VS2015 View Designer/View Code on XAML Pages gives Error
I have the latest Xamarin 3.11.836 installed on Win10 with VS2015 and when I have a XAML file open, I expect View Code to open the CS file and when in the CS file of a Page I expect View Designer to...
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How do you allow buttons to maximize the space inside it for text?
As I currently have it, I wrote a bit of code that allows you to get the font size needed for text (label or button) to fit exactly into the encompassing area. The problem I'm having though is it seems...
View ArticleHTTPClient hangs at GetAsync when debugging on Android device
I'm getting some strange behavior with my HTTPClient when running on a device. I originally created a test C# console project just to test out the results from our server API, and everything went fine....
View ArticlePanel Animation Voids Tap Gestures
When using Android, if I start a view outside the boundaries of a page and then slide it in by using TranslateTo all gestures and button clicks of the view stop working. I've noticed that the section...
View ArticleRelease configuration to publish Android app in Xamarin.Forms (PCL project)
Hi, I have created a configuration in order to add some custom commands etc when I publish an Android app (see attached image). If I select "Release|Test" for the Android project then Xamarin Studio...
View ArticleWhat is RenderWith?
I've never seen this before, and suddenly see it everywhere. e.g. http://developer.xamarin.com/api/type/Xamarin.Forms.Picker/ [Xamarin.Forms.RenderWith(typeof(Xamarin.Forms.Platform._PickerRenderer))]...
View ArticleBinding with Converter using ConverterParameter Binding Not Working
I'm trying to do the following: Bind a Color property from based on the class property if the item is selected. If it is not selected, to color the Color gray. This is using a custom horizontal...
View ArticleGeocoder.GetPositionsForAddressAsync returns some strange results
I have found that the Geocoder.GetPositionsForAddressAsyn accepts some bad input yet returns a valid result. For example, if I send it "a" as the address, it returns 48.3705449, 10.89779 which is the...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms - Facebook Login : Native login page (Android)
Hello, Initially i tried to use this library https://github.com/jsauve/OAuthTwoDemo.XForms/ but the problem was that the Library opened a WebView with mobile Facebook Login, and the user was forced to...
View ArticleImageSource -> UIImage
I need to convert ImageSource to UIImage and I checked ImageRenderer for this purpose but I can't compile part of code I got from there. IImageSourceHandler handler; if (imageSource != null &&...
View ArticleHow to open other apps from xamarin forms
How to open other apps from xamarin forms ? or How to open other apps from xamarin forms apps
View ArticleException with Maps
Get the following exception when attempting to use maps: Java.Lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at --- End of managed exception stack trace --- at...
View ArticleHow to make single control for a label used on all the pages in an application?
I need a single control for a label (as a footer) used on all the pages in an application, how is it possible? do i need to take custom control? how to do it? help me! Thanks.
View ArticleXamarin Forms Labs Camera
How do I use the camera feature from xamarin forms labs? How do I implement the code and such?
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Look what I made over last weekend, SliderView!!!!
Hey Forms Community! I was hacking around last weekend to make some kind of SliderView that I could use instead of a CarouselPage. I wanted to share this with the community in the hopes that it will...
View ArticleAn exception has been encountered. This may be caused by an extension.
Hi, Every time that I start a debugging session, when the debugger hits a break-point Visual Studio shows this error: "An exception has been encountered. This may be caused by an extension." Then on...
View ArticleERROR ITMS-90072: "The IPA is invalid. It does not include a Payload directory"
I'm trying to submit my app to the Apple Store, but when I try to send my IPA him of the following error ITMS - 90072 ERROR: . " The IPA is invalid It does not include the Payload directory" Anyone...
View ArticleXamarin System.IO Read/Write file not persisting between sessions
I am unable to write and then read files between sessions. Within a session everything works as expected, however, when I close the app and reload it I receive a "FileNotFoundException" when I do my...
View ArticleMR.Gestures handles ALL touch gestures
With MR.Gestures you can handle the Tapping, Tapped, DoupleTapped, LongPressing, LongPressed, Panning, Panned, Swiped, Pinching, Pinched, Rotating and Rotated gestures on all layouts, cells, views and...
View ArticleBest practice MVVM navigation using Master Detail page?
Hi to all. I want to follow the MVVM pattern as much as possible, but I don't know if I am doing the navigation quite well. Note that I am using a MasterDetail page and I want to maintain the Master...
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