Archives for: "July 2015"
Xamarin Tips: Xamarin Forms Checkbox
There are no checkbox controls in Xamarin Forms. You can build the custom components with the custom renderers for this purpose. That is very complex. I chose to use a simpler way, using an Image control and TapGestureRecognizer. If the image is… more »
Xamarin Tips: Visual Studio is not responding after stoping an iOS app.
I found there are a number of times, in Visual Studio, when I stopped an iOS app. My visual studio became not responding and holding up for more than a minute. I found the issue, that may be because of I used a Mac Book and a real PC(not a VM) to build,… more »
Xamarin : Access style in the code behind
I defined all styles in app.xaml, which is a kind of css style and that is the centralised place to manage the look and feel. I think that is a good practice. That is no problems to access the style across other xaml file. But in code behind, how do I… more »
Disable Scroll Bar in ListView
I am building an app which has a number of listviews, for some phone it will be longer than its screen. So a global scroll bar are required. However, the listview has their own scrollbar bar, It will make scrolling some strange! Thus, I need to disable… more »