As recently as Xamarin Studio 5.6 (build 273) with Xamarin.Android 4.18.0, if you have manually deleted the Resource.designer.cs file from the project, rebuilding will regenerate Resource.designer.cs, but will not add it back into the project. So after attempting to rebuild once, the file will be present in the file system, but not in the project. … Read more
You have a couple options. SQLite. This option is cross-platform and works well if you have a lot of data. You get the added bonus of transaction support and async support as well. EDIT: In the past I suggested using SQLite.Net-PCL. Due to issues involving Android 7.0 support (and an apparent sunsetting of support) I … Read more
UPDATE: This error doesn’t usually appear in VS 2015, if it does, here’s my original answer: Found the solution! Right click on the .XAML file, select Properties. You will see a Property called Custom Tool. Change its value from MSBuild:Compile to MSBuild:UpdateDesignTimeXaml This will solve the problem. Dont know about the downvote, but here’s my … Read more
If you are using Xamarin.Forms create a Dependency Service. Interface public interface ICloseApplication { void closeApplication(); } Android : Using FinishAffinity() won’t restart your activity. It will simply close the application. public class CloseApplication : ICloseApplication { public void closeApplication() { var activity = (Activity)Forms.Context; activity.FinishAffinity(); } } IOS : As already suggested above. public … Read more
In the App class you can set the MainPage to a Navigation Page and set the root page to your ContentPage: public App () { // The root page of your application MainPage = new NavigationPage( new FirstContentPage() ); } Then in your first ContentPage call: Navigation.PushAsync (new SecondContentPage ());
Xamarin.Forms Pros Create one UI for all platforms Use basic components that are available on all platforms (like Buttons, Textfields, Spinners etc.) No need to learn all the native UI frameworks Fast cross platform development process Custom native renderers give you the ability to adjust the appearance and feeling of controls Cons It’s still a … Read more