How to make Editor readonly?
Can anyone please tell me how to make Editor, non editable. I am trying to change Editor conditionally from read mode to edit mode & vice-verse. In read mode one should be able to scroll down...
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Diabolical WinPhone Memory Leak
I currently have a memory leak I can find no work around for. I have lodged a bug report with a repro here: https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=34756 While Xamarin are getting around to even...
View ArticleHow to Change SearchBar Icon in xamarin.android
I want to change Searchbar Icon Image Or Color
View ArticleHandling a file, "Open with" or "Share" options
Hi, I have an application that needs to handle different kind of files (Images,Videos,PDF,DOC,etc). Now I'd like to have a list that contains different kind of files. When I select a voice i'd like to...
View ArticleProblems with the search bar
I am noticing a couple of problems with the forms SearchBar when testing on android 1) Sometimes it misses characters when typing fast 2) When the suggested text above the keyboard is selected the...
View ArticleCrash in mono on HttpClient().PostAsync
I need to post data to a webservice from my xamarin.forms application. I get a mono crash on my ipod touch when client.PostAsync is called. I don't (know how to?) get any usable crash data. One thing I...
View ArticleAndroid accessibility Font Sizes - how it affects forms
Similar to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19817086/device-settings-independent-font-size I got my app to fit and look good on phones and tablets, then to my horror I discovered that...
View ArticleAzure app service with FaceBook based authentication
I am developing an app based on Azure App Service Mobile in Xamarin.Forms. Its documentation says, it would take 'only 5 minutes' to add FaceBook authentication to an app. In my case, it was not true....
View ArticleUntrusted HTTPS certificate
Hi, I use System.Net.HttpClient to call my webservice in my PCL Forms project. With HTTP everything works great, but now for the stagging environment the WS was passed in HTTPS with an untrusted...
View ArticleMR.Gestures handles ALL touch gestures
With MR.Gestures you can handle the Tapping, Tapped, DoupleTapped, LongPressing, LongPressed, Panning, Panned, Swiped, Pinching, Pinched, Rotating and Rotated gestures on all layouts, cells, views and...
View ArticleTableView section text color on iOS
Hi, I am wondering if it is possible to change the color of the TableView section font. So far I was able to do that by using custom TableViewRenderer, overriding the Draw method and using: for (int i...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms equivalent of a modal form sheet?
We have tended to use the FormSheet modal UI style extensively in the past ie. Creating a new record in a table, record entered in modal form. However, an 'out-the-box' replacement for this doesn't...
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Finding the closest value from a list
Is there a way to put a ton of values in a list, set another stand-alone value, and then find out which item in the list's value is closest to the stand-alone? In the end I'll be using this method to...
View ArticlelistView ViewCell not adjusting it's size to content on iOS
I have a custom ViewCell that i use to populate a listView. It works like a charm on android, on iOS however i'm having issues. The cell has a Horizontal stackLayout with a box and a 2nd stackLayout,...
View ArticleMaintain List View Scroll State
I have a MasterDetailPage with a few items in the Master page. Each time a Master item is selected a ContentPage containing a ListView is assigned to MasterDetailPage.Detail These ContentPage's each of...
View ArticlePUBLIC WARNING! Barcode scanning in Xamarin Forms
BACKGROUND: We are building a Xamarin Forms product that uses barcode scanning as a central function. In the early stages we decided not to buy a barcode scanning component, but use the free ZXing...
View ArticleMaps, Current Location & Xaml
I wouldn't think that I'm the first to ask this.... but how can you set the current location in Xaml while using a View Model? I've searched & found out that I have to use an external GeoLocator...
View ArticleBest practice for wiping a password from an entry?
Wondering about what techniques are used/recommended for clearing/destroying sensitive data being put into a password form. I know you can set the keyboard type to password to hide characters from...
View ArticleImage not loading in the right way. Please Help me!
Hi, I'm newbie in xamarin development. I'm developing a xamarin.forms app (ios and android). I've a content page defined in the main project using an image. I've added the images to each project. To...
View Article.Register(t => WindowsPhoneDevice.CurrentDevice)
Hi I am using XLab in a XF project and I am getting an error message in my WP8 app on the following piece of code: .Register<IDevice>(t => WindowsPhoneDevice.CurrentDevice) error: Cannot...
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