Possible to update global styles programatically?
Is it possible to update the values in global styles programatically? I have some styles like: <Style TargetType="Label"> <Setter Property="FontSize" Value="25" /> </Style> And I wish...
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Your experiences with update to Win10 + VS2015…?
Hi all I work with Win 8.1 and VS2013 Update 2 and XF 1.4.4 “stable” and XLabs right now. On the base of various reasons, I have to update to Windows 10 and VS2015 in the near time. As we develop also...
View ArticleNavigationStack is doubling pages
Strange situation that, after searching, I haven't found anyone else running into. I have a tabbed page as my main, and when I navigate out using Navigation.PushAsync() I end up with two copies of the...
View ArticleDoes Xamarin.Forms have an equivalent to Maximize Mode on iOS?
When I worked on iOS apps in the past there was a thing called "maximize mode" where the app would be fullscreened (basically got rid of the status bar at the top of the screen). Does forms have an...
View ArticleXam.Forms.Maps - Zoom level or Similar
I am developing a system for IOS with maps using the "Xamarin.Forms.Maps". This system contains massive pins (~ 34k), the problem is that the performance is extremely slow when Zoom out which visualize...
View ArticleGetting Exif Data from XLabs MediaPicker
When I get a media file from the MediaPicker the Exif data doesn't seem to be populated. Is there something special I need to initialize to get this data? I am not inheriting XFormsApplicationDroid in...
View ArticleAbsoluteLayout disable Touch Trapping for iOS
We are using an absolute layout to create a composite control where two buttons are relative to each other, but there is significant space in between. The buttons sit over a map. We want the user to be...
View ArticleCan not access interface from my portable project to my iOS project. Simple...
I am following this tutorial and I am stuck on Step 4: Add the iOS Implementation. http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/an-introduction-to-xamarinforms-and-sqlite--cms-23020 the code...
View ArticleNeed to set Content Page Background color to transparent in iOS
Hi Guys Currently I am pushing a modal content page to display some content as a custom pop up. What I am doing is setting the background color of the content page to Color.Transparent and centering a...
View ArticleWEBSERVICE HTTPWebRequest request.GetResponse() DOES NOT WORK
Good afternoon, the request.GetResponse () command is not being recognized. this and example code: using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse) { if (response.StatusCode...
View ArticleHow to enable Conditional Compiler Directives for XAML
Hey guys, I am trying to setup a few detailed user controls to display information when my app runs in Debug Mode. So what I'd like to do is to enable these User Controls only if the DEBUG Flag is...
View ArticleWebView - refresh/reload
I am having the hardest time finding something out that should be so simple. I have a Xamarin.Forms project where I am using a WebView and providing it a source: var wvSource = new HtmlWebViewSource();...
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Unable to load image from my device documents
Hi, I am unable to load an image which is there at path "/private/var/mobile/Applications/4772CE3E-2552-410F-937D-823ED0C40671/Documents/temp/IMG_20140718_181542.jpg" on my Image. What the exact...
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Working with Fonts sample not working?
Hello, I'm trying to use custom fonts and downloaded this sample. However, it won't work on Windows Phone. The "hello forms" label, that in Android is using a custom font, in WP is just on the regular...
View ArticleListView ContentAction example does not show a DisplayAlert
Hi, If you download the example https://developer.xamarin.com/samples/xamarin-forms/UserInterface/ListView/interactivity/ and take a look at it, you see in the interactivityListViewCode.cs file there...
View ArticleInfinite "Synchronizing assemblies" on Android Xamarin.Forms Deployment
Fellows, I'm starting to study Xamarin.Forms, it works fine when I deploy to iOS, but I got this infinite "Synchronizing assemblies" message when trying to deploy to Android emulators. It takes several...
View ArticleCall back to parent view from modal
So I am trying to pop up a login window, then once they log in call back to the parent view and dismiss the modal. This is what I'm trying Is is the main parent window async void PatientButton_Clicked...
View ArticleListView scrolling and virtualization
I'm filling a ListView with data, binding ItemsSource. I'm also having a DataTemplate for the ViewCell consisting of a Grid layout with some Labels. On Windows Phone scrolling the list is very smooth...
View ArticleFloating Action Button in Xamarin Forms
Has anyone implemented the FAB in a Xamarin Forms project? I know there are ports available for Xamarin.Android but I'm wondering if this will mesh well with XF due to it not having the latest support...
View ArticleIs there nay way of cancelling the "back" button event from the NavigationPage?
Topic. Is there any way of cancelling the "back" button event from the NavigationPage, preventing the user from popping the navigation stack ? I already can intercept the hardware back button from the...
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