WebView Zoom
Hi there, How can I enable pinch-and-zoom inside a WebView in Xamarin.Forms? It was easy enough using UIWebView in iOS. Thanks. Mike
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Customise MasterDetailPage cells
Hello everybody, I'm working on customize the background and textcolor of an item selected in the menu in a masterDetailPage and I'm running out of solutions. I want to change the text color of the...
View ArticleHow to instantiate a Xamarin.Mobile.MediaPicker from Xamarin Forms ContentPage
I'm working on a proof of concept with Xamarin Forms and need some help with the following issue. I need to select an image from the photo gallery and it appears that I can't do it with a Xamarin Forms...
View ArticleVisual Design of MasterDetailPage
I'm noticing that on iOS the MasterDetailPage looks different than I'd expect on small form factor. It appears that the page I've set to be the Detail hangs over a bit on the right hand side of the...
View Article[iOS] How can I hide navigation bar while using Xamarin.Forms?
I tried the following but it didn't work: // In page protected override void OnAppearing () { base.OnAppearing (); DependencyService.Get<INavigationBarToggler> ().HideNavigation (this); } Then in...
View Articledisplaying the native ios person picker
I just filed this bug : https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=33438 Anybody know if it`s a bug, or if i am not doing the ios person picker thing correctly ?
View ArticleFacebook login init
Hi everybody! How can I initiate a Facebook login process when I handle my own button? I use Xamarin.Facebook.iOS nuget pack (v. 4.5.1). For instance, I have a ButtonRenderer class, where I handle...
View ArticleException while scrolling Grouped Listview which is added inside Tableview in...
I Have created a grouped ListView which is added inside TableView, it looks fine but when i scroll the list it crashes and throws the below exception: System.NotSupportedException: Unable to activate...
View ArticleHow to catch platform specific errors in PCL Xamarin Forms
Hi there, I am developing a CROSS PLATFORM mobile that works on ANDROID and iPhone. My project structure is 1. PCL 2. Android 3. iOS I have a screen(XAML) where I upload a photo to an Image. On an...
View ArticleApp crashes in release mode and not in debug mode
I am building a cross platform app and i want to release it to testers, but it doesn't work when i am deploying it in release mode. As far as exceptions go i do not get any. As stated in the question...
View ArticleHow to save username in device in PCL application.
Hi, In my Xamarin forms PCL project I want to save the username of logged in user in device so the user don't need to login every time he starts the app. Can anyone please help.
View ArticleFile 'Windows.props' not find
I Created a Empty Xamarin.Forms Portable .This error occurred at compile time. File 'Windows.props' not find。 For more information, see...
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MasterDetail page wrong behavior
Hi! I'm starting a new app using MasterDetail page. When I try the code on iOS behaves properly but on android shows a navigation bar that should not be there. I've downloaded the Evolve 2013 app...
View Articleanyone here used recycler view in forms? Why isn't it the gridview in xlabs?
I've been working with xlabs gridview, and finally given up on it, it's just got too many issues, so I want to rewrite their renderer for android from scratch. RecyclerView to me looks like a far...
View ArticleUpdating ObservableCollection from async task crashes app. Bug or are we...
Hi We are currently building a Xamarin Forms application but have encountered a problem. It is sometimes crashing (in Android) whenever an ObservableCollection is updated from an async task. We do some...
View ArticleFontAwesome Label: Here's how!
Here's how you'll use the new FontAwesome label (Any Graphic font will work, but FontAwesome is Awesome): var coolLabel = new FontAwesomeIcon(FontAwesomeIcon.Icon.Gear) Here's how to set it up....
View ArticleAsync Web Service Problem
Hello everyone, I try to find a way (since a long time) to build my app with a web service. Here is my code from my web service and code form my app in attachment. When i launch my app, it crashes and...
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 ArticleAccessing ResourceDictionary from xaml to c# programmatically
How do I access the contents of my ResourceDictionary that is located my App.xaml page? I am trying to make a label's text color that uses a color in my resource dictionary with key = "textColor" var...
View ArticleSaving to Photo Gallery/Camera Roll/etc
Hi folks, First off, I the possibility exists that I am old, tired, and can't read, but the possibility exists that I am also not any of these things. Do we have a cross-platform component to save to...
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