Picker broken for Windows Phone 8.1?
The color example for the Picker control does not work on Windows Phone 8.1 when I reduce the number of colors in the pickers items list. If it is used with 6 items or more, the selection is shown as...
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Hi all, I am using a picker, and I have a model for a thing called challenge which contains a challengeName, id, among other data. I fill my picker this way: foreach (ChallengeApi challengeList in...
View ArticleXAML Intellisense still not working
Hi, the new XAML intellisense isn't working for me. Previously I used the Mobile Essentials NuGet package, but that stopped working when I updated to v3.11, so I have since uninstalled it. Recently I...
View ArticleExceptions in Visual Studio with latest Xamarin
I just updated Xamarin to get some of the new features of the ListView control. Now when an unhandled exception is thrown instead of stopping at the exception with the exception detail window it just...
View ArticleDeploy to Windows
Seems silly that I have to ask, but I can't seem to find any info. Is there any documentation for deploying to Windows? I have a Xamarin.Forms project with a Windows 8.1 App and I want to get it on my...
View ArticleCannot use Xamarin.Facebook library
Hello, I installed the Xamarin.Facebook library in the pcl-part of my app and want to use it but how? https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Facebook/ I tested using FacebookSDK;, new Xamarin.Facebook....
View ArticleSaving and Loading Images offline
Hello, I was wondering what the best way to save Images returned from a CDN on to device's local storage and show them later using the Image widget is (reading from the local storage).? Thanks Venkata
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Pusblishing an app to App Store and Play Store that talks to Internal Web...
Firstly, excuse the question if it sounds ignorant or even clueless. We have an app that talks to a Web Service running in an Intranet. We wanted to publish the app in the App Store and Play Store...
View ArticlePossible to push buttons to edge of stacklayout, mimicking the toolbar?
I am using a simple stacklayout to mimick a toolbar at the bottom of my app. I have a horizontal orientation on it with two buttons in it. I would like one button at the far left and one button at the...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms.Maps Pin Click Event To Launch iOS Map.app
Hello, so, I was wondering if you have access to a Pin such as the code below, can you then create an event receiver to launch the Map App programatically and send the location of the pin so that the...
View ArticleXamarin Studio and Microsoft Band SDK
Can i use Xamarin Studio (on Mac) to develop applications with the Microsoft Band SDK or can this SDK only be used within Visual StUdio? Thanks, Guy
View ArticleAdding png to Resources\Drawable hangs Visual Studio
Every time I add a png to Visual Studio in our Xamarin.Forms Android project, Visual Studio hangs. Not sure what is causing it, but I didn't have the same issue when adding the first image to the...
View ArticleIs it Possible to disable scrolling in ListView?
I'm trying to disable scrolling in ListView in iOS when there aren't many items to take up the entire screen. Android does this naturally but iOS is still scrollable even if there are only two items....
View ArticleIs it possible to use a custom font for ToolbarItems?
I'm interested in using just text for the items in my toolbar. I am successfully seeing the text in the toolbar on top. Also, I have successfully loaded a custom font to be used on certain Buttons and...
View ArticleGet CurrentPage
Hello, I'm trying to access a contentpage's Title property. I've heard about using the NavigationStack to get the current page, but my app is not using a NavigationStack at all. The content page is...
View ArticleCan't change text of ToolbarItem
I've tried putting the ToolbarItem in using XAML as well as creating it in the code behind. The item shows up, but I am unable to change the text on it. I tried using the Name as well as Text property....
View ArticleSearchBar.BackgroundColor ignored (iOS)
I'm trying to style the Xamarin.Forms SearchBar and I can see that there is a BackgroundColor property, however no matter what I set, the property is ignored in iOS. Is it even possible to customize...
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Problem with image size
Hello i'm trying to make 2 big image fit next to another in my screen but i can't seems to make it work I tried with stacklayout and with grid 2x1 and had different problem this is my images : var left...
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Nexus 10 ActionSheet looks like dialog not ActionSheet. Is this a bug?
on Nexus 10 I am displaying an ActionSheet like so: _page.DisplayActionSheet(title, cancel, destruction, buttons.Select(x => x.Value).ToArray()); and according to this page:...
View ArticleHow to extend Android ActionBar functionality for the NavigationPage?
I want to extend the NavigationPage functionality by making it possible to add a background image to the navigation bar(iOS)/action bar(Android). Therefore I have extended the NavigationRenderer for...
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