How do i open a mail launcher in Metro app (WinRT 8.1+ ) - Xamarin.Forms
I am trying to send mail using launcher in PCL WinRT app. Launcher works proper for normal mail, but if i try to send mail with HTML body, it fails to launch. Launching mail pop-up using : string...
View ArticleUpdate shopping cart icon in toolbar
Hi, I have an app where user can add shopping items to cart from the listview. I also have a shopping cart image on toolbar. I want to overlay a label on top of that image and update it with the number...
View ArticleCreate GUI Components that fill available space
I have a UI in which a button needs to fill the width of the screen. Same thing for a BoxView. How does that work? I can see how to make a layout fill space, but can't seem to find an easy way to have...
View ArticleFound a way to make ToolBarItems Visible/Invisible..without a custom renderer
So from what I've seen in the API Docs (http://iosapi.xamarin.com/?link=T:Xamarin.Forms.MenuItem/*) Toolbar items don't seem to have an IsVisible property. I was able to accomplish this by defining a...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms on Linux?
Given there is no Xamarin Studio for Linux, is there an implementation of the Xamarin.Forms for Desktop Linux such as Ubuntu or other distros? Otherwise what would the community suggest in terms of...
View ArticleEventToCommand with Xamarin Forms Behaviors
I wrote an EventToCommand behavior using Xamarin Forms 1.3 behaviors and I would like to share it with you : anthonysimmon.com/eventtocommand-in-xamarin-forms-apps/ You will find an example where the...
View ArticleTapDown Recognizer
With mouse event handling, it's possible to recognize both when the mouse button goes down and when it goes back up separately. Is it possible to recognize "OnTapDown" and "OnTapUp" with...
View ArticleAzure data sync best practices?
Hello, I am currently developing an application for a medical conference using Xamarin.Forms. I am using Microsoft Azure to host the backend for the project, and have successfully integrated the...
View ArticleSystem.IO.Compression It does not work - Microsoft.Bcl.Compression
I've a xamarin form project, when i use this code ... var re =await client.Execute(request); var gs = new GZipStream(new MemoryStream(re.RawBytes), System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress); .....
View ArticleA control that displays a collection of tokens in an Entry
Hey, I wanna build something like this in Xamarin. Forms Any help?
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?
View ArticleListview images disappear upon fast scrolling
I have a listview with about 200 items. Each row has an image and two labels. On Android, when I scroll down fast, images disappear temporarily and are loaded again. On WP, sometimes they never show up...
View ArticleHow to install xamarin with visual studio
I want to develop one app should run run with cross platform like IOS,Android, Windows Phone using xamarin.forms... How to install xamarin with visual studio? also how to install Virtual Machine MAC...
View ArticleToolbarItem and Command
Hi everyone, Currently in my application, when i build the page toolbar using my ViewModel, i've two way to do this: // Attached to a ViewModel Action (public method) var item= new ToolbarItem("Save",...
View ArticleAndroid project shows error after updating to Xamarin.Forms 2.0.0.6490
Error Message: Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error Exception while loading assemblies: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load assembly...
View ArticleAfter updating xamarin android, the appliction which i have prevoisly created...
I have update xamarin android for visual studio recently. After updating, i'm not able to deploy the application which i have previously created(both in Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin.Android). Getting...
View ArticleCommand not called from Command parameter in custom control
Hi folks, I'm trying to create a custom control, derived from Button (not from "View") which has some added BindableProperties on it. This is what I've tried - in order to get the tap functionality of...
View ArticleFor xamarin forms app which is better visual studio 2013 0r VS 2015
hi everyone. I want to develop cross platform app.. (ie) to create a xamarin forms app in visual studio with xamarin... also it connect with mac by Parallels.. so visual studio 2013 or VS 2015 which is...
View ArticleDevice.OpenUri for iPhone Different Behavior Than Android
Hi, I created a ListView in a PCL with items that when tapped opens a Url using Device.OpenUri. On Android Phone it just opens the Url using Chrome and it's working fine and it's great, but on the...
View ArticleMisbehavior MasterDetailPage on Android Tablet
Hello, I used with success the MasterDetailPage in my app for smartphone iOS and Android. The app is always in portrait mode and everything works fine: it start with the left menu closed and I can...
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