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TapGestureRecognizer not following view when using LayoutTo()
I'm using LayoutTo(); to create my own pseudo hamburger menu. Unfortunately, once the view moves, I can no longer tap it again to close it. It's as though the GestureRecognizer is no longer available...
View ArticleCalling Grid.Focus() doesn't actually focus the element. Is this a bug or by...
So I have a button on my Android device and when I tap it I call. myGrid.Focus(); I then try to use the property: myGrid.IsFocused; but this always returns false. Is this a bug or is this by design?
View ArticlelistView ViewCell not adjusting it's size to content on iOS
I have a custom ViewCell that i use to populate a listView. It works like a charm on android, on iOS however i'm having issues. The cell has a Horizontal stackLayout with a box and a 2nd stackLayout,...
View ArticleMaintain List View Scroll State
I have a MasterDetailPage with a few items in the Master page. Each time a Master item is selected a ContentPage containing a ListView is assigned to MasterDetailPage.Detail These ContentPage's each of...
View ArticlePUBLIC WARNING! Barcode scanning in Xamarin Forms
BACKGROUND: We are building a Xamarin Forms product that uses barcode scanning as a central function. In the early stages we decided not to buy a barcode scanning component, but use the free ZXing...
View ArticleAzure app service with FaceBook based authentication
I am developing an app based on Azure App Service Mobile in Xamarin.Forms. Its documentation says, it would take 'only 5 minutes' to add FaceBook authentication to an app. In my case, it was not true....
View ArticleMaps, Current Location & Xaml
I wouldn't think that I'm the first to ask this.... but how can you set the current location in Xaml while using a View Model? I've searched & found out that I have to use an external GeoLocator...
View Article.Register(t => WindowsPhoneDevice.CurrentDevice)
Hi I am using XLab in a XF project and I am getting an error message in my WP8 app on the following piece of code: .Register<IDevice>(t => WindowsPhoneDevice.CurrentDevice) error: Cannot...
View ArticleXAML button not triggering?
I have a XAML layout (see below), with a number of buttons. They were all previously working, but since I have updated some of the sizes and positions, one is not working any longer? It appears, but...
View ArticleJSON.Net FileNotFound Exception - Where am I going wrong?
Hi, I get the below error when trying to debug a project I have just started in XF PCL 1.4.2 with the following code. APIResponse arResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<APIResponse>(strJson);...
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Layout errors on Xamarin.Facebook LoginButton
Has somebody has found with this error. I'm using a custom render to use the Facebook LoginButton. On iOS everything goes fine. But Android the button shows like the attached picture. The Text for "Log...
View ArticleSupport issues with various Android versions
Hi! I am experiencing significant roadblocks with Xamarin.Forms and newer Android OS versions. For example, the cross-platform app which I have developed for iOS and Android has been used by users...
View ArticleUsing Async in Xamarin Forms
I've created a new Xamarin Forms PCL project for iOS, Windows Phone and Android. I seem to be tying myself up in knots with async methods. The new Xamarin Forms Templates do not seem to be set up with...
View Articleandroid custom renderer onDraw (even DispatchDraw), not getting called on...
Hi folks, I'm wondering if I'm doing something that just won't work with async. My custom renderer sets a boolean flag in my control to tell it to "start rendering". In my OnElementPropertyChanged, I'm...
View ArticleObservableCollection doesn't seem to be updating the list view
Hi, I have a small app that displays the values from some iBeacons (estimote ones). The platform app is picking up the tag information and will output them in the Xam.Forms based UI. When the RSSI...
View Articlewhy do breakpoints often stop working??
Hi folks, I'm happily stepping through a piece of code of which my breakpoint was hit within a while loop. The while loop is enclosed in a try catch, but there doesn't seem to be an exception going on....
View ArticleStarting with Xamarin.Forms 1.5.1 pre-2
Hello, I started to check the new pre release from Xamarin with Material Design support, and I get this java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to find application Mono.Android.Platform.ApiLevel_23 or...
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Reference to type `System.IConvertible' claims it is defined assembly...
Anytime I try to reference an NUNIT data type in the iOS framework, I am given a compiler error saying it can't find the IConvertible type Error CS7069: Reference to type System.IConvertible' claims it...
View ArticleLayout cycle detected. Layout could not complete. after resetting...
I am having an issue with the windows phone and a listview. The listview has a hundred or so items and the ItemsSource is changed based on a picker. So when a new item is selected from the picker I set...
View ArticleXamarin forms android image is not getting compressed
I'm working on xamarin forms project. I'm taking images from gallery and uploading those to server. My back-end is parse backend where we can not upload files having size more than 1MB. So, I'm trying...
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