Xamarin Forms and using Behaviors in SAP application
Hi! I'm testing Xamarin Forms and Xamarin Studio. I've finded various samples that explains how to use behaviors to enhance views. I've implemented some code from this samples to use "MaxLength" in...
View ArticleTabbedPage Not Cycling on All windows 10 Platforms
I have made a simple Uwp Xamarin Forms App with 2.0.0.6490 the first Page is a TabbedPage with 3 Children but we deploy it to several windows 10 devices Windows 10 Home PC (not working) Windows 10...
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Performance issue : custom render + GestureRecognizers
Hi, have a simple custom render for images. It works like a charm in iOS but it has serious performance issues on Android. It simply set a "selector" , changing the image for normal and pressed state....
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[XAMLC] compilation failure. Need more info
Hey guys, I'm getting a XAMLC compilation failure, but unfortunately the info that gets dumped in the error console is not helpful. I've validated all of my XAML and it appears to be correct, however...
View ArticleProblem with selected cells when using RecycleElement caching strategy on...
Hi guys, I have a ListViewwith caching strategy set to RecycleElement, where each cell has a certain number of context actions implemented with MenuItems. In Android, when the user long presses on a...
View ArticleProblem binding icon to ToolbarItem
Hi, I have view built in Xaml and a viewmodel tied to the views bindingcontext. In my viewmodel I have an attribute containing the image path I'd like to have on a ToolbarItem....
View ArticleSet ButtonType in ButtonRenderer - iOS specific
Hello everyone, I'm currently trying to implement customs controls (Buttons, Labels, etc.) which looks and behave on all plattform similar. I startet with Android and a custom button, which works fine....
View ArticleRESX Localization using a Shared Project (not PCL)
This article only covers how to do localization with a Core library of type PCL, I however, am using the Shared project type as the Core library, and it does not support .resx files, only .resw files....
View ArticleDisable/Enable IsGestureEnabled on MasterDetail not working on iOS
Hi. On iOS I needed to disable the gesture enable to open the master page on a MasterDetailPage as its content contains a swipe detector and interferes with it. If I don't disable the gesture it works...
View ArticleHow to make the screen visible for 20 seconds or more in the Xamarin forms
Hi I have 3 content pages here first.cs second.cs third.cs In First.cs I have following code snippet. Button b=new Button(){ Title="Submit" }; b.clicked+=(){ //Here I would like to call the second page...
View ArticleCustomer Renderer View Dimensions
Hi All, I'm currently writing a custom renderer, in order to display a video control on a ContentPage. The basics of the player are working - however, I'm unable to find any documentation/guidance on...
View ArticlePropagate touch from top view
Hello, I have a grid in top of another grid. Both grids have views that should respond to tap gestures. The problem is that the views that are in the grid "below" can't be touched. I have tried to set...
View ArticleCross-platform Keyboard dismiss
Is there a cross-platform mechanism for dismissing the keyboard when controls not requiring the keyboard are used? I am looking at a Windows Phone app running in the emulator, where the keyboard...
View ArticleXAML in 'portable' project opens in XML editor instead of XAML editor in...
This issue can be seen even in the sample project that comes with the XAM140 class materials which makes me think if it doesn't work in a simple example that comes direct from Xamarin then it isn't...
View ArticleWating at DependencyService.Get().GetPositionAsync(10000)
Here I need to get the Current Position of the user. I'm using the following code to get the Position public async Task getMyCurrentPosition() { try { IGeolocator geolocator =...
View ArticleTransparent Background Image in ContentPage
Hi, I've set a background image to my application and it is transparent image. but when i running my app on simulator, i'm seeing some black color on top of my application. please look into the...
View ArticleHow to handle notification click on cross-platform project
Hi, I'm receiving notification from notification hub for both iOS and Android. Behaviour to reach: The app at startup after the login register to push notification, now when I receive a notification I...
View Article[IOS] Bug on IsGestureEnabled of MasterDetailPage
Hello there, currently working on an application where the SideMenu is desactivated on certain page, so i use IsGestureEnabled= false, and true when go back. It works well on Android, but on IOS it...
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Entry control does not creates an instance of a TextBox on Windows Phone...
Entry Renderer for entry control on Xamarin.Forms does not create an instance of a TextBox on Windows Phone native control as it should. In Xamarin Forms (Customizing an Entry) documentation it...
View ArticlePCL Project with Share Project - any decent solution?
So I started by attempting to use OpenTK with a custom ContentPage in a PCL project - but cant use OpenTK within a PCL class. I added a Shared Project to the solution, and made the ContentPage with...
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