DatePicker DateSelected Event Not Fired if the date doesn't change?
So I have a form where I would like a user to add a "note" to a day. So they click a button which sets the Focus to a DatePicker: <DatePicker x:Name="addToNoteDiaryDate"...
View ArticleDlls working in one place but not another
Hi folks, I've been playing around with Xamarin and im hoping you can help me out with a couple of questions I have. I can see that when you create an Android application using Xamarin you can use...
View ArticleMVVMCross with XF
What's are the reasons why developers will use MVVMCross instead of what's already provided?
View ArticleAnimation causing KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the...
So I have pretty consistently had issues calling animations from non ui-threads generating this exception. {System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the...
View ArticleAcr.XamForms.UserDialogs.Toast customizing the UI apperance
Hi Guys We have been using the Acr.XamForms.UserDialogs.Toast across all our apps and we would like to customize the UI appearance (background colour , font size , font colour, rounded corners, etc.)...
View ArticleHow does one catch, not re-throw, and report to HockeyApp and said caught...
I need to catch an exception and report it to HockeyApp without crashing my app - hence not re-throwing it. Thanks in advance.
View ArticleXAML Layout to create grid 2x6 ?
I realized XAML for Xamarin does not have the same syntaxs as creating native windows phone XAML. Can anyone provide me an example of creating a grid basically 2 (left grid and right grid takes up...
View ArticleHaving issues with large memory being consumed when displaying images
Hi, I am currently working on a small project which requires some elements with images being displayed in a scrollview. I have a jpeg image of 43kb and when i try to display 5 instances of the my...
View ArticleXlabs : Imagebutton doesn't show the Icon image
I am using Xlabs ImageButton . The icon inside the image doesn't show in my screen. Xlab.Forms version is 2.0.5679. Here is my code , <controls:ImageButton x:Name="TwitterButton" Text="Twitter"...
View ArticleAnyone else having issues with ObservableCollection not updating the Listview
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <MasterDetailPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" x:Class=".Views.MainPageView"...
View ArticleDevExpress Grid Component Crashes With No Error
I have been trying to setup the DevExpress Grid component, but the app just crashes with no errors. I think it may have to do with the section that says Next, manually add the...
View ArticleDisplayAlert not displaying and hanging app
What am I doing wrong? I subscribe via Messaging Center in my view, which should pop up a displayalert. In my view model, I send it what to pop up. When it hits the displayalert code in the view, it...
View ArticleWhy does my oxyplot not display within a stacklayout?
Hi Guys, I am hoping someone can give me a point in the right direction. I have the following page: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <ContentPage...
View ArticleUsing standard Icons for NavigationBar in Xamarin Forms
Hi! Is there a way to use OS specific icons on a certain platform in Xamarin Forms? For example, on iOS I would like to use UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd and on WP/droid a custom image....
View ArticleHow to make single control for a label used on all the pages in an application?
I need a single control for a label (as a footer) used on all the pages in an application, how is it possible? do i need to take custom control? how to do it? help me! Thanks.
View ArticleListView: Get index of selected item?
Hi When an item is selected in a listview I need the selected rows position. Is there an easy way to achieve this? Thanks
View ArticleCan data binding to a list of dictionary?
Say I have data like this: So this is a list of lists of dictionary that have name and age, in xamarin.form I create a list view which itemsource is the whole thing, so each cell has itemsource like: {...
View ArticleCan I use Xamarin.Android trial version for Xamarin.Forms?
Can I use Xamarin.Android trial version for Xamarin.Forms? Error: Build failed. See the build log for details: System.ArgumentException: minimumEdition в...
View Article'Add to Reading List' possible?
One UX issue that bugs me is when you click a button in an app which turns out to be a hyperlink. The webpage opens and you get kicked out of the app and into the browser. I find this annoying, anyone...
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