Ignore - Answered: Visual Designer (GUI DEV) for Forms
First off, apologies as I am very new to Xamarin and it has been a struggle getting Xamarin, Xamarin Studio, et. al. installed without PCL issues. I have searched the forum but I am not finding an...
View ArticleSQLite.NET PCL lock guidelines
The Xamarin documentation and examples I have read shows using lock() around the database calls. However I don't see any reference to locks in the SQLite.NET PCL documentation. What about using the...
View ArticleRequest: Support Visual Designer for XAML
Greetings, I am a huge fan of Xamarin and especially of the ability to leverage Xamarin Forms to create a "shared" UI for all of my common elements. That said, I find it both frustrating and...
View ArticleHow to manage Classes (serialization / saving / query them)
Hi. I'm new to Xamarin and wanted to ask what would be the best way to manage classes. I had good experience with linq2sql with c#. Is this also possible for Xamarin.Forms with X-Platform? I want to...
View ArticleHow can i draw route on map for xamarin Forms ?
Hi, I have source(current location) and destination locations, Here need to show the Route map between the locations. And How can i implement the current location changed event in Xamarin Forms.....
View Articlelistview long press/ tap delete popup
Hi, I am looking for an example to delete or edit a listview item on long tap. Is it possible or I should do that for android and iphone individually. thanks
View ArticleCorrect place to store things securely
I'm doing some work with azure mobile services which requires me to store both an application key, and also cache user authentication information locally (not passwords, just a token). Is there a...
View ArticleWebView loaded in background
I have a WebView in a ContentPage that I am instantiating and setting the url to the WebView in the constructor. I am then later showing this ContentPage with PushModalAsync. Thing is, the WebView...
View ArticleStrange behavior of Editor in TableView on Android
I can't seem to make an Editor behave properly when it is in a cell of a TableView on Android. It is also a little funky on iOS, but that can wait. I have the Editor contained in a ViewCell, which in...
View Articlecreating sqlite db on local file system
Is it possible to access local file sqlite db from android emulator? I am not sure what i am doing wrong but when I try to access the DB i created with Sqllite DB browser on my local drive, I cant read...
View ArticleUnable to scroll unless on a control
I currently have a scrollview with controls inside. However on Windows Phone when I try to scroll the page up and down, the scroll doesn't work unless I am touching a control inside that scroll view....
View ArticleGesture confusion
Hi Xamarin Experts, I desperately needed to catch scroll events in my PCL, but ran into all sorts of problems. I ended up having to catch the scroll events in Android with SimpleOnGestureListener....
View Articlecompatibility of Xlabs forms
I have several compatibility issues going on at present - the latest to pop up is Xlabs.Forms this is arising as I have several separate projects each proving a different functionality and am now...
View ArticleGet BindingContext of cell in a ListView
I'm converting a C# layout to XAML. The layout displays a list of Contacts that each have an Id, a PhoneNumber, and a Name property. I have a method CallContact that accepts a Contact as a parameter....
View ArticleiOS default shadows?
Hello, Is there any way to disable the default drop shadows on ios? Every time I have a Layout or View with Transparent Background all items inside it shows a drop shadow. If I change the background...
View ArticleTheme = "@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"
Why does my Xamarin.Forms android application crash when I attempt to specify Theme = "@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" in my Activity?
View ArticleHow to install, setup and use XLabs?
Hi all As the installation and use of XLabs is not self-explaining and there is no clear and easy documentation available right now, I have wrote a document (parallel to implement some functions from...
View Article"The type or namespace name 'App' does not exist in the namespace...
Apologies if this has been asked and answered elsewhere - I searched quite a bit before posting. I created a totally new project (Blank App, Xamarin.Forms Shared) via Visual Studio 2015 (running on...
View ArticleAbout customing slider
Hi friends, I have a control for answering a question. It is a slider. Now, I don't know how to custom it. Could anybody give me some ideas? Thank you!
View ArticleRounded BoxView (Circle)
The new release of RoundedBoxView plugin is now available on nuget. It includes the ability to add a border around the BoxView. Now go make some circles...!
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