Login with Social media
Hi , I am developing an application which will allow the user to login using social media like facebook,twitter,google+ etc. For my application I would like to add the following social networking sites...
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I am debugging some out of memory issues and have some pointed questions: Have there been any improvements made to the Image control in recent releases since 1.2? Particularly concerning Android. When...
View ArticleScaleX and ScaleY for Xamarin.Forms VisualElement
Using the stable Xamarin.Forms 1.2.3, the VisualElement only contains a Scale property. Are there any plans to introduce ScaleX and ScaleY properties like the ones supported in Android and iOS?
View ArticleHow to create button pressed effect?
Hello, I need to create a button/image/whatever that changes image while pressed to create the button pressed effect. How can i get to the 'while pressed' state? Even if using custom renderers, i cant...
View ArticleError building helloWorld application using xamarin.Forms
I am trying to run the hello forms application that visual studio creates when you select the Xamarin.Forms template.But I am getting lots of errors when I try to start the android version of the...
View ArticleXAML Binding within a resource dictionary (ContentPage.Resources) does not work
I am creating a form using MVVM. In general it works, however I want to bind the Command property of each item in a ListView control to an ICommand on the view model, shown below (the property I need...
View ArticleApply style using x:static
Is it possible to apply an entire style, defined in code, in xaml using the { x:static Path:To.Style } markup? I've defined the following style in a static class: public static readonly Style...
View Articlebarcode scanning in a Forms app
I need to integrate barcode scanning into my Xamarin.Forms prototype app. Before I go down this road, has anyone already done it, or does anyone have a suggestion about how to best approach it?
View ArticleDifference with TapGestureRecognizer on Android and WindowsPhone
Hi, Can anyone help me to solve next problem. I have few columns and few rows in grid, in some of them I put image and created a command. Here is some XAML: <Grid Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2"...
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Hints for update WP 8.0 -> WP 8.1
Hi all I'm on the way to update my WP-app in the windows app store. In the meantime (after my first submit of the WP 8.0 app): - MS has migrated their dev-portal (I was not able to access it for about...
View ArticleHow to display Title in WindowsPhone
The code below works in both iPhone and Android to display a title on the page, however it doesn't render it on WindowsPhone, is this by design? is there a trick/workaround to display a similar title...
View ArticleHow to modify selected viewcell in the listview
Hello All, I am trying to modify the selected viewcell of a listview. what i want that currently i have a viewcell which is having a label only now on the tapping of the viewcell i need to add a frame...
View ArticleVideo story line or thumbnails
Hi I have no idea what's the official name for it, but I'm trying to get a list of images from a video so I can see them and scroll through them. This is for example what we see when we edit a video on...
View ArticleIs there a way to draw a line overlay on a map with Xamarin.Forms.Maps?
Adding pins is pretty straight forward, but it's not obvious how one would draw a line, is this possible out of the box? Perhaps this is where custom renderers come in to play?
View ArticleIs it possible to control Android keyboard "Next" and "Done"
So I would like to set the TabIndex on my items in my view so that when I press "Done" or "Next" it focuses on the next element. Is it possible to do this with a Xamarin.Forms Entry? I find that...
View ArticleDropdown / Spinner
Dear Xamarin, is it possible to use a spinner in forms if you do it like #if __ANDROID__ Android.Widget.Spinner dropdown = new Android.Widget.Spinner(this); #endif but the context is not being...
View ArticleXamarin forms FileNotFoundException Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 ( Visual Studio)
I Have been trying to use maps in Xamarin Forms in Visual Studio, but when I finished this error show up: Severity Code Description Project File Line Error Exception while loading assemblies:...
View ArticleHeight of Picker in Xamarin.Forms
I'm using xamarin.forms and displaying Bindable picker on screen. And I'm using following code to update initial text of Picker contol. public class MyCustomBindablePickerRenderer :PickerRenderer { //...
View ArticleIssue with Navigation when Using Xamarin.Auth and Renders
I have A PCL project and developing for iOS and Android. ALL my pages are in the PCL project and navigation in there works like a charm, but currently I am stuck at the point when I have to consume the...
View Article"An item with the same key has already been added" exception when adding...
I have the following markup in my Xaml: <ScrollView Orientation="Vertical"> <StackLayout VerticalOptions="StartAndExpand" HorizontalOptions="CenterAndExpand"> <Label>Johnny's...
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