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Gorilla Player - Instant XAML Preview for Xamarin.Forms :)
Hi everybody! While we were working on Grial UI Kit we felt the need to improve our design cycles as much as we can. And that was when we started looking for something that could really speed up our...
View ArticleMenu and Navigation
I have an app that requires both a slide out menu that is accessible from every view, and a back button (in a subheader bar) on every view that was not accessed bu the menu. It should look like the...
View ArticleProblem to show alert message after upgrade of xamarin forms 2.0 for android.
Hi Guys, After upgrade of xamarin forms 2.0 for android, I am getting the problem to show alert message. I am using UserDialogs.Instance.Alert("Error"); to show the alert message. When debugger comes...
View ArticleHow Render PDF file in Xamarin Forms (Android & IOS)
Hi, I am new in Xamarin , Please let me how we Render PDF file in Xamarin Forms (Android & IOS) any example code please share with me. Thanks
View ArticleAppCompat + MasterDetailPage with MasterBehavior.Split
I need to display a MasterDetailPage with NavigationPages for both Master and Detail. On tablets the Master should always be visible, so I use MasterBehavior.Split. That's how it works on iOS. On...
View ArticleActivityIndicator block when Navigation ContentPage
I have two pages. The first has a link to the second page and ActivityIndicator. The second page is very complex, it has 500 controls. When I touch link, ActivityIndicator shown but it is blocked....
View ArticleHow to show and hide the keyboard?
Hoping for a standardised way that will work for iOS and Droid. Or will I need to create a custom Entry control and renderer? Cheers John
View ArticleSimple way to poll server from Xamarin.Forms client
Hi there I have to implement a polling code to send a device App status to a server (I use WCF) and get a command from the server to be executed (if at all). It polls each, say, 10 seconds regardless...
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Trying to make 'Next' and 'Prev' buttons on Keyboard through Custom Renderer....
So I'm trying to test if I can make the Next button on my keyboard go to the next Entry. My Done, Next, and Previous buttons on the keyboard were made using Custom Renderer for iOS. Here's the code...
View Articledisabling multitouch across the appwide in android xamarin
Is there a way to disable multi-touch App wide in Xamarin Android. I currently have a PCL, project. With shared code implemented using Xamarin forms UI. I just want to prevent users from clicking more...
View ArticleC# code vs Xaml for Pages?
Hi, I am seeing more C# code behind examples than Xaml examples for creating views.. Is there any reason for that? I prefer mostly Xaml as code is kept more clean rather witting bunch of c# codes in...
View ArticleUWP - Renderer experts please help! (Rounded buttons)
Rounded corners are not supported on UWP Forms. This article expains how to achieve rounded corners on Win Phone:...
View ArticleScreen orientation set per page on iOS
Hello, I would like to prevent orientation change only on some pages in my xamarin forms app. Lock page in portrait mode for example. I found solution for Android but I couldn't find anything for iOS....
View ArticleBug? DatePicker allows paste
Hi, I've noticed through testing of our app on iOS 9 that the DatePicker's keyboard allows a paste operation which will stick whatever is in the clipboard into the date field, this works with...
View ArticleIs there a bug in WinPhone (WinRT) - SearchBar?
I have a SearchBar defined in Xaml: In Android and Win Desktop the SearchText is correctly bound. In WinPhone (WinRT) SearchText is an empty string. Since the binding is working correctly in Android...
View ArticleImageCell won't display picture.
Hi, I have a page with a listview on it, after clicking a button a user can select a picture and I want to display this picture in an ImageCell but it won't show it. Using PCL storage I copy the file...
View ArticleWeird error that shows randomly when running on Android
Hi all, i got this error that shows randomly, every time i got this error i need to uninstall the app, then the error goes away... i don't know why this happens. This is the log: Forwarding debugger...
View ArticleProblem with SQLite Example2
I'm looking at the "An Introduction to Xamarin.Forms and SQLite" example found at, http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/an-introduction-to-xamarinforms-and-sqlite--cms-23020 in the RandomThoughtsPage.cs...
View ArticlePage indicator for carousel - dots, for instance?
On the windows platform it is easy to see that there are more pages because of the huge title. However there is no default page indicator for Android (I have no IOS device). How can I go about creating...
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[XAMLC] compilation failure. Need more info
Hey guys, I'm getting a XAMLC compilation failure, but unfortunately the info that gets dumped in the error console is not helpful. I've validated all of my XAML and it appears to be correct, however...
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