Unable to Programatically Set Fixed Orientation for a ViewController
I am writing an iOS application in which one of the ViewControllers shows a bar chart which I want to display in a Landscape orientation at all times. The rest of the application supports both portrait...
View ArticleXamarin.iOS 7.2.1 introduces managed type conflict between Xamarin.Auth and...
After updating to Xamarin.iOS 7.2.1 this morning, I can no longer build my project. It includes references to Stampsy.Social, as well as modified versions of the Xamarin.Auth and Xamarin.Social...
View ArticleMiguel de Icaza - Go Mobile with C# and Xamarin (Build 2014)
Title: Go Mobile with C# and Xamarin Session Link: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/3-653 Description: The mobile revolution has seen an onslaught of new requirements for modern developers....
View ArticleMeaning of Preferences->Text Editor->Behaviour->Indentation
This seems to have 3 options: None, Automatic and Smart. I'm guessing they should do the following: None -> pressing return takes you to the start of the next line Automatic -> pressing return...
View Articleissue add splash screen in xamarin ios
Hi, I am creating the xamarin IOS App on MAC platform.I have successfully create lo-gin page using xcode .but now i want there should be a splash screen before lo-gin page.My xcode is properly sync...
View ArticleInflating Class Error while trying to create a Custom View
I need to create a custom view extending HorizontalScrollView class, to intercept it's touch event. So I converted this code (Second answer) as follows: public class CustomScrollView :...
View ArticleShowing external exceptions
Xamarin pauses execution on exceptions and usually shows the exception and where it occurred. An exception occurs somewhere in an external library (in a BinaryFormatter instance to be precise) and the...
View Articleios Designer Identity Name not sticking
I have added a button to the view controller, set it's name in the Identity Name field field . When i deselect it and reselect the name is missing. I cannot access the button in code. Is anyone else...
View ArticleDepolyment failed because of an internal error:
I have a mono-andriod project which was working until I started integrating AdMob support. One of the steps I took was to change the Target Framework to "Android 3.2" (API 13). Now when I deploy I get...
View ArticleFragment/ListFragment capture Back Button Press
I've been googling and trying things out for the last 4.5hrs and just haven't gotten anywhere at all. A lot of it seems to stem from being within a Listfragment. I am simply trying to capture the back...
View Article400 Bad Request Using Google Play Services
I've attempted to follow tutorials for both Xamarin (http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/android/platform_features/maps_and_location/maps/part_2_-_maps_api/), and Google Play (it is in the Google Play...
View Article"System.ServiceModel requires Business edition", but System.ServiceModel is...
Hi. I have a solution consisting of a portable class library (.NET4.5 + WP8 + Windows store apps), Profile78 an Android application that references the portable library. Neither project references...
View ArticleUniversal Applications: What are they and can I use them in Xamarin?
I took a look at answering these questions in my latest blog post. Some of it appears to be a modern take on the old, tried and true method of sharing code files between multiple projects via linking....
View ArticleNot Able to Declare a Bitmap Variable
I'm currently doing the Graphics and Animation tutorial. The tutorial tells me to make a canvas object by using a Bitmap object but it doesnt let me declare a variable as a Bitmap... Heres my code:...
View ArticleBest way to make Xamarin.Mac app start on user login?
I've got a Xamarin.Mac app that I need to load on startup, in particular upon user login. Plenty of Mac apps have a checkbox for "start on login" - that's all I'm after. After all my searching, though,...
View ArticleDll library version is always 0.0.0.0
I have created a dll library that I use across different projects. I've tried to read the version with: Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom("MyAssembly.dll"); Version ver =...
View ArticleHow can I access NavigationController inside UITableviewSource class??
I WANT TO NAVIGATE TO DIFFERENT UIVIEWController on row selected. I am using UIVIEWController to show the UITableview.. I am not able to access Navigation controller inside this class. public class...
View ArticleGeneral question about Android Backward compatibility.
Hi: I'm new to android development. I will develop on VS stack. My question is very general in nature. When creating a new android application, VS offers the choice of Android Application, Honeycomb,...
View ArticleFastDev broken, debugger can't attach, what else?
I feel I'm growing old trying to go through simple steps that should otherwise work. Latest version of Xamarin Studio (tried with both Beta and Release), deployment on a physical device running Android...
View Articlewrite to file via native c++ lib
hello, one of the native c++ libs of xamarin application needs to have write file permission on android. whatever i have tried so far, the call to stdio.h fwrite is generating fatal error. any solutions?
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