Is there a way to access a DataTrigger binding inside the TriggerAction?
I'm hunting for a Binding or a BindingContext property within the TriggerAction<T> but there isn't one there. Is there a way to access said binding?
View ArticleAndroid Grid Layout Rows too small until keyboard is shown and dismissed
I have a relatively simple grid in a ContentPage. When the view load, the view is "squished" as all the rows are a lot thinner than they should be. When I display the keyboard and dismiss it, the view...
View ArticleProblem creating correct layout
Hi, I am busy with an App which needs to show at the bottom of the app one button and a label in the left corner, one label in the middle and one button and a label in the right corner of the screen....
View ArticleError on Android after updating to Forms 1.5.1.6471
My app was working fine until I've updated to Forms 1.5.1.6471. I get 30+ errors like this: /Users/.../Android/Resources/Resource.designer.cs(124,124): Error CS0117: Myapp.Android.Resource.Attribute'...
View ArticleHow to launch a search engine for international market using Xamarin.Forms?
I am using Device.OpenUri and other methods to interact with Text Messaging, Emails, Telephone etc. I also want to be able to open a search engine in a browser on whichever Xamarin.Forms supported...
View ArticlePossible to disable row animation in ListView using Xamarin.Forms?
I have a Xamarin.Forms ListView with pull-to-refresh enabled. On iOS, the default animation used when rows are inserted just doesn't look right - rows animate in a seemingly random order. I'd like to...
View ArticleRestSharp request returns content of previous request.
Dear Xamarin Developers, Since a couple of weeks I started developing a mobile application of my own. To become a more experienced developer, and because I like developing for the mobile platform....
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...
View ArticleMasterDetailPage inside NavigationPage not showing Hamburger Icon
When I deploy my Forms application on Android, I see the Hamburger menù correctly, but when I deploy on iOS I cannot see the hamburgher menù image. The image is in the "resources" folder with...
View ArticleHow to use Spinner in Xamarin Forms
I want to use android Spinner in Xamarin Forms application. How can I do that?
View ArticleHamburger Icon gets clipped in Masterdetail page
Hi everyone, I have a problem with my Masterdetail page Hamburger Icon. I have a combination of Master detail page and a tabbed paged. When i navigate to any tabbed page and then make any selection on...
View ArticleFormatted Label with Xamarin.Forms
Can someone please show me how to use Xamarin.Forms.Label.FormattedText correctly? I'm using Xamarin.Forms to write a Carousel based app, when I try Label IntroductionTextLabel = new Label();...
View ArticleSetting ContentPage Icon
I wanted to display an icon for an App on the next to the Title - ideally on the LHS. I attempted to modify petzold's toolbar demo as follows, but... no cigar. No icon is displayed on the Title/toolbar...
View ArticleAnimated gif in Image view
I've tried multiple gif files, with no luck Their first frame can be rendered correctly, but does not animate Will animated gif be supported? Or do we have to implement ourselves? What other image...
View ArticlePopToRootAsync iOS error
Hi! I'm trying to close two windows in the same instruction. In Android PopToRootAsync works perfectly, but in iOS the app crashes. The error says: System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be...
View ArticleXamarin Shared Project localization
Currently I am trying to implement localization into a Shared Project. I read the guidelines and those note that using resx files is supported for PCL. Using resx for Shared Project requires...
View ArticleSetting background for every page in Xamarin forms
Hi , I would like to set the background image for every page and it should be accessible for every where .I have seen and got some information about how to do it in the net from the following link...
View ArticleHow to add a background image to my application
Hi Guys, I want to add a background image to my application for the look and feel. I know how to use the local and the embedded images but i want to make my entire application with a default image....
View ArticlePages in the "More" section of TabbedPage render underneath the NavBar
I am using a TabbedPage in my application and all of the views that fall under the "More" section are rendering underneath the NavBar when they are displayed. No matter what view I place there, it is...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms and Windows Universal Apps
Hello! In the latest updates from Microsoft for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, they introduced the Universal Apps. Wrapping up, it is nothing more then use the new Shared Projects included on...
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