Start PullToRefresh Programatically with refreshing animation
Hi, I'm trying to add the pull-to-refresh functionality to a ListView. It's working great (I only tested it on Android though), but I want the refresh command and the refresh animation to start when...
View ArticleBest way to initialize Commands
Hi, so far I always implemented Commands as public properties and initialized them in my Constructor like this: public class MainMenuPageModel : FreshBasePageModel { public MainMenuPageModel() {...
View ArticleCustom ListView
Is it possible, through custom renderers, to make a GroupHeader a tappable item?
View ArticleAnnouncing MvvmNano – An MVVM Framework Tailored For Xamarin.Forms
Hey Forms Fans, When digging around Xamarin.Forms over the past holidays I almost accidentally created a new MVVM Framework. Maybe it's worth a try, even if there are some other candidates already...
View ArticleAdvancedTimer does not work
timer = DependencyService.Get<IAdvancedTimer>(); timer.initTimer(50, timerElapsed, true); timer.startTimer(); private void timerElapsed(object sender, EventArgs e) { } For some reason, timer...
View ArticleXamarin Forms refresh problem on Android 5 and upper
We are developing a simple app with about 15 pages and use NavigationPage to navigate, the app works on IOS without any issue. But the Android part is having lots of problem including color and layout...
View ArticleVS 2015 Errors on sample projects
Hi there, Hope someone can help me. I'm checking out the xamarin-form samples on github. On most projects i get the following 2 errors : Error Build action 'EmbeddedResource' is not supported by one or...
View ArticleAny plan to update XAMARIN.FORM to support Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 version...
Very happy to see Facebook SDK has been updated, while it requires Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 version 23.1.1.0 which is not supported by the latest Xamarin.Form . I really would like to use Facebook...
View ArticleMigration from Cordova / Phonegap
Hello all, I have a HTML5/Javascript application made with Cordova (and KendoUI). There are really few calls to Phonegap native code/plugins and they could be easily translated in C# in Xamarin (like a...
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Empty project template exceeds the license user code size
How come the empty project template required Indie licence? How should I know if Xamarin Forms are not just the next crappy cross-platform-ultimate-mobile-framework if I am not able to evaluate it?
View ArticleAndroid Master/Detail app and the Back button.
As the title says, have a Master/Detail app. On Android, the "hardware" back button tends to just close the app and go to whatever OS screen was up when I launched it (home page, app drawer, etc.). If...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2015 & Forms 2.0.1
So I've recently started using both of the title items in earnest. I created a new PCL app, updated to forms 2.0.1, and added a XAML page to my PCL project. ** It works fine. It compiles fine. ** BUT...
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Grial UI Kit for Xamarin Forms
Hi everybody! Just wanted to share with you our first Xamarin Forms User Interface Kit. And hear what you think about it Please check it out http://www.grialkit.com Thanks everybody!
View Articleapp is getting crashed after splash screen closed
Hi, My app is getting crashed after splash screen closed. below is my error information from insights. may I know what is the root cause for this? also please let me know is there any way to get the...
View ArticleHow do you properly implement a OnBackButtonPressed override with async...
We're a little confused as to how to mix Xamarin.Forms page functions like DisplayAlert and the OnBackButtonPressed override since one is async and the other is not. We tried this, but the DisplayAlert...
View ArticleXLabs and Xamarin.Forms 2
We are currently using XLabs, and now I'm starting to wonder if we made the right decision, as we are starting to run into conflicts between Xamarin versions. The current released version of Xlabs uses...
View ArticleXamarin forms ToolBar default icon
Does anyone know how to remove or replace the default icon in the toolbar? I have searched a lot and all i can see is that i can add new tool bar items, that are added to the right of the screen with...
View ArticleCustom label font with Xamarin Forms 1.3.0.6292
I'm using a custom font for many labels, and I'm using a custom renderer to make them work on Android as discussed here:...
View Articlecombine vertical and horizontal carouselview
I have a game board in the shape of a circle, divided the circle in 4 pieces. I want to swipe between them, but not just 4 in a row. From the upper left I can swipe to the right to reveil the upper...
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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...
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