms and would like to use an image as the background for some pages. I have several Views and Layouts on different pages, and would like to overlay them onto a...
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