Download a zip file using xamarin forms app
Hello Every One, I Am Newbie in Xamarin. Our Xamarin forms app supports Android and IOS. Most of the app functionality is written in PCL class library which is referred in the above platforms. Now we...
View ArticleMaps do not work in UWP app compliled with Release configuration
When I compile my final build in debug mode and test it on my device, maps work fine. When I change the configuration to Release mode to test on my device, none of the maps display. It does not even...
View ArticleHow to get camera parameters, specifically camera resolutions available?
Hi, tl;dr I'd like to determine the max camera resolution in a Xamarin Forms app. I have implemented the Xam.Plugin.Media Nuget (by James Montemagno) for taking pictures in our app. It (the Nuget...
View ArticleZXing barcode scanner on iOS won't read barcodes
I'm working on a Xamarin Forms PCL project targeting Android and iOS that needs some basic barcode scanning functionality. I got things up and running with the forms version of the ZXing.Net.Mobile...
View ArticleChange button shadow color for android platform using Xamarin.Forms
Is it possible to change the shadow color of buttons using Xamarin.Forms or by editing the styles.xml in the android project?
View ArticleCan we change Page Transit Direction for Back button in Xamarin Forms for iOS.
Hello Guys, Is it possible to make a custom Back button effect? I mean when we click on Back button, it move from left to right but is it possible to change a direction to reverse ? I created one...
View ArticleNative View Set Thumb for Seekbar
So I've been playing around with native views in Xamarin.Forms, and I would like to set the thumb of a custom seekbar of mine to a drawable called "thumb.png" via XAML. Here's my source from a...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms Wysiwyg: move project from Xamarion.iOS to Xamarin.Forms using...
I want to build a wysiwyg editor as a custom component using Xamarin.Forms renderer. I found some solution which is a Xamarin.iOS project which does something I need:...
View ArticleDisplay custom page upon clicking a notification from onesignal server
Hey...First of all just implemented one signal in my xamarin forms project and loved it..its really awsome....but i was having some issues displaying a page other then the main page upon clicking a...
View Article2 questions about sliders
I have a question about the seekbar. Is there a way to add a lable to the seekbar like in the added pic? and the second question: Is there a way to have vertical seekbar? I tried the rotation attribute...
View Articlebundling assemblies broken resource localization
Hello, After installing latest version of Xamarin.Forms, my old app can't display correct language strings from the PCL resource files. In debug mode everything works well. However in release mode if I...
View ArticleIOS Custom Renderer Entry Right Margin Not Working
Hi, im currently trying to duplicate an Entry for IOS to be the same as the Android Entry Style. The problem im facing is that when setting the Margins for the custom entry on ios the right margin does...
View ArticleOpen / Close keyboard on Editor
Hello guys, i have to solve this situation: I have an Editor ( and i have to use it, because it's multi line ) Editor does not have a place holder, but only text I have to insert a placeholder and...
View ArticleImplementing Shopify API in xamarin forms
Hi , I am trying to implement Shopify API in my shared project in xamarin forms, but I don't have any idea how to do that, earlier i had implemented API but this is seems something different, even I am...
View ArticleApp crashes only on Android 4.4 - Java.Lang.ClassCastException
Hi Just wondering if anyone has run into this. I have a XF app with the AppCompat package loaded (Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat.23.3.0). It runs fine on all versions of Android (that I've...
View ArticleSaving data into sqlite db crashes the app in App Store mode ( installed with...
Hi guys, We have pretty strange problem with Xamarin.Forms (iOS) when installing the app from TestFlight. We are loading some initial data for our application when the user logs in. After the data is...
View ArticleTextFormatted not showing on Android custom button renderer
Hello, I have the property being set on methods OnElementChanged and OnElementPropertyChanged in the same away but it does not work on the first. So, no button title is displayed at first, unless the...
View Articlehow change drag lenght in masterdetailpage?
hi all i have a masterdetailpage, in Android -> landscape xamarin pops out the menu when the swipe gesture is near the right edge of the screen, in other words the swipe take all the width of the...
View Articlehow to update button text on android
Hi I am trying to write a custom button control where I can render formatted text on a button. On iOS that was pretty straight forward on Android I am struggling as the update of the Button text does...
View ArticleGesture Recognizer Command not working
hello, as shown in the image, i want to click on Comment label to post the typed comment all inside a list view item, the gesture not working i don't know why! any help please this is my code: public...
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