compatibility of Xlabs forms
I have several compatibility issues going on at present - the latest to pop up is Xlabs.Forms this is arising as I have several separate projects each proving a different functionality and am now...
View ArticlePUSH Notifications in a Xamarin.Forms Proj
Hi, I've spent a few hours trying to implement PUSH notifications in a Xamarin Forms project. I've followed numerous examples but most of which revolve around Xamarin.Droid or Xamarin.IOS apps rather...
View ArticleGet BindingContext of cell in a ListView
I'm converting a C# layout to XAML. The layout displays a list of Contacts that each have an Id, a PhoneNumber, and a Name property. I have a method CallContact that accepts a Contact as a parameter....
View ArticleTheme = "@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"
Why does my Xamarin.Forms android application crash when I attempt to specify Theme = "@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" in my Activity?
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How to install, setup and use XLabs?
Hi all As the installation and use of XLabs is not self-explaining and there is no clear and easy documentation available right now, I have wrote a document (parallel to implement some functions from...
View Article"The type or namespace name 'App' does not exist in the namespace...
Apologies if this has been asked and answered elsewhere - I searched quite a bit before posting. I created a totally new project (Blank App, Xamarin.Forms Shared) via Visual Studio 2015 (running on...
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About customing slider
Hi friends, I have a control for answering a question. It is a slider. Now, I don't know how to custom it. Could anybody give me some ideas? Thank you!
View ArticleThe "XamlCTask" task failed unexpectedly.
Hello Team, I am facing this The "XamlCTask" task failed unexpectedly. problem after adding the xamarin.forms.maps package to my application. Waiting for your response.
View ArticleHow to manage or send optional parameter to an mvc api backend
I developing an app with xamarin forms that is talking to a backend service or api developed using mvc web api2 . To consume my api methods on the app i am using PortableRest plugin for pcl but the...
View ArticleCan I just get the date from a DatePicker and not the date and time?
Is there a way to get just the selected date and not the date and time from a DatePicker? Or do I need to manually process the string returned to extract only the date myself?
View Articleresx localization not working on real devices
Dear Xamarin and all developers here, For some strange reason, localization using resx files is not working when testing on real devices. I have tried the test on multiple Android devices ( Samsung,...
View ArticleAcr.Xamarin.Forms Network connection check
Hi everybody, How can i check network connection? I found sample on github but its wrote mvvm pattern. I wrote this code but. I've got object null exception. My sample code is: ` private...
View ArticleCan i clear the Listview cache?
I have a listview with cachingstrategy set to RecylcleElement. Its seperatorcolor is set from a style that comes from DynamicResource (my resources/styles are global) like this Style="DynamicResource...
View ArticleSet justify Text for Label
Does anyone help me, please ? I tried to set text justify in Label of Xamarin.Forms. But i do not find any property or any solution. I found some solution but it's native programming language (Java and...
View ArticleSystem.MissingMethodException: Method 'ScrollView.ScrollToAsync' not found.
Every time I try to call ScrollView.ScrollToAsync() I get this run time exception: System.MissingMethodException: Method 'ScrollView.ScrollToAsync' not found. I'm not sure how my code compiles if the...
View ArticleForms9Patch: Simplify multi-device image management in your PCL Xamarin.Forms...
Announcement of Form9Patch Xamarin Forms is great for developing apps on Android and iOS but it is missing two important tools for developers: scalable images and PCL multi-screen image management....
View ArticleImage 9 patch image not working
Hi all, I'm trying to use 9 patch images in a Xamarin.Forms project generated using the Android tool. But I'm not able to make them work as the Image control is not expanding them by default. I'm...
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 ArticleTapGestureRecognizer not firing for Android
TapGestureRecognizer is working for WinPhone but on Android although the Application Output is showing [ViewRootImpl] ViewPostImeInputStage ACTION_DOWN but the Tapped evenit isn't being called... var...
View ArticleIssue with OxyPlot in Xamarin.Forms
I am building a Xamarin.Forms app that needs to plot several graphs that update with new data every second. Eventually I will want the app to run on both Android and iOS but for now am working only...
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