How do I send options to the android contacts app?
I'm trying to start the basic android Contacts app via an intent in my Xamarin.Forms project. I am able to start the Contacts App in a dependency service but I don't know how to create a bundle to send...
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TapGestureRecognizer is working for WinPhone but on Android although the Application Output is showing [ViewRootImpl] ViewPostImeInputStage ACTION_DOWN but the Tapped evenit isn't being called... var...
View ArticleDoes Xamarin studio/MCS support 64 bit compilation on Mac OS?
First of all, sorry if this is the wrong section for this question. I am building a tester application and wanted to have a very large string that is added to via a foreach loop, however on Mac OS I...
View ArticlePut Some Office 365 in Your Apps
Hey, I've just blogged about using Office 365 client libraries in Xamarin.Android application. The blog post, 'Put Some Office 365 in Your Apps' can be read here:...
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CocosSharp v1.7.0.0-pre1: Embeddable game view and Xamarin.Forms support
One of the most highly sought after features requested by users was the ability to integrate a CocosSharp game within a Xamarin.Forms application. Specifically, users were after a way to incorporate...
View ArticleIssue with Forms grouped ListView
Hi Guys and Gals, Using a grouped ListView to display a list of images, 1 cell/row per image. The header of the group contains a number (row counter). What is puzzling me is that when I load up the...
View ArticleError initializing a new XAML Page
Hey guys! So after a bit of study I decided to test a simple application from Xamarin Studio, so I made 4 XAML pages and tried to run the app in the emulator. The problem is I always get the following...
View ArticleSave a single persistent variable
I'm building a simple game in Xamarin.iOS using SpriteKit. A top score value needs to be saved permanently and updated when it's surpassed. Perhaps I'm having one of those days, but I'm not seeing a...
View ArticleIn a Xamarin.android project, How can I remove warnings: duplicate zip entry...
I am getting errors: Warning can't write resource [META-INF/MANIFEST.MF] (Duplicate zip entry [classes.jar:META-INF/MANIFEST.MF]) ColorPoint.Xamarin.XAndroid...
View ArticleConsume Self Signed SSL based WCF Service
Hi All, I have created a valid Self Signed certificate on my local machine and I can access the webservice through browser. However, I am getting the following exception when consuming on Xamarin.forms...
View ArticleXamarin Camera2 Sample
Hi everyone, I notice that Xamarin sample Camera2Basic (https://github.com/xamarin/monodroid-samples/tree/master/android5.0/Camera2Basic) is not up-to-date with the latest edit of the Android official...
View ArticleSegue build with errors (Xamarin Tutorial)
I'm a newb at Xamarin and app development. I'm trying to work through Xamarin's Hello, iOS Multiscreen tutorial. It says to add this to my code: var callHistoryController =...
View Articleweb api dead lock
does anyone have a idea on how to make this code not cause the app to crash/lag? i do not get any stack trace from the crash. ` private async Task zregisterz()//(byte[] zpic) { try{ /* byte[] zpic; var...
View Articleweb api dead lock
does anyone have a idea on how to make this code not cause the app to crash/lag? i do not get any stack trace from the crash. ` private async Task zregisterz()//(byte[] zpic) { try{ /* byte[] zpic; var...
View ArticleFatal runtime error: does not have a constructor that takes one IntPtr argument
I recently upgrad to Xamarin 5.9.7 and now getting this runtime exception in my app that occurs inconsistently. I haven't been able to determine the root cause. I appreciate any help. This exception is...
View ArticleProblem with binding
Hi there, I've a small problem regarding binding. I have a ViewModel with 2 properties: ObservableCollection Comments and string Title. My listview looks as following: <ListView x:Name="listView"...
View ArticleComponents vs NuGet packages, which way is correct
Hi, Today I tried to update Google Play Services packages in my app. Previously I was using Google Play Services 22.0.0.0 component, but now it is deprecated, and after update from Xamarin Studio all...
View ArticleComponents don't seem to auto-update
I have several projects using Xamarin components but there seems to be a frustrating issue with them that has been around for a while (and over several OS reinstalls, so I assume it isn't a once off...
View ArticleAndroid M Not Rendering ListViews
Hi, All our ListViews appear to not be rendering under Android M, they work find for earlier versions of Android. Any suggestions? Thanks, Daniel.
View ArticleGestureRecognizer is not working on android using Xamarin.forms
public void EnableSubmitButton(){ LeftMenuItem.IsEnabled = true; TapGestureRecognizer OnLeftMenuItemClicked = new TapGestureRecognizer ((s,e) => { OnSubmitClicked (s,e); });...
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