Having different FontSize per platform from XAML
hello I have the following style defined for a label but the font size does not change, is what I am doing possible, if so, what am I doing wrong ? <Style x:Key="NameLabelStyle"...
View ArticleMarkup Extension: System.NullReferenceException
Hi guys, anyone can help me? I'm getting this error and when I look my StackTrace, I've got this error: Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.MarkupExtensionParser.SetPropertyValue Here is the code I'm using, just for...
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Error creating new Forms project in VS 2013 and Xamarin Studio
Hopefully someone can tell me what I am missing here. I get the following error when I try to create a new Xamarin Forms (Portable) project: "Specified argument was out of the range of valid values....
View ArticleHow can I use ApplicationResources with an MvvmCross Xamarin Forms Application
I am trying to add some ApplicationResources to my Xamarin application that uses MvvmCross I currently have an App.cs file like so: public class App : MvxApplication { /// <summary> ///...
View Article[WinPhone RT] TabbedPage header consumes a lot of space
Hi, When using a TabbedPage (included in a NavigationPage) in Windows Phone WinRT project the tab header consumes a lot of space on the page. It seems both the NavigationPage and TabbedPage add some...
View ArticlePCLStorage failing on Visual Studio for Xamarin.Forms project
I've created a Xamarin.Forms project that uses PCLStorage. I've added PCLStorage from Nuget to all projects in the solution (iOS, Android, Win Phone and shared). When I run the app in the iOS simulator...
View ArticleProblem with Master/Detail view in Xamarin.Forms 1.5.0
Hello! We use a master-detail view in Xamarin Forms and so far it worked on Android and iOS. Since the last update (Xamarin.Forms 1.5.0) the iOS version throws an exception when changing the MainPage...
View ArticleCustom view single instance
I have created a custom view in my PCL project which is used on 2 XAML pages. The custom view has a timer which is started and stopped according to if the view is displayed or not. It appears though...
View ArticleMasterDetailPage with TabbedPage in master page, bug ?
I'm not sure if i'm doing something wrong or if this is a bug but in certain condition, the tabbedpage don't draw the tab in the master page. (Ipad, iOS 9.0, seems to work fine on the 8.4 images of the...
View ArticleCan I scale my TitleIcon image to fit into my NavigationPage?
I'm trying to put the product logo in my NavigationPage but sizing has been a pain in the butt. Do I have to have the perfect size image to use it in the NavigationPage? And if so, what is the optimal...
View ArticleCan't deploy to iPhone
Cross-posting this from the Visual Studio forum, since it hasn't gotten a response in 24 hours. Hopefully I can get some attention here. Whenever I try to run on an iPhone, Visual Studio hangs for a...
View ArticleiOS App size in TestFlight is much bigger than the .ipa
I pretty much finished converting a Xamarin.iOS app to Xamarin.Forms. The size of the old version in the app store as 24.5MB. The .ipa of my Forms app is 22MB (with many features added), so this is...
View ArticleMVVM Pattern without XAML and Fody in Xamarin?
Hello everyone, i would like to know about MVVM pattern without XAML, i dont feel corfortable using XAML, so you guys have experience with MVVM without XAML? i found only this tutorial:...
View ArticleData Binding and INotifyPropertyChanged
I'm currently making an app using Xamarin Forms. This app will first call a REST service to retrieve the data and display them then store those data into a SQLite Database. I have an update button...
View ArticleNavigation Bar behavior in Android
I swear, inconsistency between versions (and devices) of Android will be the death of me. Consider the following very simple XForms application: using Xamarin.Forms; namespace AndroidNavBar { public...
View ArticleCustom Page Transitions with Xamarin.Forms?
Is it possible to override the default Page Transitions for Xamarin.Forms when calling PushAsync or PushModalAsync? For example, I would like to have slide or fade transitions for Android. I have tried...
View ArticleListview Item Animation and Delay
Hi there. I'm having trouble getting each item in a ListView to show up at separate times(like half a second apart each), similar to Google+ where each item animates in separately. I have a ScaleTo...
View ArticleHow to use MessagingCenter to pass a message from an Android project to the...
I'm struggling to pass a message from my Android project to my PCL project using MessagingCenter. In my PCL project, I have a ContentPage called "AboutPage", while on the Android project I have a...
View ArticleCan't get context menu working
Hi, I can't seem to get my context MenuItems to fire either the edit or the delete commands indicated below. The menu comes up just fine, but nothing happens. Hopefully someone can help me out....
View ArticleNeed to get message back to Forms PCL from Android Prj
I have a RadiusNetworks IBeaconAndroid running in my main android project, works great. But when I need to send an event back to the UI when a beacon comes in range. I tried to use MessagingCenter to...
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