Webview binding is not working
I have a webview that is bound to an HTML snippet snippet: <h1>Hello World!</h1> <WebView> <WebView.Source> <HtmlWebViewSource Html="{Binding Html}" />...
View ArticleiOS Button text padding
Y'Hello, I'm using the code below to create a Button - nothing too fancy so far, huh? Anyway, I noticed Button doesn't have a Padding styling property, so my button on iOS looks a bit squished (see...
View ArticleRequest: Support Visual Designer for XAML
Greetings, I am a huge fan of Xamarin and especially of the ability to leverage Xamarin Forms to create a "shared" UI for all of my common elements. That said, I find it both frustrating and...
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Xamarin.Forms PCL (not shared) app + photos + Azure Blob Storage = ???
OK, after weeks of researching, reading and trying all sorts of methods, I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to have to use the HTTP Client to interface with the Azure Blob Storage REST API....
View Articlewhy mvvmcross?
I am keep hearing and reading mvvmcross for xamarin. I have experience mvvm with wpf and can i just use it as use it on wpf? What makes mvvmcross easier or is there something which i cant achieve with...
View ArticleSome questions about application life cycle
Hi, still new to App development it would be great if you could clarify some points for me. 1.What happens to the active thread of my App when the App looses focus? 2. What if it is in an event handler...
View ArticleSeemingly not possible to validate field-by-field on navigation page
I have some text fields (Entry) on a navigation page and need to validate them as they are entered, rather than validating them all at once at the end. Amazingly there does not seem to be a way to do...
View ArticleHow do i render the contents of a xamarin forms (portable) control in custom...
This is my code so far (Works, but I can’t figure out the missing bit): Shared project: using System; using Xamarin.Forms; namespace Solvum.SiteTracker.Mobile.XamarinForms.Framework.Controls { public...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms 2.0 issues
I just recompiled my project with Xamarin.Forms 2.0 and found Application.Current.SavePropertiesAsync is not working as expected in "Release" mode. I used the following code to save the login email...
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 ArticleIs it possible to disable all input?
Hello. I'd like to be able to temporarily disable all input on either a page or for the entire application to prevent the user from clicking anything during certain animations. Is it possible to do...
View Articlehow to navigate between pages using mvvm - doing it on viewmodel
I have a xaml called category and in the listview, I display list of categories. When i select a category in the list I want this to navigate to details xaml by using category Id. is it possible using...
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Bug with FormsAppCompatActivity and MasterDetailPage on Android 5.1
On android 5.1 detail page have strange padding on top.
View ArticleAnnouncing the "Xamarin.Forms Kickstarter" guide
Dear Xamarin.Forms community! My team and I are working on a kickstarter guide for Xamarin.Forms. Our objective is to give an introduction to developers that might be new to the field of cross-platform...
View ArticleSpannable string with custom renderer
Hello. I have problem and I can't understand what is wrong. 1. I have MyButton : Xamarin.Forms.Button 2. I have custom renderer: protected override void...
View ArticleCall a Soap Web Service in Xamarin Forms
Hi All, I wanted to get a web service Soap envelope request and response using WSDL Libraries. Any good responses and samples would be appreciated. Thanks,
View ArticleException ImageSource.FromFile to navigate between pages
public partial class Page1 : ContentPage { bool isCalled = false; public Page1() { InitializeComponent(); } void OnButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e) { Navigation.PushAsync(new Page2()); }...
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Toolbar area stays visible when navigating to a page without toolbaritems...
Hi, I'm having some trouble with the toolbar on WinPhone. When navigating from one ContentPage with toolbaritems to another without toolbaritems, the second page shows a black area (where the toolbar...
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How do you toggle between two views?
We have a ListView with two possible item layouts, how do we toggle between them? We tried using the IsVisible property, but when the 2nd StackLayout is invisible, it still allocates its height onto...
View ArticleUI Debugging?
Is it possible to do UI debugging when using VS 2015? I guess on xamarin android player will not work for it. how about visual studio emulator?
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