EntryCell colors
Hi, I have a few questions regarding colors in entry cells: 1) Running on Android, it seems like the EntryCell does not honour the LabelColor property when setting an implicit style: Is this a bug? 2)...
View ArticleConsume Self Signed SSL based WCF Service
Hi All, I have created a valid Self Signed certificate on my local machine and I can access the webservice through browser. However, I am getting the following exception when consuming on Xamarin.forms...
View ArticleCall Http and Https WCF service request from Xamarin.Forms
Hi, Xamarin.Forms I have created one application in Xamarin.Forms. I can able to request WCF service with HTTP protocol and get the response. But I was not able to request wcf service with HTTPS...
View ArticleDetect a tap and add a pin to the map?
I'm new to Xamarin, and am developing an application that will use a map. We're using Xamarin Forms, and I am able to properly get a map displayed. I can scroll around, etc. I want to simply detect a...
View ArticleIs there a way to restrict the orientation of a page within Forms
I want to be able to restrict the page orientation for different pages. Is there a common way of organising this?
View ArticleReally slow build speed with iOS
I've been running into this issue since we started testing on an actual iPhone, not a simulator: the build process seems to hang, for up to 5-10 minutes, without any feedback of the process. After some...
View ArticleBug: Unable to run a copy/pasted solution with updated file names on Emulator
Bug: Unable to run a copy/pasted solution with updated file names on Emulator. Steps: 1. Take an existing solution that has been run on emulator. 2. Copy and paste solution and rename some files (i.e....
View ArticleAds for Xamarin Forms with CustomRenderer
https://github.com/sharker86/AdsPCLXamarin This is an example that how add ads for your aplications with Xamarin.Forms and Customs Renderers. The ads are implemented with admobs {windows phone}, google...
View ArticlePass data from Android Project to PCL
Hi, I need to take photo from a PCL project (only in Android at the moment). Tried to use XLabs but fail to use it. So I am trying to use native code and dependency service. So this is what I did and...
View ArticleUsing Objective-c and Java libraries with UI in xamarin.forms
I am working on a xamarin.forms project that scans checks and deposits them. The company that supplies the component that I am using has an iOS and Andorid library. The iOS library (.a file) actually...
View ArticleAnalyze camera feed with Xamarin.forms
I am trying to create an iOS and android app using Xamarin.forms that take the video stream from the back camera, and analyzes it in real time to see if a certain color is in that feed. I have Emgu CV...
View ArticleHow to navigate to a page and reset the 'stack'
My app has a few introductory screens for first launch. Once the user gets through these, I want to transition the user to the "main screen" in a way where the back button will not take the user back...
View Article[Guide] Create a Gradient Background without Images
Hey, today I accomplished the task to create Gradient Background without the use of an Image. The task was to make it possible for the user to change the Background of the Views on Runtime! First I...
View ArticleInitializeComponent does not exist
Hi, I'm having difficulties on XAML files in a Sheared project. Using Xamarin Studio; What I did was simply adding a xaml page to the project and build without adding any code. And it gives me the "The...
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How to ship a XF-app to the stores (iOS, Android, WP)..?
Hi all Within the last about 3-4 Weeks, I was able to ship my App for all three platforms to the shops. As I had incredible, terrible problems to do that (2-3 Weeks of the 3-4 Weeks, I had spent to...
View ArticleAdding cancel and done buttons to a modal page
I want to display a modal page, like when you click the 'add event' button in the native iOS calendar app. In my modal page I want to display a TableView. This code deals with the navigation await...
View Articleconsume wcf basic authentication in xamarin forms
Hello everybody, can someone tell me if consuming a wcf service with basic authentication is supported in xamarin forms and if yes, is there a best practice? I was able to call the wcf service with...
View Article2 Line Label with Tail Truncation
I'm converting a MonoTouch.Dialog app to Xamarin.Forms. I have a Cell in a ListView and that has a "Detail" line that should be 2 lines long, and should truncate the tail after that. var lblDetail =...
View ArticleCan I change the application Icon shown top-left on a Navigation page at...
I want to change the change the application icon shown top-left in a Navigation page dynamically (ideally by Binding to it). However I can not find a way to do so in a XF PCL Android app. Is it not...
View ArticleI can't type commas in an numeric entry binded to a decimal value
This is really really strange. I have an entry binded to a ´decimal´ value with a default value (which comes from server): <Entry Text="{Binding AmountToPay}" Keyboard="Numeric" /> And I see the...
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