Setting MainPage throws exception on Android
Hello all, I have a strange Android-only bug that throws when I go to set the App's MainPage. Here is the code that throws: private void onTryLoginComplete(object sender, EventArgs args) { try {...
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Same xaml with different results on various Android devices
Hello, I am coding a layout for WP, Android and iOS. I am using grids with heights and widths to adapt to the size of the screen. It all looks fine in iOS and WP, but in Android things look misplaced,...
View ArticleTabbedPage Tabs Height
Hi everyone, I'm developing an Android application for mobile phone. I'm using Xamarin Forms and Android 5 Lollipops (AppCompat v7). I've got a XF TabbedPage, and i'm wondering if it's possible to...
View ArticleOnPlatform in System:Double, possible ?
App.xaml: <System:Double x:Key="FontSizeSmall"> <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="System:Double" Android="10" iOS="9" /> </System:Double> Page1.xaml: <Label Text="MyText"...
View ArticleLogin with Social media
Hi , I am developing an application which will allow the user to login using social media like facebook,twitter,google+ etc. For my application I would like to add the following social networking sites...
View ArticleBack Arrow Color on Lollipop with FormsAppCompatActivity
What is the proper way to change the back arrow color when using FormsAppCompatActivity? I created a new project and followed the instructions here to use Material Design:...
View ArticleFlip Animation of a view
Hi All, Please guide me how to perform flip animation to xamarin.forms view. the image of the flip will be available on the below link... http://i.stack.imgur.com/T7lnZ.png please guide me how to do...
View ArticleQuestion about Windows toolbar №1
Hello, I have two kind of WinPhone applications: The first - WinPhone 8.1 WinRT, The second - WinPhone 8.0 Silverlight. Both of them are using Xamarin.Forms ver 1.5.0.6447. A toolbar with a title...
View ArticleQuestion about Windows toolbar №2
Hi, I have Windows 8.1 WinRT application which is using Xamarin.Forms ver 1.5.0.6447. And there is an empty light-gray part above a toolbar with a title, as you can see on the screenshot. And the...
View ArticleStatus bar overlapping Toolbar with FormsAppCompatActivity
I updated my app to Forms 1.5.1 and I'm switching over to using AppCompat for material design, but I'm having a problem with the toolbar. Once I get to my main page after signing it, the toolbar is...
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,...
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Bug in 1.5.1.6471: Frame always has shadow. Android 4.1.1 API 16
Xamarin.Forms: 1.5.1.6471 OS: Android 4.1.1, API 16 As you can see in the picture: The top three icons have an outline/shadow around them, even though it is disabled: new Frame {Padding = new...
View Articleerror CS0234: The type or namespace name `BaseContentPage' does not exist in...
When using a custom ContentPage for some reason I get namespace compile errors on the below line in the .xaml.g.cs files public partial class MyClass : global::Xamarin.Forms.BaseContentPage { When I...
View ArticleTrying to release but build errors on NSMutableDictionary
Its been about 2 months since my last release, but trying to build one now I get. path/MTOUCH: Error MT2002: Failed to resolve "System.Void...
View ArticleHow to read windows phone screen lock timeout settings
Is there a way to read the windows phone screen lock timeout settings? I want to read that for how long the user has set the screen lock timeout duration.
View ArticleHyperlink for Windows phone
I want to display EULA text on login page. The EULA text should appear as hyperlink, so that user can click and read it. I have used the Lable control var tapGestureRecognizer = new...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms.Labs.Mvvm - App OnResume how to reload the page
I have successfully implemented the OnResume on my xamarin forms app (PCL) we are building , OnResume works fine. My issue is: OnAppearing() I load data from sqlite db and show them , and once the user...
View ArticlePicker Control sometimes does not render the 'Done' button
Environment: Win7 Visual Studio 2013, build for iOS 8.2 Xamarin v 1.5.1.6471 (this also happened in my previous version 1.4.4.6387) iOS 9.1 and OSX 10.9.5 I have a page with about 30 controls in a...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms GetUser using REST call with username and password (MVC 5...
I am trying to consume a REST service in a Xamarin.Forms PCL app. The REST service is a claims-based, Individual Accounts MVC 5 API. More information on that here....
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