Xamarin.Forms UWP support & Windows 10 Mobile
Should we expect Xamarin.Forms UWP support on the day Windows 10 Mobile becomes generally available? From what I see on https://resources.xamarin.com/xamarin-forms-private-preview.html, it's a "very...
View ArticleGoogle Analytics and Xamarin.Forms
Hi, I'm interested in using Google Analytics in a cross platform Xamarin.Forms app. Just wondering if anyone has done this successfully and has some pointers they would like to share. Just for fun, I...
View ArticleHow to autosize Editor height?
I have an Editor control inside a Grid cell that I would like to automatically expand vertically as more text is entered. Is this possible?
View ArticleSavePropertiesAsync and windows 8.1 => null exception
Hi, Isn't SavePropertiesAsync implemented for Windows 8.1? It crashes with a null exception within WinRT dll (latest stable xamarin forms 1.5). Tks. François
View Articlecontentpage inherit from custom basepage
Hi I have a basepage class that inherits from contentpage. Now I want every other page to inherit from my basepage instead of contentpage. How Can I do this?
View ArticleXamarin.Forms.Maps nuget won't let me add it Same with Xamarin Forms
I'm starting to thing that VS 2015 is not terribly compatible with Xamarin. I've had a number of issues crop up since I installed it. Currently I'm trying to install Xamarin.Forms.Maps into the PCL...
View ArticleUpdating View with respect to ViewCell in Xamarin.Forms
I have a view with a list and a label. I just placed a time picker inside the ViewCell of the corresponding list. I want to know how can i get the selected time of the time picker into the...
View ArticleCould not install package 'NuGet.Client 3.2.0'
I'm working with RESTful webservice, getting error while adding package "System.Net.Http"; "The 'System.Net.Http 4.0.0' package requires NuGet client version '3.0' or above, but the current NuGet...
View ArticleUsing ObservableCollection as a search mechanism for BLE enumeration
I am using Xamarin in C#, to build a cross platform BLE app. It is based on this example app using the Monkey.Robotics plugin. All the examples use an ObservableCollection<IDevice> devices; line,...
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I have all my assets in SVG format. How can I convert them to a XAML or...
I'd love to switch to Xamarin.Forms to make crossplatform apps, but I have all my graphic UI assets in SVG format. Here is an example of a buttons set created by me with Inkscape: ] You can download...
View ArticleChange ActionBar font on customrenderer
I'm trying to change the font of navigationbar on my application using custom renderers. So far I was able to achieve this on IOS using it like `public class NavigationRenderer :...
View ArticleHybridWebView (2.0.5726-pre6) does not work on iOS and WindowsPhone
I tried everything, but I can not make it work on iOS and WP. Web page does not show, and on Android, Google page has black background. I simply get: https://github.com/XLabs/XLabs.HybridPlayground but...
View ArticleHow to Change the MenuItem Colors of ViewList in iOS ViewCellRenderer ?
Is there any way to Change the color of ContextAction Menus added in Xamarin.Forms Xaml file. IsDestructive="True" sets the menu color to Red. But i need another menu to look like Green or some other...
View ArticleWP8.1 custom renderer - native page
I am using Xamarin.Forms.Maps and since it's not supported on WindowsPhone8.1, I need to write own page renderer. I don't know how to render native windows phone page. On WP8 PageRenderer has Children...
View ArticleIs it possible to use UIKit?
Hello I was trying to use UIKit fron a shared xamarin forms project. However there is no such reference. I've tried "using UIKIt" "using Xamarin.Ios". How would I use an ios namespace like I can with...
View ArticleAzure Authentication for Windows Phone Silverlight 8.0 in Xamarin.Forms
Using https://blog.xamarin.com/put-adal-xamarin.forms/ we have implemented authentication for iOS in a Xamarin.Forms project. The blog post mentions that implementation for Windows Phone Silverlight...
View ArticleGet Push Notification Payload on Launch (Android)
When tapping a notification on an XForms Android app, how do you get the payload of the notification when the app launches? I've been able get the payload successfully on iOS but I am struggling with...
View ArticleUpdating a record in an OData service
I have access to an OData v3 service. I know about a particular data table named “Persons” in the service and I have the URI ending with “Persons” to access that table. I know that this table contains...
View ArticleCarouselPage - Issues with opening at a specific page
Hi all - I'm currently trying to implement a simple CarouselPage where users can swipe left and right to navigate a collection of images. This works fine. However, I want the user to be able to pick a...
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ListView -> Scroll to top
Hi, I have a long list being rendered by the ListView control and I've noticed that Xamarin.Forms framework does not support the behavior when tapping the time element in the status bar to scroll to...
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