CurrentUICulture on Mac
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InstalledUICulture and also System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture always returns en-US with Xamarin.Mac. On Windows it returns the language the user...
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Render layout asynchronously
Hello everybody! My headline may sound much worse than it really is, but this is the first thing that came to mind On my page is the View and ActivityIndicator. First I load the data from the backend...
View ArticleiOS103: Following up on question about image sets in VSwin vs VSmac
In our iOS103 class we had a question about the image set properties dialog. On VSwin this allows the configuration of the image set's features, like adding support for iPad specific images. What do...
View ArticleIs it possible to increse the height of a progressbar?
Im sure it should be using a custom renderer, I already know how to change the progress color and the track color. However, I need the bar to look bigger and not jusst a small line, is there a way to...
View ArticleExtending color schemes in Visual Studio for Mac
I really liked small details like separate colors for system classes and null/void/true/false in MonoDevelop but it's not achievable in VS4Mac since it uses .vssettings-based themes. There are...
View ArticleData folders - best practices?
I'm developing an Android App which needs to read/save various files (incl. settings). What's the best way to get/create a data folder for the app by the framework or OS? If possible, example that...
View ArticleEvolve 2018
Well... 2017 is basically done - at least from the perspective of planning for any conferences and so on. So... Anyone heard even a rumor of an official Evolve 2018 conference? It would follow the...
View ArticleHow can I access the external memory of my device?
I am developing an App in which I have to access the external memory of the device to create a PDF. I tried using Dependency Services but it is not working because this returns an emulated memory. This...
View ArticleHow to make a desktop app with xamarin 3.0?
In a video about xamarin form 3: it seems, according the video, there's possibility to create a cross-platform desktop app (so I understand), I also found the nuget package...
View ArticleCompress Web service Data
Hi guys i am currently calling my WCF web service with the following and its working just fine string strAddress = App.EndPointAddress; BasicHttpBinding httpBinding = new BasicHttpBinding();...
View ArticleHow to read a txt file with Android.Net.Uri uri.ToString() file path
Hello, I can't open a text file using StreamReader and file piker byte[] fullpath location, i think the proble is the version of client android version api18 - 19 . Now i need open text file trying...
View ArticleDynamicResource doesn't load into global resources using MergedDictionaries...
Hi all, While refactoring our global resources from the application XAML into separate resource dictionaries, I recently discovered that our one dynamic style does not appear to properly load when...
View ArticleSQLLiteStore Android CurrentPlatform.Init()
Hi, I'm having a problem I've seen 'answered' on a number of different forums such as some I've seen here. I'm having this exact same problem on Android. The protection level is internal so I don't...
View ArticleHow do I code a Xamarin.Forms view using pure TDD?
I'm doing pure TDD and I want to test a view in isolation (check properties on it, make sure they are set correctly, etc). For e.g, I might want to do something like (using BDD terminology): Given a...
View ArticleToast with custom image
Hi everyone, I have seen examples in java of toast windows with a custom image and transparent background. Is this possible in mono? The java code snippet for this does not look like it translates well...
View ArticleSharpie errors when binding native library
Hello, I've been following the Binding Objective-C libraries tutorial in the docs (using the InfColorPicker project) and am receiving the following error when using sharpie to generate the...
View ArticleListView Json and save Switch IsToggled
I would like to save the data of this switch from a list of json and save the change of the switch for the following contentPage <ListView.ItemTemplate> <ViewCell.View>...
View ArticleDoes MinimumHeightRequest work at all?
If I set a MinimumHeightRequest on a Label within a StackLayout or Grid, it is ignored on both iOS and Android. Is this a bug?
View Articlehow to make the user log just once and not all the time the application is...
i got a problem on my app, i am consuming a custom web service i developed, this service returns a list List with info if the user nick and the password are correct, i have no any problem on consuming...
View ArticleAVKit.AVPlayerViewController not instantiatable. Need some help.
Hi there, I am experiencing trouble working with AVPlayerViewController, but already using plain AVPlayer (both referenced in AVKit) in the same project without problems. The issue is the following: If...
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