Customizing Entry borders
Hello guys ! I am making an app using Xamarin.Forms and I am trying to make an entry with invisible borders. I set the background color of the entry to be the same as the background color of the...
View ArticleWebView rendering when not Visible
Hi All, I have a WebView that is not visible when the page is displayed. Visibility is set when tapping a StackLayout gesture. The WebView source is using a HtmlWebViewSource converter. When the...
View ArticleAndroid app crashing on device
Android app (Xamarin.Forms-PCL) is crashing or force close on device. While debugging through break point near global::Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init(this, bundle); force close is happening.Please help me....
View ArticlePossible to embed the Focused view of a timepicker on a page?
For Android / iOS I'm wondering if it's possible to have the "Focused" view of a timepicker embedded into another view or straight onto a ContentPage. Basically so there's no dialog popup and the...
View ArticleSetting switch width
Hi guys, I'm using a custom renderer to change the drawable used for the thumb and track parts of a switch on Android. However, the drawable is an oval shape, very similar to the native look of an iOS...
View ArticleNo Activity Indicator on Nexus 5 (Lollipop) (API 21)
I'm using the "IsBusy" code in my OnAppearing method and in the upper right corner of the Android version (API 19), I can see the Activity Indicator working properly but when I change my Xamarin...
View ArticleGallery style page with static content on top
Is it possible to have an image gallery (horizontal scroll) type page with static elements (buttons/icons) on top, or in the same page? I've tried CarouselPage but all the content in the page will...
View ArticleBuild parameters
Hi, I like to know if it's possible to set some build parameters for a Xamarin Forms project. My need is to have a reusable application, in function of some parameters set on the project i will load...
View ArticleImage buttons
I'm having issues with image-only buttons on iOS such that the images are distorted. It seems that the width of the button is "correct" but the image only takes up half of the available space and is...
View ArticleButton.Image - Sizing of button to size of image not working in IOS
Really simple problem. Android will properly set the size of the Button to the size of the Image. iOS does not. Is this a known issue? Setting the LayoutOptions of the Button doesn't change anything...
View ArticleXamarin Forms and Azure Media Player on Mobile
Has anyone used Xamarin Forms with Azure Media Player to deliver adaptive streaming videos to a mobile IOS/Android client? http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/media-services/media-player/ We are...
View ArticleXamSVG
Hi folks, I'm trying to follow the instructions to use XamSVG in my app from here: http://components.xamarin.com/gettingstarted/xamsvg The instructions assume that a Xamarin Forms app always has an...
View ArticleCharts For Xamarin Forms
Are there any Chart Plugin available for Xamarin forms ? Charts:- Line;Bar;Pie Or how to achieve it?
View ArticleNavigationStack is doubling pages
Strange situation that, after searching, I haven't found anyone else running into. I have a tabbed page as my main, and when I navigate out using Navigation.PushAsync() I end up with two copies of the...
View ArticleLabel background color
Can anyone explain to me please why the iOS renderer for Label overrides the default SetBackgroundColor method? The default method sets the BackgroundColor of the Control property (in iOS this would be...
View ArticleHow to avoid cached page image being displayed on iOS when navigate back to a...
In particular scenarios, when the user hits the back button to navigate back to the previous page, I want to update that page before it is displayed. On Windows, WinPhone and Android this works fine,...
View ArticleHas anybody solved running on Windows 10 release?
My app runs happily on Windows 8.1 and on a preview build of Windows 10, but on the release build of Windows 10, the XF Application constructor throws the following exception. Has anybody else...
View ArticleListView does not resize when Image loads from URL WP8.1
Hi, I'm loading images from web url, so when i use the Image component in a ListView, WindowsPhone 8.1 doesn't resize the list. Hence, if the list contains text, the image overlaps it, and if the list...
View ArticleHow to assign all properties of object to another object in Xaml??
How to assign all properties of object to another object in Xaml??
View ArticleXamarin.Forms.Labs FileNotFoundException error in xaml
hello! I'm trying to use ExtendedViewCell control in my listview to hide the separation bar. I added the Xamarin.Forms.Labs (Core) package with nuget. But in my xaml it throws the FileNotFoundException...
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