iOS not building or picking up updates
I have been working with a portable project now, I am running the iOS emulator on a Mac and I am running Visual Studio with Xamarin on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I was able to connect to the iOS Simulator...
View ArticleCustom Font in Xamarin.Forms (Font Awesome)
Is it possible to use custom ttf font in Xamarin.Forms pages for elements like icons in the action bar, etc? (FontAwesome ttf) How does ImageSource.FromResource method work? Does it handle multiple...
View ArticlePageRenderer for a WinRT app (not windows phone)
Is it possible to create a Xamarin.Forms PageRenderer for a Windows WinRT app page? I've looked for documentation or samples but haven't found any yet. This is the approach I've started with;...
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TabbedPage with NavigationPage as children
I have a client who wants to have a MainPage with three Tabs, each of these tabs has a NavigationPage as the first child to keep the navigation local to each tab. The tab bar in the bottom should...
View ArticleXamarin iOS Notifications (Dependency Service)
Hi, I have a really weird problem, I hope you can help me. I am implementing notifications in a Xamarin.Forms project, working in both android and iOS platform. To do so, I have to use Dependency...
View ArticleNullReferenceException in PopModalAsync()
I'm trying to write an async method which should be called from a background thread. The method should open a modal page, read some input fields, close the modal page and return the read values. This...
View ArticleXamarin Forms extra spacing on TableView Switchcells
There is this unnecessary cells in every table section of my TableView. Does anyone know why and how to fix it?
View ArticleOpening a Page from background
I managed to open a new Form from a Push Notification and it opens perfectly when the app is visible, it even opens when the app is not visible (minimized or running in background) and when I then open...
View ArticleHow to open a PDF (Android) that you downloaded (SOLUTION)
I've seen a lot of questions on how in Android to view a PDF that was downloaded by the app. Here's an easy solution I found that works for me. My app downloads report pdfs and need to show them....
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It is better to use Label.FormattedText instead of Labels in an horizontal...
Hello. For a ListView, I want to show some labels, in the same line but with different style. My question is if, in terms of performance, is it better to use Label.FormattedText instead of an...
View ArticleSwipe Gesture on Relative Layout
have a Xamarin App which I am trying to add swipe gesture recogniser to a Relative Layout via Custom Renderer. public class MainPageCarouselRenderer : VisualElementRenderer<RelativeLayout> {...
View ArticleOnStart, OnSleep, and OnResume not called
Hello, I created a Xamarin.Forms Shared application and noticed that OnStart, OnSleep, and OnResume are never reached. OnStart should be called in Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Init am I right ? Why are all of...
View ArticleAnnouncement: NControl - Custom Controls for Xamarin.Forms
Just wanted to inform you all that I've just released a new library called NControl for Xamarin Forms that helps you write custom controls without the need for custom renderers. The library uses the...
View ArticleDropBox Dropin Crashes when a file is selected in Xamarin.Forms Android Page
I have implemented platform-specific pages for Android and iOS to allow a user to select a file to use within my app. In the Android version, everything works as expected on my Samsung Galaxy Note 4...
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How to resize an image in Xamarin.Forms (iOS, Android and WP)?
Hi all In my app, there is a registration-page, where the user can register to have access to more functions. Among other he can load an image, that then is showed as his avatar. To select an image, I...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms iOS MPMoviePlayerController playing sound but no video
I have a Xamarin.Forms app that displays a video player page with native video players using DependencyService calls. Currently the video player works for Windows Phone using a renderer and custom...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms 1.3.2-pre1 Released
Important Note For Upgrading This release updates several of the nuget packages referenced by Xamarin.Forms to support the latest GooglePlayServices. To ensure your projects are compatible, make sure...
View ArticleNo iOS code signing key matches specified provisioning profile
Good morning , I'm a big probela ... I am creating an app in Xamarin forms , I have my correct certificates , follow the steps in...
View ArticleMultiplatform authentication? (WP, Android, iOS)
Hello, I'm currently developing a PCL application for iOS, Android and WP using Xamarin.Forms. The thing is that I can't find a nice multiplatform way to do authentication. I'm currently using the...
View ArticleUI Tests - StyleId on ToolbarItem and other elements
We're currently trying to get some UI Tests up and running with our solution, and the Xamarin documentation states that we should be able to attach the StyleId attribute which will then be passed...
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