Setting SelectedItem from ViewModel
The first time the View is loaded, the item in the ListView is not selected in UI (although it is selected in the ViewModel), but if I refresh, the item is selected in UI view. I am having this problem...
View ArticleAccess specific list cell selected by the user in a list view filled with...
I have a list with entry fields where I am binding data from the server, now everything works fine but now I have an issue where I want to save the data entered by the user in the entry field on the...
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How to implement a Pop Up window in Xamarin Forms?
Is there a way to implement a Pop Up window in Xamarin Forms where you can put images, label, etc. and dynamic? Especially in a Map? Is there any generic implementation. Let me know. Sample code would...
View ArticleAndroid Scrollview and Keyboard not working correctly with Absolute layout as...
Using Forms 1.3.0 at the moment... OK I have a special hierarchy in my project and stacks and need the keyboard to activate the scroll view correctly however in Android there seems to be a bug because...
View ArticleHow to create a shortcut after building my app?
I have a question about creating a shortcut on my phone after I built my app successfully. Do anybody know about this? Many thanks for any advices
View ArticleConvert ImageSource to Stream
I'm developing an app that needs to share an image with Instagram. The image is downloaded from a url so is not stored locally. The image downloads fine. Is there a way to convert the downloaded image...
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The „community documentation thread“
Hi all I have posted a thread with „wishes to the forum“ some time ago here: https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/42324/wishes-to-the-forum#latest @JohnHardman has posted a suggestion, that adding a...
View ArticleGetting a grid of buttons without the spacing in between.
What do I need to do to avoid the default spacing between two buttons? I have tried setting padding to 0, BorderWidth etc. I am using Grid like this: in ctor: InitializeComponent(); var grid = new Grid...
View ArticleLatitude & Longitude for Current Location
Is this possible yet in the Xamarin.Forms? Not able to find a good sample. I see that there's a Forms.Maps package but don't see a good example to set the map to the users current location or get the...
View ArticleHow to set the tab order on Windows to support keyboard usage?
I've just been tabbing around controls on the pages of my app running on Windows. It's hard to see quite where the focus goes sometimes, but it seems that the tab order is all over the place, neither...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms equivalent to fill_parent/match_parent and wrap_content?
This drives me nuts. I cannot make the Views to behave as I want to.
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CachedImage FFImageLoading for Xamarin.Forms
https://github.com/molinch/FFImageLoading or https://github.com/daniel-luberda/FFImageLoading/ (new Forms features) DEMO:...
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No Picker Item Template
Hi Everyone! I did a bunch of searching, but before I implement a workaround, just wanted to be sure that: There is no way to create a DataTemplate for a Picker item. Thanks
View ArticleHow to get latitude & longitude quickly without running the battery down?
I suspect I have a conflicting requirement. I need to be able to get the current latitude & longitude quickly, not all the time, but when the user performs a particular action. If battery were not...
View ArticleHow to perform Push notification in Xamarin.Forms?
I have a PCL project. How can I perform platform specific Push notifications ?
View ArticleFFImageLoading does not display images properly
I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong here, but can you shed some light? @FabienMolinet @DanielL public App() { var contentPage = new ContentPage { Content = new ListView { ItemsSource = // Set...
View ArticleCouldn't connect to logcat, GetProcessId returned: 0
Android application is debugging. Couldn't connect to logcat, GetProcessId returned: 0 Why i see the above when i try to debug the solution (Xamarin.Forms Portable) to my android phone. I tried 1)...
View ArticleFontAwesome Label: Here's how!
Here's how you'll use the new FontAwesome label (Any Graphic font will work, but FontAwesome is Awesome): var coolLabel = new FontAwesomeIcon(FontAwesomeIcon.Icon.Gear) Here's how to set it up....
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 Articlesystem.argumentexception: an item with the same key has already been added
I know this is avery general error, but I suddenly cannot debug my xamarin forms application anymore on my iOS device: system.argumentexception: an item with the same key has already been added any...
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