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I periodically get this exception thrown from an android app I am writing side by side with an iOS application. At first, I thought it was a problem with my service being down but, I no longer think...
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Hello. I'm wondering if It is possible to customize the disclosurebutton in the table row item. THere is any sample code to start from ? Thanks, Max
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I have been receiving crash logs in my Apps due to exceptions that were supposedly being caught but are crashing the application and I am able to consistently reproduce the issue on my devices. The...
View ArticleSending info from application to SQLite database
Hey all, Having difficulty with connecting text boxes within my app to the designated areas of a table in SQLite. I've read up on the Documentation provided and I believe I am connecting the app to the...
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Xamarin.Designer.DesignerException
Anyone seen this before in the Android layout designer... Mono.VisualStudio.Shell.ShellPackage Error: 0 : Connection failed Xamarin.Designer.DesignerException: The operation failed due to an internal...
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I have a old license which appearently requires me to manually activate Xamarin.Mac. My question: how the hell do I do that? Thanks, Shane.
View ArticlePraying for VS plugin 1.12!
Maybe it helps. I feel like I could really need a new release of the VS plugin. Like a drug addict I'm clicking the "Check for updates" button every day a couple of times after I restarted my VS...
View ArticleRecognize multiple gestures
I am developing an application and I need to recognize diferents(Pinch, Pan and Rotation) gestures at the same time. I'm using UIGesturesRecongizers, so I have a UIPanGestureRecognizer,...
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Custom UIView with UITextField: Show the keyboard
Hi! I created a custom UIView component. See the final result: public partial class UsuarioSenhaUIView : UIView { CGPath path; CGContext gctx; float x; float width; float height; float y; UIImageView...
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I have tried to make a Java binding project to to GoogleMapsUtility Library. I can see in VS object browser that not all classes are converted properly. It seems that all classes that implements an...
View ArticleHow to: SeekBar from min to max
Hi folks, There is "Max" property in SeekBar. But not a "Min" one. I need to set 1 as min instead 0. How can I set a min value? Cheers
View ArticleHas MvvmCross good performance/speed?
Hi everyone, I have seen that a lot of people is using Xamarin with MvvmCross and I may give it a try. After my research I found a lot of advantages in development, but I haven't read much about...
View ArticleAzure Blob Storage-Xamarin Android
I've successfully implemented Azure mobile services in my android app. Now, I am trying to make use of Azure blob storage to push files to the cloud. I couldn't find any tutorial/help available on the...
View ArticleAndroid Emulators not starting
Hi, I just started to play around with a trial of Xamarin and am having diffculties getting the Visual Studio 2012 plugins to work (the emulators). I can compile code and perform various of the...
View Article[Xamarin Blog] Android Support Library v7: Hello ActionBarCompat
Just posted: Android Support Library v7: Hello ActionBarCompat on the Xamarin Blog. Read the full article to learn how to use the ActionBarCompat to provide Action Bar backwards compatibility support...
View ArticleIs blocking App features allowed for App Store approval ?
Hi I am currently developing an App where we would like to add some special service features that should only be accessible to special service personel. We would like to block some views from being...
View ArticleHighlight listview item when selected
Please help. I can't figure out how to highlight a listview item when it's selected. My code (see below for snippits) is not changing the color of the ListView item at all. The item also needs to...
View ArticleBuilding with mdtool - RestorePackages target error (nuget)
Hello, I'm trying to use mdtool to build my xamarin ios project. My command: mdtool -v build -t:Build "--configuration:Release|iPhone" ~/Desktop/MySolution/MyApp.sln However I don't get very far.. The...
View ArticleLaunch image not getting displayed
In the info.plist file I setup launch images for Iphone4/5 and Ipad (This is an iPhone application only, not universal). When I deploy the app to my phone, as debug or release, the launch image does...
View ArticleHow to access to a viewcontroller properties and objects form outside the...
Hello. I have an extended UITableViewSource class. From the Rowselected event I would to access to a specif view. Imagine I have a table in my view and in this view I have a navigation bar. On the...
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