which social authentication to use?
Hi, I'm developing a Xamarin forms app. And now I want to implement user authentication. And later posting on facebook. I have looked at teh component store and found many different components. So...
View ArticleIs it possible to disable navigation toolbar items in xamarin.forms?
I'm trying to find a cross-platform way to disable user interaction with navigation toolbar buttons. When the user clicks "done" I make a request and want to prevent any further clicking of "done" or...
View ArticleCalling method from a view model
I'm looking to implement a countdown timer which displays the count... 10, 9, 8, 7... 1. Then when it hits 0 it fires a command. I'm unsure what the "right" approach for this would be. I'm using Xaml...
View ArticleImageSource to Stream
Hey guys, I am trying to persist a user photo by converting it to a byte array. The initial placeholder image is loaded using xaml and static resources. The holdup is, that ImageSource is a XF Element...
View ArticleiOS images in Xamarin Forms
So I have an image with 3 different resolutions: camera.png camera@2x.png camera@3x.png All with a build action of "Bundle Resource". If I do ImageSource.FromFile("camera.png"); it always retrieves the...
View Articlec.Delegate = null; crashes App on iOS < 8
Hey guys, I am using Xamarin Forms to develop an App as part of my master thesis. Now I got stuck with an iPhone 4 and iOS 7.1. With iOS 8 and 8.4 @ iPhone 6 everything works like a charm. Also on the...
View ArticleGet BindingContext of cell in a ListView
I'm converting a C# layout to XAML. The layout displays a list of Contacts that each have an Id, a PhoneNumber, and a Name property. I have a method CallContact that accepts a Contact as a parameter....
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...
View ArticleIs Xamarin Forms ready for production?
Hi, I would like to know whether Xamarin Forms is ready for real-world development? We are planning to develop a cross-platform application, whose major part is data-entry and uses negligible platform...
View ArticleHow to exit out of app ???
Hi, i am trying to write exit functionality at some certain page for that i have got a solution i.e--- system.diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().Closewindow(). but here in my PCL project am unable...
View ArticleScrollable text within ViewCell
I have a multiline text field which sometimes needs to be editable and sometimes not. The whole thing is placed inside a TableView. I started with a simple ViewCell with an Editor in it. On iOS this...
View ArticleArranging StackLayouts under each other forming a grid 3x2
I'm still new to Xamarin and I want some help. In my project, there is an image as a logo of the company which is the first thing the user sees and it is centered. Below it directly I want to add 6...
View ArticleXAML - setting a constructor parameter
Hey everyone, I have a custom label CustomLabel. It may not have a default constructor, a parameter has to be specified (CustomLabel(string parameter)). How would one add a constructor parameter when...
View ArticleXAML Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml is not resolved.
HI Now i am Creating a New Windows Phone App using Xamarin in VS2013. If I add the Shared Code and I am getting Error like this. "XAML Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml is not...
View ArticleProblem with @(Content) in Visual Studio with Xamarin
Hi! I have a problem.I created a solution (mobile apps) and when execute, I get the following warning : Warning XA0101: @(Content) build action is not supported (XA0101). and then the android emulator...
View ArticleRemoteControlReceived
How can I implement the iOS public override void RemoteControlReceived(UIEvent theEvent) in Forms? I'm building a PCL App which contains an audio player and must be able to receive events from the...
View ArticleHow to draw a separator
I am struggling to figure out how to draw a line to separate controls from one another. In WPF, I use a rectangle and set its height or width to "1" and set its fill property to LightGray. I would then...
View Article2 way binding between slider and entry
Hey guys, so I'm attempting to do something I would assume is fairly simple. Basically I have a Slider and an Entry next to each other. When you slide the slider, I want the Entry field to update with...
View ArticleAn unhandled exception occured
Hello, After update Xamarin.Forms to 1.4.4.6392 when I use an ActivityIndicator my application fall with "An unhandled exception occured". The code is simple: ActivityIndicator activityIndicator = new...
View ArticleiOS and Android dependency classes' inheritance causes "You must add a...
In my Xamarin.Forms project I have a dependency interface `/* * Interface to get device IP address on network, implemented natively in .Droid's and .iOS's IPAddressManager.cs */ public interface...
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