Popup keyboard hides parts of the UI rather than resizing
I would like to create a screen that has a behavior similar to common chat apps e.g. Hangouts where there's a scrollable section of the page and an Entry with a Button underneath that updates the...
View ArticleWindows Phone 8.1 Navigation.PushAsync(new page()); Crash!!!!
Dear All, I got a Xamarin.Forms app that I've compiled and starts both on the emulator and phone (WP 8.1) then after a few calls from different pages to Navigation.PushAsync(new Page()); the app closes...
View ArticleGenerics question/issues
Hi there. I am working on an abstract datamanager class that will take any class we throw at it and do simple crud interface with it. I am having an issue with some generics in the save call and was...
View ArticleIs it possible to hide a ToolbarItem?
If a ToolbarItem has been added to the Navigation bar, is it possible to conditionally hide/show it? Consider the use-case of showing a "Save" button when an Editor field is dirty, but hiding the...
View ArticleDevice Token
Hi there! I'm wondering if theres a plugin or something to get the device token for Push Notifications. Is @JamesMontemagno Plugin DeviceInfo == device token? Cheers!
View ArticleHow to use a ListView in a ScrollView with XLabs-PopUp-Control?
Hi all In my App, I have a huge search-page with various (filterable) ListViews (until over 4’000 Items) in a StackLayout and the StackLayout in a ScrollView (as the Page has to be scrollable). The...
View ArticleCrash 'NaN is not a valid value for height' on physical device after pull to...
After testing my Xamarin.Forms app in IOS simulator for a while, I started to do so on a physical device. On simulator it works without any problem, but on my IPhone 6 a very strange exception crashes...
View ArticleBinding and x:Reference
Hi Folks, Sometimes I want a binding of an attribute to refer to some property of a named element. I can bind some other element's TextSize property to that element by using...
View ArticleHow to Xamarin Forms UI by drag and drop UI Components rather writing...
Hey, I am new to Xamarin and trying to build a simple cross platform app in xamarin forms, For designing I am not able to see any Drag and Drop interface in Xamarin studio for UI. Is there's any way we...
View ArticleDouble-tapping in Xamarin.Forms on Android
We've found some rather annoying issues with multiple taps and navigation on Android using Xamarin.Forms. Let's say there's a button press and in the handler there's a bog-standard await...
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How to use SVG Images as Controls and Form "Background" (or customisation)?
I tried several Nuget packages and followed their description of implementation. But since I'm very new to Xamarin and C# I can't get it to work Could someone please precisely describe how to implement...
View ArticleUpdateIsEnabled Custom ViewCell error
I have a custom ViewCell that is disabled until another field has data in it. I have a Converter that sets the IsEnabled value based on it not being null. That converter seems to run fine and so does...
View ArticleUsing an ActivityIndicator in a ListView Footer
<ListView.Footer> <ActivityIndicator IsRunning="{Binding FetchingData}" /> </ListView.Footer> It seems the IsRunning Binding does not work when it is contained in a footer. If I...
View ArticleCenter Entry placeholder & text vertically
I need to center placeholder & text inside an Entry. Is there a way to do this?
View ArticleAccess to Windows shared folder over wifi network
In a Xamarin Forms project I need to load and save file from windows shared folder (with active directory authentication if possible). Android device and pc are in the same wifi network. I can manage...
View ArticleClasslibrary doesnt work on xamarin.forms
I have some logic which is shared by 2 of my apps. therefore i want to move it in a class library project and reference on each xamarin.forms project only. But I cant create a classic class library...
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How to resize an image in Xamarin.Forms (iOS, Android and WP)?
Hi all In my app, there is a registration-page, where the user can register to have access to more functions. Among other he can load an image, that then is showed as his avatar. To select an image, I...
View ArticleShow and Hide controls present in listview's view cell based on server response
I have a listview in which I have created a custom view cell, in that custom view cell I have a label, based on the server response i want to show and hide the label in different ViewCell. My question...
View ArticleCustom rendering of a Droid checkbox
I need to change the default border color of an Android check box. According to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26447709/how-to-set-checkbox-border-color one should use android:buttonTint for this...
View ArticlePressing buttons multiple times loads multiple pages (Android)
I'm having an issue with Android navigation. I have a list view that contains a bunch of items that have tapped events. These tapped events look like this: async void Tab_ItemSelected(object sender,...
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