Search Bar in ToolBarItems
Is it possible to use SearchBar in ToolBarItems? I tired it wasnt working. Can anybody help me.
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View ArticleDisable rotation all pages except one
Hi, All the solutions the i found about blocking rotation is global to all pages of the App, but my situation is different I wan't all pages to portrait except one that can be used in portrait or...
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3x3 square grid inside ScrollView
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View ArticleHow to use MasterBehavior in Xamarin Forms
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View ArticleRunning XF app on Android shows CPU usage that does not to 50%
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View ArticleRetaining page Navigation stack when app is killed
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Hello, Do you know if it is possible to remove a row from a grid? I've tried myGrid.Children.Remove(myView) but nothing happened. Thanks !
View ArticleListview - Separator do not display while they do when I pull the list
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View ArticleFontFamily - is there a list of families that work across platforms?
With the font changes in Xamarin.Forms 1.3, I am re-factoring to get rid of warnings that now appear. Whilst doing this, I was looking at specifying the FontFamily for visual elements, but have failed...
View ArticleIOS startup speed problems
Hello I have written an app in xamarin forms. the main page of the app consists of a tabbed page with 3 sub pages in it. when the app starts i want to display a modal to the user first before they get...
View ArticleAndroid Video Player using Xamarin.Forms
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View Article"Aapt" task could not be instantiated
Hi I'm new in this forum, I'm creating application using Xamarin.Forms after building my solution it showing me some messages regarding AndroidManifest.xml & error like "Aapt" task could not be...
View Articlewhy switch is not displayed in off mode, while the background is in white color?
set Build > General > Target Framework to "Android 5.0.0 (Lollipop)"? please help me, I want to display switch in Lollipop version of android. it not displayed properly . I tried on render like...
View ArticleBluetooth, Monkey.Robotics -- Forms?
Hi, I'm doing some R&D work on connecting to Bluetooth LE devices. I'm also trying out the Xamarin platform at the same time. I'm a little confused on the direction of Xamarin forms as well as the...
View ArticleBinding values in custom ViewCell
Hi All, I have to identify which Switch control was toggled to get the Id of the corresponding row. So far I have this kind of implementation which is working as I want, but it is not elegant in my...
View ArticlePorting Java code to C# (android-auto-scroll-view-pager github)
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View ArticleXAML / Self binding, bindingcontext
Hello, I want to bind the text property of a editor element to BindableProperty. Here is what I tried: MyForm.xaml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ContentPage x:Class="Com.Acme.MyForm"...
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