Image Source in Xaml not working on WinPhone
I have the following code in a Xamarin Form (v1.3.4.6332) Xamarin VS Extension (v3.9.344): <Image Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"> <Image.Source> <OnPlatform...
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I know how the Push notifications work in Xamarin (Android) and how to give the Push Notifications an Intent to open an android activity. Is there a way to instead of opening an Android activity to...
View ArticleOnScroll event in ScrollView
Anyone know if there is a way to hook into the scroll event in ScrollViews? I want to add infinite scroll to a ListView, but without any way of knowing when the user reaches, or getting closer to, the...
View ArticleHow to play video with Xamarin forms?
Hello! I want to add a local video in Xamarin.Forms (not YouTube). Tell me please how to do it. Thanks a lot!
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MVVM Binding Issues
Hello all, I am having difficulty with the data bindings with xamarin and I was hoping someone might be able to see what I am doing wrong. First created this in my resources <DataTemplate...
View ArticleProblem with using Grid.IsVisible
Hi there It turned out the Grid.IsVisible (iOS part) works only one way: when IsVisible=true, it appears. If set IsVisible=false, it hides but holds the place of the same size it had. Just blank ugly...
View ArticleReceive touch events after settings StackLayout.TranslateX property
Hello, I have a ContentView with a StackLayout with multiple children sized to the full width of the screen. In other words, if the screen width is 320 and I have five children, the inner StackLayout...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms and the Camera
G'day, For the life of me I can't get the camera to work with Xamarin.Forms. If I try MediaPicker.TakePhotoAsync or the Xamrin.Forms.Labs camera facility I get a black screen and it hangs. If I try...
View ArticleXamarin Forms STILL recycling images in ListView in latest release
So there have been previous threads on this, but images are STILL being recycled in the latest release of Xamarin Forms. So I use a single image on the left, that is downloaded from a URL. The listview...
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Horizontally scrollable TableViewCell
Hi guys, so what I wanna do is make a nice looking TableView (or ListView in .Forms). When you click on it, the selected cell should expand and show a grid of ImageCircles just like in the picture that...
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How to make .Forms stable…?
Unfortunately, I don’t think (but hope) that this posting will change things, but I have to write it (the hope dies last). Today (2015-05-19), I personally have 25 filled bugs in Bugzilla 11 of the 25...
View ArticleHow can I create field level help in Xamarin Forms MVVM project?
I have a Xamarin Forms project targeting iOS, Android and Window Phone. I am using MVVM for this project. All View Models are in a PCL and the UI is mostly in a shared project, such as ProjectUI. So, I...
View ArticleCorrect way to cancel an async Task?
Lets say I have a search bar and a listView in a Content Page... When I search for a text I run an async task that gets some info from a Rest Server. But if I pop the page before the Task is completed...
View ArticleHow to deal with a checkbox use case
I know that there's is no "checkbox" view in Xamarin.Forms. What is the recommended way to deal with a use case that would ask for such a control ? Should present the user with a list of Switches ?
View ArticleSQLiteConnection problem on Windows Phone
Hello, I have a problem with SQLiteConnection on Windows Phone. Program crashes on connection initializing. Same code works great on Android. I have Shared project and using SQLite.NET PLC for it with...
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DataTemplateSelector Xamarin.Forms
Hi, can anybody explain how can i create a TemplateSelector for a ListView?I want to have different views on each cell,depending on the content to load. I found this article:...
View ArticleActivity Indicator Inconsistencies
Has anyone noticed some inconsistencies with the ActivityIndicator. I am using XAML with MVVMLight binding. Sometimes, the activity indicator doesn't show up the first time the bound field...
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Xamarin.IOS and Xamarin.Windows phone options are missing in Xamarin Studio
I have installed Xamarin Studio but when I am trying to create cross platform project the "target platforms :" are missing. That means only Android is enabled iOS is disabled and no Windows phone...
View ArticleHow to Consume WCF service from Xamarin.Forms ?
How to Add Reference or Consume WCF Service from Xamarin.Forms ?
View ArticleHow to change the text color of content page title.
Hi all, I have to change the text color of title "Tickets" in below sentence. ----------ContentPage x:Name="uiTicket" Title="Tickets"--------------- Is anyone know how to do this ?
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