What sensors does Xamarin support on tablet devices (magnetometer is...
Hello, I´m trying to decide if I buy a Tablet for development and testing, and sensors are one of my principal concerns to decide between a Galaxy Note 8 (supports accelerometer and magnetometer ) and...
View ArticleHandling multiple heavy data query using Multiple Theadpool threading
I have an application getting the location of the user. The logic is if the device is connected to the any provider he will send the data to the server Else if the device is not connected to the...
View ArticleAndroid - OutOfMemory Exception
The issue I'm facing is the DalvikVM heap size produces an OutOfMemoryException when I use bitmaps. I’ve implemented the IDisposable pattern to use of bitmaps using (var bmp =...
View ArticleReally Poor Phone Performance when connected to Xamarin Studio
My phone has really poor performance when it is connected to Xamarin Studio. Meaning, there a noticeable hiccups in the famerate every half second or so. It starts when I hit "Play" in Xamarin Studio,...
View ArticleOnSearchRequest() doesn't work
Hi, I have a problem with "OnSearchRequest()" method. When the method is called no searchbox is shown though i have declared all classes, all resources and all manifest's entries needed to implement a...
View ArticleApp not detecting iPhone as Retina or Widescreen
Got a weird little issue (probably something very small that I'm overlooking), but when I launch my app in the iPhone simulators, it's always detecting the device as a non-retina 480x320 iPhone. My app...
View ArticleInstallation fails on unzipping files
I am running Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit. I've been trying to install Xamarin Android since yesterday. It downloads the files but fails to extract them. I've tried manually installation with no luck either....
View ArticleAdding json.net component to latest version of Xamarin Studio (4.0.12) Build...
I am unable to add an essential component to my Android project. When I try to add the json.net component I get this error System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot get libraries from incompatible...
View ArticleUpgraded to Xamarin Studio 4.0.11- Getting compiler errors
I just upgraded to 4.0.11 and built my project I receive the following errors when I build my project. I did not get these errors when I built my project with 4.0.10 These files are part of a project...
View ArticleSQliteAsync issues with Autoincrement column
Hi Team , I am using SqliteAsync class APIS to do insertion / update / remove of bulk records. Also there are few cases where we have Autoincrement column . However autoincrement is not working with...
View Articlepossible to work with multiple windows?
if i need 2 windows for 2 screens open multiple xamarin studio, possible to move window to another screen? thanks
View ArticleRun an individual test via the keyboard
So I'm coming from VS/R# where I can run a single test with a keyboard shortcut. This workflow is pretty fast but the only option I'm seeing in XS is to run the entire test suite. There is a key...
View ArticleXcode 5.1 - Could not load the simulator
Apple offered me Xcode 5.1 today. Xamarin blog recommended that I update to 5.1. So I upgraded to Xcode 5.1. Now, when trying to start an app from Xamarin Studio on the simulator, I'm getting warning...
View ArticleComponent for sending mails
I had used MFMailComposeViewController to send an email in a xamarin iOS application. Have found that MailKit can be used to email purpose when developing a cross platform application. My query is, how...
View ArticleAndroid + C# + SQL Server 2008
Hi world, i am using this code to get info from my sql server 2008. this is working well in "Debug" mode but cannot run app in mobile(only release work for mobile) SO when i wanna to (Release mode)...
View ArticleFIX YOUR STUPID INSTALLER
While downloading a gig or so I as a consumer do not want your stupid installed to keep opening browser window popups to your site to show me whats new in this version and how many versions you've...
View ArticleFrom UITableView row to UIViewController
I have a UIViewController, a button to retrieve data from Sqlite database, puts the data into UITableView. From UITableView, how do I go to another UIViewController upon Row Select of a particular data...
View Articlehow to set android.support.v7.widget.SearchView width size?
Hi I am using android.support.v7.widget.SearchView in ActionBar as item. Below is my code. Its not occupying entire width. See the screenshot, i want to increase its width <item...
View ArticleBinding C# SDK in Xamarin.Android
Hello, I am currently coding an Android app with Xamarin, and I was wondering what the best way was to use an external SDK coded in C# within a Xamarin.Android project, as it seems impossible to...
View ArticlePCL with Windows Phone 8.1?
I am not sure where I should ask this, however, it does involve Xamarin. Hopefully someone here can either answer the question or send me somewhere that can. If I create a new PCL in VS2013 U2, I can...
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