Differences with scaling between the platforms
Hi, New to XF but enjoying be able to use XAML again! However I found that the same XAML (with no custom renderers) renders very differently between the Windows Phone and Android emulators. Attached is...
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WebView rendering when not Visible
Hi All, I have a WebView that is not visible when the page is displayed. Visibility is set when tapping a StackLayout gesture. The WebView source is using a HtmlWebViewSource converter. When the...
View ArticleXamarin Forms IOS list view performance problem
I'm using simple listview in xamarin forms and populate data from sqlite database, here is big performance problem for IOS , but for android it works great. here is bit code of my listview: ListView...
View ArticleFrankenstein's monster a Shared and Portable(PCL) Hybrid
You probably gonna laugh but is there any reason not to combine Shared and PCL? Like having the View in a PCL library and ViewModel, Model in a Shared Project?
View ArticleHow to show compass to locate fixed coordinate as destination in windows...
I have implemented the functionality to show compass pointing to fixed location as destination from current location using dependency service on android and iOS in xamarin forms project . The compass...
View ArticleVideo on Background in a content page not go in background
Hi, i have a problem to play a video in the background of a content page. I use an absolute layout to make a custom renderer class in background and an image and two label in front of the page. This is...
View Articleproblems with background IOS
someone help me , I used a background image for my app so that because the ios 4s, 5s , and 6 use the extension @ 2x , my background image is getting short on ios 6 that he had a larger screen, does...
View ArticleXAML Binding and Attached Properties (AbsoluteLayout in my case)
In XAML only I can't get this binding to work (the layout bounds don't get updated when the source property changes): <BoxView x:Name="leftCropBox" LayoutBounds="{Binding LeftCropBox, Mode=OneWay}"...
View ArticlePop Display Alert/ Message from ViewModel
Guys. How do i invoke/ call display alert/show message once my program did some logic in ViewModel (MVVM)? E.g Login Form --> Enter Login Data ---> Click Login Button---> Bind button command...
View Articlexamarin forms audio video player
hi , how can i embed a audio/video player in xamarin forms ? what are the supported formats ? what are the options of location of content like local resource , URL ? thanks Jamal.
View ArticleXamarin Forms Connectivity Plugin
I am testing out the plugin created by James Montemagno, which looks pretty awesome. However, on my Android and IPhone emulators with a simple project I am getting False for...
View ArticleCustom Back Button in Xamarin.Forms
Hello, in other forums I found out how to change font-family for TitleTextAttributes in UINavigationBar in AppDelegate.cs.(iOS).. I want to do the same thing, but also change the font-family of the...
View ArticleNeed to set scroll view in popup layout
Hi, I have put one popup layout in my screen, and have loaded one stack layout into the popup layout. Here the stack layout contains more rows of data. So i am trying to set scroll view in that popup...
View ArticleCan't make Custom View Cell update on property change
Hi, this is my first week with Xamarin and I can't figure this out. I have 3 classes: 1) ViewModel 2) ContentPage 3) ViewCell And a ObservableCollection where T is the ViewModel. If I add or remove...
View ArticleWhat is wrong with the binding in this custom viewcell?
As I have a component i need to show on several listviews, i have extended a viewcell. I would like to bind the fields in the viewcell to properties in my viewmodels list. Simplified XAML for...
View ArticleProblem compiling pages derived from ExtendedTabbedPage
Hi, I am trying to use the ExtendedTabbedPage in a Xamarin.Forms shared code project. When I compile I get the following error: error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'ExtendedTabbedPage' could not...
View ArticleCustom TabbedRenderer to set tab text color on Android
I found an iOS render: http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/17811/tabbedpage-tabbar-background-color-tint but I can't seem to find a similar Android rendered to set to set the tab text color. I found a...
View ArticleProblem with Xamarin Studio debugger
I have a problem with the debugger where I'll click step-in or step-over and it just stays on the same line, and the line is green-highlighted. I could click step-in or step-over a hundred times and it...
View ArticleAndroid app built in release mode crash by missing default constructor
My Android app crashes when built in release mode. (in debug mode it is OK!) [AndroidRuntime] java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException [AndroidRuntime] at...
View ArticleAndroid XF Map issue when pushing navigation page with map from map pin of...
I have a main map with markers representing persons. When you click on the pin marker, it pops up the annotation, then click that, should navigate to another page with another map on it and other...
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