[Xamarin Blog] Build Your Own Selfies App with Xamarin.Forms and Azure
Sending selfies to all your friends has never been easier thanks to Moments: a Snapchat clone built with Xamarin.Forms and Microsoft Azure. Best of all, Moments is also open-source and freely available...
View ArticleBuilding in Android: Java Out Of Memory Error
I recently upgraded to OSX Yosemite, and now when building in Android, the build just hangs at the middle of the progress bar and I get a java.outOfMemoryError in the end. Here is the whole stack:...
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Removing from the ItemsSource of ListView does not update the native listview
The code is below, I'm testing with android platform. When the item is removed, it remains in the listview, and when you interact with it the listview complains that the adapter state changed without a...
View ArticleIs this the correct behaviour for a list view with xam.forms?
Hi, I'm not sure if I have found a bug with list view in Xam.Forms. I have a web call that returns a JSON object which I deserialise into the Info class like this public class Data { public string name...
View ArticleHow to show/hide Forms Maps "elements"
Hi, maybe it has been answered, but i can't find in this forum. My question is: 1. can i hide "show the current user location" button in forms maps (it is on the up/right corner of the forms maps)? And...
View ArticleHow to change font family without using render's in xamarin.forms Android
Hi, In my app i want to change font family . Without using render's is it possible.
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 ArticleSame BoxView style multiple uses
I've created a simple BoxView which is really just a line across the width of the device in order to indicate different sections of my app: BoxView partition = new BoxView { HorizontalOptions =...
View ArticleMaster/Detail Page show icon on iOS
Hi, I'm trying to show an icon on a Master/Detail page (top left) - see below. However, on iOS, only the title (Menu) is displayed. I do have a resource created in the iOS project named "Menu.png". Any...
View ArticleDrawer behavior in tablet
Can I make my drawer act in a tablet just like it does in a phone (hide and show with the button or the swipe) and not be always presented?
View ArticleResize Images with same aspect ratio and Quality
I am trying to resize images.While I was able to maintain the same aspect ratio but the quality degrades.I am using PCL and resizing the images in a native way. ` UIImage sourceImage =...
View ArticleHow to deal with "Back"?
I found this http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/18565/override-cancel-pop-when-hardware-back-button-pressed-using-navigatepage but it doesn't provide any clear answer as to how we are supposed to...
View ArticleMasterDetail & Tabbed pages have unexpected results on Android
Hi! I just started out with the (awesome) Xamarin.Forms, but bumped into a problem yesterday that I can't seem to figure out. I created a MasterDetail page that contains two Menu options: One that...
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...
View ArticleRemoving from the ItemsSource of ListView does not update the native listview
The code is below, I'm testing with android platform. When the item is removed, it remains in the listview, and when you interact with it the listview complains that the adapter state changed without a...
View ArticleResXFileCodeGenerator can only be used with .NET projects
I started a Xamarin.Forms project a few months ago, and then the Unified changes came. So, it appeared to be easier to simply recreate the project from scratch using the new app templates than porting...
View Articlemy gridview doesn't show any data in view
i used xlab gridview control and my gridview doesn't return any data it shows blank... here is the code public class GridPhotos : ContentPage { public GridPhotos () { BackgroundColor = Color.Yellow;...
View Articlesdk for multiplayer games.
Hi. I have developed a turn based board game. I wanna include multiplayer functionality. I have several options and all of them have drawbacks: 1- photon : it only supports 20 concurrent users....
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TabbedPage Icons not visible (Android)
Hi, I want to add Icons to my TabbedPage (see image ) but the icons don't get displayed on Android Devices: Here's my sample code of my shared projects GetMainPage method: `public static Page...
View ArticleScrolling a TableView on Android
I have a TableView in a ContentPage. this TableView contains some EntryCells. When I click one of the EntryCells so that the keyboard appears, I can't scroll the TableView far enough down to see the...
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