Visual 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...
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We're trying to resize images in memory in a PCL project since the Forms.Labs CameraMediaStorageOptions for the max dimension is broken for now. We found this example which is fantastically simple, but...
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ListView formatting incorrect items
I'm working on a xamarin.forms recreation of a xamarin.android project and am having a problem with item formatting in list views. The image on the left is how it should look but when i scroll down,...
View ArticleIs ImageSource.FromUri cached?
Or should we implement our own caching mechanism in the app?
View ArticleExtending ItemsView
Looking at creating a custom View extending ItemsView to let it pull data from a list of objects, is there any way to dig around using reflection to get at the interior constructor on ItemsView?
View ArticleAsyncWebrequest timeout not happening, when network adapter is switched
Hi, When I try to make a web call, to get a stream of data (recursive call to get chunks of data), and when the network is switched from lan to wireless, it behaves differently for windows app and the...
View ArticleWhy DisplayActionSheet is not working in windows phone?
Hi All, I am developing one application. Within that application I have a requirement that is display multiple options in popup. I tried DisplayActionSheet. It works fine in Android and Iphone but It's...
View ArticleHow to create tabbed page on iOS with icons only?
I want to hide text labels in tabbed page on iOS. How to perform that? I try to create custom renderer to iterate over items and set empty title, but TabBar.Items is always null within OnElementChanged.
View ArticleDo Native ViewCells Work With HasUnevenRows in iOS?
In a project that is currently focused on the iOS bits, I have a ListView that I'm using with a 'large' dataset that gets paged with the ListView's OnItemAppearing event. It works okay, sometimes....
View ArticleProblem with PushAsync "from time to time"
Hello, In my app, the main screen is some kind of "launcher" which 4 main buttons that each "PushAsync" another view (from which the user can then only go back to the main screen, the views cannot go...
View ArticleAdd toolbar to Modal Page in XAML
For various reasons I need to page to be shown as modal. But this page also needs Done and Cancel buttons in their usual toolbar positions. Now I seem to be able to style it right for one platform but...
View ArticleProxy settings from devices
Hi, I would like to know the best way to retrieve proxy settings for all devices. My needs to be proxy-aware, not all clients will be using a proxy but some will. I'm using the standard HttpClient at...
View ArticleDeployment failed. Architecture not supported.
Hi I am getting the below error while deploying.. The package does not support the device architecture (x86). You can change the supported architectures in the Android Build section of the Project...
View ArticleXamarin and DiscoveryClient to detect WCF Services
Hi! Im following this guide from Microsoft: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd456783(v=vs.110).aspx and it works perfect in a C# Console Application, but trying to reference...
View ArticleIs there a way to determine if you are on the Main thread?
In Windows Forms, all controls had an InvokeRequired property that returned true if the current thread was not the UI thread. This allowed a boilerplate pattern for ensuring a method that could be...
View ArticleLIst view
Hi everyone, i have created a list view as shown in below image, but the thing is in view cell i have a button which should navigate to another content page. But Content page has navigation class but...
View ArticleCharts For Xamarin Forms
Are there any Chart Plugin available for Xamarin forms ? Charts:- Line;Bar;Pie Or how to achieve it?
View ArticleiOS App Crash on Startup with EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Hi, Can some one help me out to find this issue. My iOS app crash at lunch with below exception type. Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGABRT) Exception Subtype: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x14d6e6f0...
View ArticleImage Source Binding not always updating image on screen (android)
I have three images in my android Resources\Drawable, the images are used to show the connection status to a device. The image is held within a stacklayout. The image source is updated via a...
View ArticleIs Xamarin.Forms XAML designer supported on Visual Studio?
Hi! I've just added a new XAML to a Shared project but it seems not detect the schema and the designer is broken. Is it a bug or the designer and XAML editing isn't supported on Shared projects at...
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