How to use MasterBehavior in Xamarin Forms
Hi everyone I am facing issue when i am using MasterBehavior getting error can you please guide me how i can use MasterBehavior = MasterBehavior.Split; i want to split my masterdetailpage in ios...
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I'm trying to override 2 Xamarin.Form Page lifecyle methods (OnAppearing() and OnDisappearing()), but it doesn't appear to be working. ` protected override void OnAppearing() { base.OnAppearing();...
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 ArticleDisplaying PDF in webview on iOS9 using xamarin forms
Hi, I am displaying a pdf inside a WebView. It is working properly as expected in all iOS versions except iOS9. in iOS9 the pdf occupies only around 1/5th of the page width only. I have tried setting...
View ArticleStripeView in Xamarin Forms
I did a little research and it seems braintree and stripe are suitable for app payments. braintree has no official xamarin bindings but there's a Stripe component by Xamarin for Android and iOS. is it...
View ArticleSharing violation on path PropertyStore.forms.tmp
I am seeing a huge upswing in reports of this in Insights in the past few days - seems to be mostly on Android, not iOS the stack trace is System.IO.FileStream.ctor(System.String path, FileMode mode,...
View ArticleIs there a way to make a listView show only certain number of items and the...
As clear as the title , I have a listView that I want to show only 5 items of 20 items and the rest I can scroll through them. Is there a simple way to do so ?
View ArticleLabs MediaPicker and EXIF
I am currently using Xamarin.Forms.Labs 1.2.1-pre2. When using their MediaPicker component the MediaFile created by the SelectPhotoAsync method appears to be stripping the GPS data out of the photo...
View ArticleWhat is the preferable way to consume asynchronously JSON API web service?
Hi, I want to use JSON API for foreign exchange rates and currency conversion - http://fixer.io/ I've tried to use System.Net.Http HttpClient, but couldn't add it to my project because NuGet version...
View ArticleMinimum iOS version supported
The Forms intro page no longer states the minimum iOS or Android version. I can't find it documented anywhere. We have released an app for iOS 6.1 based on the current Xamarin Forms but I'm concerned...
View ArticleAuto-Connecting the BLE characteristic with ObservableCollection
I am using Xamarin.Forms, to build a cross platform BLE app. It is based on this example app using the Monkey.Robotics plugin. All the examples use an ObservableCollection<IDevice> devices; line,...
View ArticleVery High Memory Usage with Simple App
As I began UI Testing my Xamarin.Forms application I noticed Peak memory usage of > 220MB. This seems high to me. So I created a blank Xamarin.Forms app from the template. i.e. the app that says...
View ArticleHow to import facebook contacts
In my xamarin forms application i need to login with facebook account and retrieve all the contacts and display it in listview. Any help on this?
View ArticleCross Platform Location Services
I am building a Xamarin.Forms (PCL) app, with some BLE data collection and Azure Mobile Services to push data entries to the cloud. I would like to add location services data to that, so I know where...
View ArticlePublication of Android App Failed using Xamarin Studio
I'm using Mac with Xamarin Studio version 5.9.5 to Archive for Publishing my Android App. I followed the steps in "Part 1 - Preparing an Application for Release" to publish the app but I encountered...
View ArticleCombining ScrollView with RelativeLayout and Childs
Hi guys, I'm rather new to Xamarin and ran in to a problem. I've created 80% of the view code through my .xaml.cs file and 20% through my .xaml file. Code in xaml.cs file: ` /// /// The _calendar view...
View ArticleFrame.BorderRadius
Is there any way to change border radius on Frame? Or maybe there is another static control with rounded corners?
View ArticleRetaining page Navigation stack when app is killed
Is there a simple way to retain the current navigation stack of pages in Application.OnSleep to be reinstated in Application.OnResume? I tried the following: protected override void OnSleep () {...
View ArticleXamSvg - Xamarin Forms WP project not showing SvgImage
Hey. My company purchased the XamSvg plugin in the hopes that we could get over the png-hell it normally is to develop for mobile. I've followed the instructions in the "Get started" and the samples...
View Articleproblem with carousel page
Hi I have a page with a picker with 3 values I fill a Carousel Page with 10 of this pages. I would like that, if I modify the index of the picker in page"1", all other pages have to change the index...
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