Android crashes with ActivityIndicator while starting
Hi, on our project (and a blank test project for reproduction) the ActivityIndicator let Android Apps crash when they use minimum API Level 16 (4.1 Jelly Beans). It's enough to put a ActivityIndicator...
View ArticleThe binding context is null until the event?
Hello! Simple situation - I have a ContentPage with some data. So then I want just to write this data to the object. But I stuck with simple problem - program is giving me a null instead of the Binding...
View ArticleAndroid sometimes makes a black screen.
Hello. I been working on a app that use xamarin forms. So far i been able to test on WinPhone and android. On winphone everything works nicely. but i having some funky problem with my android version....
View ArticleMaster-detail page in Android: Master-Icon is shifted to right, after a...
Hi all I have a strange problem. I use master-detail-page for navigation (Popover) and have assigned a master-icon: Master.Title = "Menu"; Master.Icon = "Home.png"; this.MasterBehavior =...
View ArticleBinding to a static property in code, not in xaml
Hi, the following doesn't work: myLbl.SetBinding<ViewModel>(Label.TextProperty, x => ViewModel.StaticVariable); What's the equivalent in code of the xaml x:Static markup extension? Tks. François
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New Blog: FreshMvvm n=2 – IOC and Constructor Injection...
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View ArticleSystem.IO.Compression It does not work - Microsoft.Bcl.Compression
I've a xamarin form project, when i use this code ... var re =await client.Execute(request); var gs = new GZipStream(new MemoryStream(re.RawBytes), System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress); .....
View ArticleListView Label TextColor
Hey, I've got some problems when using a ListView and a custom DataTemplate. In this DataTemplate I put a Grid and some Labels. And there is my problem: I want to change the textcolor of some Labels,...
View Articlewindows application
hello, it's possible share code between iOS, Android, windows phone AND WINDOWS APPLICATION ( desktop, like windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 or 10 ) ? What's difference between windows store and windows...
View ArticleNavigating from Android activity back to forms
I have forms project where I use a custom ContentPage and a PageRenderer based on this code: forums.xamarin.com/discussion/18014/mixing-forms-content-and-native-activity I can navigate to my android...
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Your experiences with update to Win10 + VS2015…?
Hi all I work with Win 8.1 and VS2013 Update 2 and XF 1.4.4 “stable” and XLabs right now. On the base of various reasons, I have to update to Windows 10 and VS2015 in the near time. As we develop also...
View ArticleObject Reference error updating Xamarin.Forms to 1.5.1.6471
Hi All, I'm using NuGet to update my Xamarin.Forms application to 1.5.1.6471 (I'm on a 1.4 version) and am experiencing an object reference not set to instance of an object error when doing so. Has...
View ArticleCreating simple control with custom renderer
Hi. I'm starting a project with Xamarin.Forms an cannot create the most basic custom rendered control with child controls, I always get a "SetElement did not create the correct number of children"....
View ArticleHow to draw "multi gradient " for Android in custom renderer?
For iOS we use CAGradientLayer.Locations as the gradients stops. For WinRT we use GradientStops. What about Android?
View Articleout of memory
Hi friends. I have a page with a "grouped" listview. Every row in this listvierw has an "Image". This page is inside a NavigationStack. I have this exception (only one time by now). Catched by...
View ArticleDevice.OnPlatform in Unit Tests
Hey I want to run unit tests on code that contains Device.OnPlatform(ios,android,winphone);. Is there a possibility to say that the current test case should emulate a special OS like iOS or Android. Is...
View ArticleHow to write a unittest with Device.OnPlatform()
Hello I want to test a method on the pcl-part. The IOS-Part do other stuff than the android one. For example the ios-part make a ModalPush and the android-part a normal one How do you test such parts?
View ArticleLabel LineBreakMode WordWrap behaves as CharacterWrap when using Bindings
I have a Label in which the Text or FormattedText property is populated with a binding towards a property on my ViewModel. The LineBreakMode has been set to WordWrap, but it behaves as a CharacterWrap....
View ArticleMR.Gestures handles ALL touch gestures
With MR.Gestures you can handle the Tapping, Tapped, DoupleTapped, LongPressing, LongPressed, Panning, Panned, Swiped, Pinching, Pinched, Rotating and Rotated gestures on all layouts, cells, views and...
View ArticleHow can I use FontAwesome icons in the NavigationPage?
I am still quite new to Xamarin Forms and I was wondering if it is possible to use FontAwesome icons in the NavigationPage. I have found a way in iOS to use FontAwesome icons in the toolbar items using...
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