Background location updates in Xamarin.Forms. How to?
Anyone has a tutorial or some documentation to get started on this topic? I've read and downloaded the BackgroundLocationDemo that has both ios and android projects mentioned in the Xamarin...
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I'm trying to put together a list of social status updates where the updates are composed of snippets of html with image tags etc. Currently I have a ViewCell that builds this and included the...
View ArticleUsing maps in Windows Phone 8.1
As I read here maps are not currently supported in Windows 8.1 or Windows Phone 8.1 projects. If not possible by using Xamarin.Forms.Maps, is there any other way to do it? Does anybody has some sample...
View ArticleDisabled button style
I'm using MVVM approach described here. To control a button behaviour I use ICommand binding with CanExecute flag. Everything works. But how can I control disabled button style (background color and...
View ArticleHandling SQLite PCL ; DB path:
Hi guys, how can i make sure to use always the same path once the db is created? The issue i have now, every time i start to debug the app on the iOS simulator the app creates a new db.. Im checking...
View ArticleSetting StyleId (for UI testing) on DisplayAlert?
Is it possible to set the automation id's for popup alerts so they are testable from automated UI tests?
View ArticleSystem.Runtime reference in Visual Studio ?
Hi guys, I'm using Visual Studio 2015 and the newest Version of Xamarin-Android and Xamarin-Forms. I always get the following error messages like on the picture that I have attached to this post. And...
View ArticleHow to implement animated back button in masterpage
@adamkemp Hi adam can you help me with this, Generally the masterpage menu shows hamburger image. when menu is popped out then it turns into left-arrow automatically with animation effect. default i...
View ArticleXamarin Forms app crashes in release mode
My Xamarin Forms app crashes in release mode. The Android log says: "Info(1209)/ActivityManager: Start proc com.companyname.testapp for activity...
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Box view with rounded corners + badge with counter, snippets
I believe simple rounded box view and even badge widget should be a part of some generic Xamarin.Forms extension kit. I'm not familiar with writing plugins workflow though. So I decided to share some...
View ArticleChange scrollbar color of listview
Hi, is there a way to change the color of the scrollbar of the listview. I have a page with background color that about the same as the scrollbar, so the scrollbar is not even visible when scrolling....
View ArticleGridView
Hi, Is there a GridView available with xamarin forms? I need a gridview that supports multi-select action.
View ArticleDisplaying Placeholder text on a DatePicker - Can't get this to work
I followed the renderer here: https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/35792/crash-in-custom-renderer-on-ios However, the text is never displayed and the datepicker always shows todays date when...
View ArticleHas anybody solved running on Windows 10 release?
My app runs happily on Windows 8.1 and on a preview build of Windows 10, but on the release build of Windows 10, the XF Application constructor throws the following exception. Has anybody else...
View ArticleGet device location in PCL
Hi guys, can anyone explain me how to get device location from PCL project in Forms? I can't find on the Internet any tutorial how to do this. I just want to create an page in PCL and in code behind to...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms and Windows phone Panorama Control ?
I'm a newbie and I want to work with Xamarin to target windows phone platform firstly then iOS and android ( later ). I'd like to know if it's possible and how to devevelop a UI with Xamarin.Forms...
View ArticleContentPage was not found error, when creating new xamarin.forms portable app
I have visual studio 2015 community installed on windows 10. I'm getting an error 'ContentPage was not found' after i do the follow simple steps. * In Visual Studio 2015 add new project select 'Blank...
View ArticleImage not appearing in a StackLayout inside a StackLayout
Ok this one has me stumped. I have a ScrollView with the content being a StackLayout called TabLayout. In code I'm adding another StackLayout as a child to TabLayout and this StackLayout contains an...
View ArticleStoring Controllers Inside Xamarin Forms Custom Renderers
I am creating a Xamarin Forms custom renderer. I need to invoke and manipulate a native iOS view controller inside the custom renderer. I see two possible options : Create a custom class and extend...
View ArticleGetMainPage command obsolete in Xamarin.Forms Sample
I am working through the Xamarin.Forms Heart Rate Monitor Sample code. on the mainActivity.cs in .Droid, the following error is flagged up over the LoadApplication (new App ()); line. Error:...
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