TabbedPage and AutomationProperties
Talkback (Android) and JAWS (UWP) are not able to read the tab texts. I've tried assigning AutomationId and AutomationProperties.Name to the page Icon property w/o success. Does anyone have an example...
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My development environment is visual studio community 2017 running on Windows 7, on a "healthy" machine. All updates have been applied to both windows and visual studio. I am developing Xamarin forms...
View ArticleProblems with iOS Assets.Casset causing VS to crash
Hi All, I am trying to add all relevant icons into the AppIcon section of Assets.Casset but it's proving rather difficult as I can't scroll down the page or us the bar to get down the page. What makes...
View ArticleHow can I add context actions to an iOS ListView only?
The code below crashed on Android. Any suggestions? <ViewCell> <ViewCell.ContextActions> <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="MenuItem"> <On Platform="iOS"> <MenuItem Text="Delete"...
View ArticleXamarin forms ListView behaves weird on iOS
Hi I'm working on a bigger project and have a problem with xamarin.forms listview with custom view cell on iOS. I have an object that belongs to a certain group. This object can have up to 10 "friend"...
View ArticleProblem with XamarinGoogleMaps
Hi, i've a problem with googlemaps for xamarin. Where is the problem?
View ArticleWebView Zoom
Hi there, How can I enable pinch-and-zoom inside a WebView in Xamarin.Forms? It was easy enough using UIWebView in iOS. Thanks. Mike
View ArticleIs there a way to dismiss Page.DisplayAlert() on background xamarin.forms app?
In regular android you'd save off the dialog and close it on home button pressing. But you're not given a dialog object you can dismiss in Forms. Is there some mechanism to close the dialog after the...
View ArticleHow can I fit scale of a non-responsible web page in WebView on Android and...
Hello, everyone! I want to fit scale of a non-responsible web page loaded in WebView on Android and iOS platforms both. To do it I created CustomWebView class inherited from the WebView. Also I created...
View ArticleThe name 'InitializeComponent' does not exist in the current context
This is really strange and inconsistent. Sometimes it runs fine and sometimes I get the following error 'The name 'InitializeComponent' does not exist in the current context' There is absolutely no...
View ArticleHow to bind image's ImageSource in a listview
I have an ObservableCollection of an object with various properties, including one of type ImageSource, which will display an image. Then, I have a listView with it's itemSource binded to that...
View ArticleHow to find the child controls from StackLayout dynamically ?
I am using Xamarin.Forms (PCL project). I have created the stacklayout with some child controls. How can I get any control from this stacklayout dynamically (like findbyName , findbyID or Type) ?
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Problem with CustomRender Entrys
Hello Guys! i`m new to Xamarin and I tryed to implement the Tutorial Class about the Custom Entrys from the Xamarin Site. But when I try to start my project i get this Exception. I really have no clue...
View ArticleHow to run Javascript Code in my HTML doc with HybridWebView?
Hey, I'm trying to implent the Google Places Javascript API in Xamarin Forms (specifically the Autocomplete function) with XLabs.Forms.Controls.HybridWebView but the Javascript inside my HTML file wont...
View ArticleSet orientation of single page to landscape for ios
Hello, I have implemented single page rotation to landscape in android using OnWindowVisibilityChanged method in renderer for specific page. But I couldn't figure it out for ios. My code for iOS...
View ArticleHow to find the cause of: Xamarin.Forms targets have been imported multiple...
I'm working my way thru the book "Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin Forms" and a lot of the sample code requires some work to get it running, which is all very educational and helps me learn and...
View ArticleXAML Master Detail in MVVM Light example
Are there any examples of a master detail navigation using XAML and MVVM Light? Currently im looking at Hanselman.Forms and this guide But they aren't using XAML for the master detail page.
View ArticleImport existing .NET project in Xamarin.Forms project
Hi, I want to use an application written in .NET 4.0 as a service for an Android. Let's call the existing application "MyExistingProject". My .NET application is in a project and I tried to import this...
View ArticleMVVM - Performing an action in ViewModel from page OnAppearing
I've got a full MVVM implementation which is working nicely, for a project which communicates with BLE devices. My problem is that I want to delay connecting to the device until the Page is appearing,...
View ArticleEntry cell loses focus on button press in android but not iOS , work around?
I have some code in iOS where I have buttons that act like a calculator keyboard when pressed on it fills a entry field that is focused. Works great for iOS but on android the button press even causes...
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