Altering dynamic base styles
Hi, I’m using Xamarin.Forms 2.0 and would like to know if you can create a new style from a base style (as shown below) but vary the font size to be bigger or smaller than the base style font size. For...
View ArticleIntellisense issues with XAML based views in PCL using any version...
I created a Xamarin.Forms PCL project in Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise and added some views, viewmodels, etc and everything seemed to be fine. The project template seems to come with Xamarin.Forms...
View ArticlePerformance bottleneck on android in Children.Add
Hi, My apps always were kind of slow when I added many elements to a page or a layout, even if they are just Labels and Buttons. So I used the Xamarin Profiler and ILSpy to figure out what exactly it...
View ArticleAdjust Width of Master on MasterDetailPage
I am using the MasterDetailPage for the NavigationDrawer on Android. Implementing the functionality has gone perfectly, however the width is too large and i would like to adjust it. I have tried to set...
View Articleproblem with master Detail and navigation
Hello I began to create a project, was following in the footsteps of this project "https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/Hanselman.Forms" but when I begin to navigate the menu items get the following...
View ArticleLandscape and portrait
Hi friends. I would like to know when a page pass from Landscape to Portrait. It seems that XF does not have an event for this. Googling, I have found something like this protected override void...
View ArticleSetting the corner radius for Xamarin.forms controls
how can I set the corner radius for xamarin.forms controls, for ioS setting the corner radius is just setting the property like wise is there any property to set for the xamarain.forms controls to have...
View ArticleIs Xamarin.Forms XAML designer supported on Visual Studio?
Hi! I've just added a new XAML to a Shared project but it seems not detect the schema and the designer is broken. Is it a bug or the designer and XAML editing isn't supported on Shared projects at...
View ArticlePlease help me resolve align control problem
Hi all. Today i've create a page with layout like as below : I have a StackLayout with these options : Orientation = StackOrientation.Horizontal, HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand,...
View ArticleMobile Chat Back End - what languages/technologies should I learn to achieve...
I am trying to learn and build an app that can integrate mobile chat. Mostly, I’m wondering what languages/design patterns/technologies I should learn so that I can fluently build and fully understand...
View ArticleXamarin Facebook iOS SDK how to handle success login?
Hi I'm using the Xamarin Facebook iOS SDK Component... When I log in I'm asking for permissions and getting the token... But I would like to do somethings after the user successfully login. How can I...
View ArticleInitializeComponent does not exist
Hi, I'm having difficulties on XAML files in a Sheared project. Using Xamarin Studio; What I did was simply adding a xaml page to the project and build without adding any code. And it gives me the "The...
View ArticleWindows Phone Emulator without Hyper V?
I downloaded Xamarin Android Emulator which is perfect and works faster than other builtin emulators but it doesn't like Hyper V enabled. So I turned it off but then I want to run Window Phone...
View ArticleNavigation with MasterDetail
I am using xamarin forms 2.0, and have setup a masterdetail app. After the first detail page is loaded i use this.Navigation.PushAsync(new HomePage()); in a click event of a button to allow the user to...
View ArticleUsing MVVM, maps and locations in xamarin forms
I have been struggling with this for weeks now and am thoroughly frustrated. Is there not an easy to follow sample project that shows how to use xamarin forms MVVM with maps and location functionality?...
View Articlecan I set the fonts dynamically according to the screen size ?
I create an app using xamarin.forms (PCL) and Now I want to set the font size according to screen size. means If I use the small screen simulator then font will display according to small screen and if...
View ArticleAccess Xamarin Forms Layout (Frame) in Android
Hi, i have a question. I'm working on an application which provides UI with Xamarin forms. Now i want to show a toolbar or a dialog with dynamic contents (based on other circumstances) in my...
View ArticleCustom Property Issue
Hi All, I am having some issues when creating a bindable property. I am working with the forms map control and I am wanting to bind Pins in MVVM(I may be going about this wrong but its worth a shot) I...
View ArticleUI Testing: search for elements "marked" with a string but ignore case and...
Currently, when I use app.Tap I have to give it the exact string. I want to do something like app.Tap("sstring") and still match elements marked with e.g. "somessting", "someSStRing", etc. is it...
View ArticleSetting button background color removes material design touch feedback
How do i set the background of a button but still keep the touch feedback from android material design? <Button x:Name="login" Text="LOGIN" TextColor="White" BackgroundColor="Teal"...
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