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Why doesn't my template show PCL library's?
Hey everyone, Recently I upgraded to VS2017RC. Works great. Now when I want to start a new Xamarin project from template, it doesn't let me select if I want to a shared or PCL project? Also there is no...
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Blank space after listview items.
Hi all, My listview Bottom portion has some blank space, I tried to remove it by adding Footer and HasUnevenRows, but not get lucky. Screenshot: My code: <ContentPage> <ScrollView>...
View ArticleGuidelines required on Xamarin time profiler
Hi, I tried Xamarin time profiler for profiling a xamarin android application. But the results seem to be weird. I profiled the following code snippet. void TestMethod() { //Stopwatch stopwatch = new...
View ArticleSupport for Way Old SDKs
Hi - I have a couple old phones, the oldest has Froyo. I'm running VS2017. The SDK manager list Android 2.2 and allows a download, it doesn't show when selecting the project SDK level. I know this is...
View ArticleIs it possible to have multiple app targets in a Xamarin.Forms Solution
I have an iOS/Xcode background, hence my use of the term "targets". What I want is the ability to build a second app binary in my Xamarin.Forms Solution for testing purposes. Is this possible in...
View ArticleXamarin.Forms map custom renderer example with an MVVM pattern
I followed the example here https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/application-fundamentals/custom-renderer/map/customized-pin/ And looked at the example code here...
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ApiController could not be found
Based on this video I have add the using System.Web; using System.Web.Http; but i still get the error state that apicontroller could no found, and so on, below picture is the error I face: below is my...
View ArticleAttach NSTableCellView to TableColumn programmatically
Hi there, I'm an experienced c# developer porting an app to the Mac/iOS although I'm very new to writing anything for an Apple environment so it's a massive learning curve finding out how it all hangs...
View Article3-legged OAuth with Xamarin.Auth and SAP Cloud Platform
I'm getting my head around OAuth2 using Xamarin.Auth but there'sa few things I need help understanding. First off is the use of the URL Type (in iOS). I have successfully used 3-L OAuth with Facebook...
View ArticleHow to get REAL screen dimensions of the device in pixels?
In my App.xaml.cs file I use this: var device = Resolver.Resolve(); var displayHeight = device.Display.Height; var displayWidth = device.Display.Width; But whenever the device has software navigation...
View ArticleResource file referencing the wrong Views
After merging my code, I have skipped merging the Resource file, at first there were missing references but I managed to make the resource file regenerate each build by adding the following into the...
View ArticleSymbolicating crash reports
I think this has more to do with Mono, but I'll still ask. How does Mono/Xamarin symbolicate its crash reports? With PLCrashReporter I get something like this: Incident Identifier:...
View ArticleUWP release build causes runtime errors
When I configure my UWP app to build on release it compiles fine, but during runtime I receive lots of exceptions: Exception thrown: 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' in...
View ArticleCbcCentralManager disable "show power alert" and other constructor attributes
Hi, I'd like to instantiate a CbcCentralManager by providing the argument options to the constructor: CBCentralInitOptions in order to disable the "show power alert". However, there is not a...
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iOS LaunchScreen background color incorrect
Hi all, My team is creating a Xamarin Forms app and have a very simple LaunchScreen.storyboard for my iOS project. It has a logo in the middle and I've set the UIView's background color to rgba(17,...
View ArticleTrigger Garbage Collection from Xamarin Profiler
Hi, Is it possible to trigger the Garbage Collector from Xamarin Profiler when using Allocations? Triggering the Garbage Collector before taking a snapshot makes it easy to understand if you truly have...
View ArticleCan I develop for Windows Phone with the new Visual Studio for Mac
Hello, With the new Visual Studio for Mac can I have a windows phone project in my forms apps without using a VM now?
View ArticleUnable to properly push a child page to master detail
I am following the example here: [the forums] /discussion/41420/navigate-programmatically-from-one-detail-page-to-another-masterdetailpage (Because I'm not allowed to post links) and although it works...
View ArticleRunning into Issues with Xamarin Binding Library with 3rd party component Slyce
I'm having some challenges trying to get a binding libraries made for this 3rd party product called Slyce... there sdks are on GitHub Slyce-Android-SDK Slyce-iOS-SDK Using the meta file below on the...
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