Bluetooth support in Xamarin.Forms
I've noticed a few projects attempting to tackle the issue of Bluetooth connectivity from common code in Xamarin.Forms. At Evolve 2014 we released a beta version of the Monkey.Robotics component which...
View ArticleHow to do a Windows Phone 'OnPlatform' for a ToolBarItem Icon?
This works (the icon is shown) in all platforms including Windows Phone 8.1: <ToolbarItem Name="{resx:Translate MainPageLogOutLabel}" Command="{Binding LogOutCommand}" Order="Primary" Priority="0"...
View ArticleUnable to push notifications from Parse
Hi All, I am trying to push notification of parse to my android device in a xamarin.Forms Application. Here is my code: Android.manifest: <!-- IMPORTANT: Change "com.parse.starter" to match your...
View ArticleCustom view load with live updates
I've created a custom view, which I've rendered for use in a xamarin.forms view. I'm able to update the view using the OnElementPropertyChanged method: protected override void...
View ArticleAndroid Errors when loading Google Map
The map still loads and pins work as they should, but I'm getting these errors and it only started a couple of days ago. 08-12 04:27:30.151 I/Google Maps Android API( 3103): Google Play services...
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How to resize an image in Xamarin.Forms (iOS, Android and WP)?
Hi all In my app, there is a registration-page, where the user can register to have access to more functions. Among other he can load an image, that then is showed as his avatar. To select an image, I...
View ArticleVideo on Background in a content page not go in background
Hi, i have a problem to play a video in the background of a content page. I use an absolute layout to make a custom renderer class in background and an image and two label in front of the page. This is...
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Icon for ToolbarItem with Order="Secondary"
Hi, I need to put icons like this: I have 4 icons and all of them on ContentPage.ToolbarItems dont look good. I tried putting some in Order="Secondary" but then the icon doesn't show when I click the 3...
View ArticleProblem with Xamarin Studio debugger
I have a problem with the debugger where I'll click step-in or step-over and it just stays on the same line, and the line is green-highlighted. I could click step-in or step-over a hundred times and it...
View ArticleImageSource -> UIImage
I need to convert ImageSource to UIImage and I checked ImageRenderer for this purpose but I can't compile part of code I got from there. IImageSourceHandler handler; if (imageSource != null &&...
View ArticleException with Maps
Get the following exception when attempting to use maps: Java.Lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at --- End of managed exception stack trace --- at...
View ArticleXamarin Forms Labs Camera
How do I use the camera feature from xamarin forms labs? How do I implement the code and such?
View ArticleAn exception has been encountered. This may be caused by an extension.
Hi, Every time that I start a debugging session, when the debugger hits a break-point Visual Studio shows this error: "An exception has been encountered. This may be caused by an extension." Then on...
View ArticleERROR ITMS-90072: "The IPA is invalid. It does not include a Payload directory"
I'm trying to submit my app to the Apple Store, but when I try to send my IPA him of the following error ITMS - 90072 ERROR: . " The IPA is invalid It does not include the Payload directory" Anyone...
View ArticleBest practice MVVM navigation using Master Detail page?
Hi to all. I want to follow the MVVM pattern as much as possible, but I don't know if I am doing the navigation quite well. Note that I am using a MasterDetail page and I want to maintain the Master...
View ArticleMultiselect ListViews
I am new to Xamarin Forms and was wondering if we could build Multiselect Listviews using Xamarin Forms. Any help would be appreciated.
View ArticleAnyone have success with Xamarin.Forms.Labs.HybridWebView?
Has anyone actually had success using the HybridWebView control from Xamarin Forms Labs? I've burned a day trying to get it to render in a sample hello world app with no success. Here's what I have so...
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GestureRecognizers (iOS) issue in 1.4.4.6392
I have a Label ' = ' with a TapGestureRecognizer on the accordion nav bar in the linked example which fails to fire, past the first item above the root, in the Navigation stack. The bar below the...
View ArticleVS2015 View Designer/View Code on XAML Pages gives Error
I have the latest Xamarin 3.11.836 installed on Win10 with VS2015 and when I have a XAML file open, I expect View Code to open the CS file and when in the CS file of a Page I expect View Designer to...
View ArticleHow to data bind in xaml
Hi I've tried to test out PCL with XAML file that should share UI for cross-platform.. The problem is i dont know how to the data properly. public class Employee { public string DisplayName { get; set;...
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