RendererFactory.GetRenderer() - is it bug - child content?
Is it bug that RendererFactory.GetRenderer(Forms.View) doesn't return child content? For instance if you call this with non-empty Grid (for ex. with few buttons) only the Top-Level element would be...
View ArticleAnimationDrawable in Custom Renderer
Hi, Has anyone had any success with using animationdrawables in android custom renderers? If so would you mind giving me some tips or a code snippet, I'm a bit lost as I have rarely (never) been asked...
View ArticleIs there a way to disable the predictive keyboard toolbar for a Forms Entry...
There appears to be a way to do this directly in iOS by manipulating the UITextAutocorrectionType field. But can it be done in a platform-agnostic way in the Forms Entry field?
View ArticleHow to implement animated back button in masterpage
@adamkemp Hi adam can you help me with this, Generally the masterpage menu shows hamburger image. when menu is popped out then it turns into left-arrow automatically with animation effect. default i...
View ArticleCan I deploy a Xamarin.Forms app to the app store using VS2015?
Can I deploy a Xamarin.Forms app to the app store using VS2015 or is Xamarin Studio required? If I can use VS2015 to deploy the app to the store, is there any documentation on how to do this?
View ArticleAnimated MasterDetail "Hamburger" icon, such as on Android or html/css.
To repeat this previously asked question (http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/26378/rotate-masterdetail-icon by @NenadMilosavljevic), has anyone implemented a renderer or got working in any other way...
View ArticleXLAB'S ImageButton's binding is not working !
code <xlabsControl:ImageButton Text="SET LOCATION MANUALLY" BackgroundColor="#01abdf" TextColor="#ffffff" HeightRequest="75" WidthRequest="175" Image="setLocationManually.png"...
View ArticleGet Version Information
Is there a built in way in forms to get version information of the app? Or do we have to implement this ourselves? For iOS: var ver = NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary["CFBundleVersion"]; For Android:...
View ArticleTrouble with Navigation Bar in MasterDetail Page
Hi I'm having trouble with the MasterDetail Navigation on the detail page. I would ultimately like to hide the navigation bar so that I can create a very custom look and feel I have tried adding...
View ArticleNew Blog: Best practices for using Xamarin Plugins
As always any and all feedback is encouraged. New Blog: Best practices for using Xamarin Plugins
View ArticlePass data from Android Project to PCL
Hi, I need to take photo from a PCL project (only in Android at the moment). Tried to use XLabs but fail to use it. So I am trying to use native code and dependency service. So this is what I did and...
View ArticleAdd separator/divider between rows in a ListView
I know there exists a solution for IOS(using ExtendedViewCell from Xamarin forms labs), but I am looking for a way to do the same for Android. This is how I am solving it for now, looking if someone...
View ArticleFacing an Internal Error Suddenly
Hi, I am facing an internal error while debugging my app today. It was fine till yesterday. The error I am getting - Xamarin.AndroidTools.AndroidDeploymentException: InternalError --->...
View ArticleIs it possible to do Inline formatting in label?
i am curious about this one, few days back i was working on a project and there was a requirement to show label test in different font weights and styles like mentioned here on this link :...
View ArticleLabel update
Hi everyone, i am new on android, what is my wrong? i see just Done on screen after 10 seconds, i want to see , Progress : 10%,Progress : 20% etc... lbl.Text = "Starting"; for (var i = 0; i<10;i++)...
View ArticleAndroid forms maps: out of memory exception when compiling.
Hi All So... I create a new Android Application targeting the latest installed API (4.4. kit kat). I add the Xamarin.Forms package, then i compile, all good. I then add the Xamarin.Forms.Maps package,...
View ArticleOut of memory exception with image
Hi, I have a forms page with a grid. The grid has about 3 rows en 3 colums in each grid item is a imageview that does imagecaching. When I fill the grid with data in code I get a out of memoryexception...
View ArticleBuilding in Android: Java Out Of Memory Error
I recently upgraded to OSX Yosemite, and now when building in Android, the build just hangs at the middle of the progress bar and I get a java.outOfMemoryError in the end. Here is the whole stack:...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms and Windows Universal Apps
Hello! In the latest updates from Microsoft for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, they introduced the Universal Apps. Wrapping up, it is nothing more then use the new Shared Projects included on...
View ArticleSystem modules when using Forms and a PCL project
Hi, I am developing an app for Android and iOS which uses oAuth and would like to do this as a PCL project and Xamarin.Forms. What i cannot seem to figure out how to use System.Json and...
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