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How to make Rounded Editor control in Xamarin Forms

I'm making a cross platform app(Android, WinPhone) using xamarin forms. I need to create a Rounded Textbox, just like the input box in Whatsapp chat window. The textbox control is called Editor in Xamarin Forms. Does anyone know how to create a…
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How to set WidthRequest=50 to button in Xamarin.Forms for Windows Phone?

WidthRequest=50 in Windows phone project not working. In android and iOS it is working. But in WinPhone displaying only half button. I tried with MinimumWidthRequest also, that also not working. Button takes MinimumWidth of only 109 in windows…
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How to use XFGloss on WinPhone 8.1 Xamarin Portable Project

I'm making one portable xamarin application, and i'm using XFGloss. Everything is working fine on Android and iOS, but on WinPhone 8.1 my BackGroud Gradiant still black. My page has:
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What installed Windows Kits

I have a directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits". An exe in the subfolder of this folder is being called when I build a winPhone App. I did not install this specifically. How was this installed on my system? I am guessing maybe it came with…
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How to make UWP apps compatible with windows 8.1

I have installed Visual studio 2017 and Visual studio 2015. Using visual studio 2015 I am able to create Xamarin.winphone projects and I am able to run this app on windows 8,8.1,10 Using visual studio 2017 I am able to create Xamarin.uwp projects…
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Alternatives to Hyper-V virtualization on Windows 10 Home

I just found out that in order to run Windows Phone emulator I need Hyper-V which is not supported in Windows 10 Home edition. I was offered an upgrade to Pro edition with a funny prize. 139$ for upgrade when I can buy full standalone license for…
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visual studio crashing if tried to launch xamarin.windows on device

I was able to run my xamarin.windows project in device earlier but suddenly I am getting this problem that is whenever I try to run the app on device its crashing the visual studio.Please find the screenshot below List of things I tried…
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How do I let the user swipe a CarouselPage when it contains a ListView?

In my Xamarin.Forms app for Windows Phone 8.1, we have a number of pages that the user can swipe between using a CarouselPage. One of these pages contains a ListView that fills the screen, and when that page selected the user can't swipe any more;…
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How do I access cookies in a Xamarin WebView?

In our Xamarin app, we need to allow our users to log in using their own SSO solution. The way this works in our iOS app is that we open up a controller with a web view and point it at our site, and keep watching the cookies until they're back on…
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How to distinguish winphone from UWP in xamarin PCL

I have a xamarin native project. In the PCL I would like to differentiate if its running winphone or uwp I can easily differentiate iOS,Android and windows as whole(winphone and UWP) I don't know how to differentiate winphone from UWP Here is what…
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How Fetch Sim Details of Windows Phone 8.1 using Visual Studio 2015 c#

**I need to get Carrier name of Sim. I need to Fetch Sim Card Company Name. I Need MCC and MNC of SIM** I have created project for Windows Phone 8.1 in Visual Studio 2015. I have also created UWP(Universal) project in Visual Studio 2015. Please Help…
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How to change listview datatemplate in c# dynamically

I have a custom made item template for my listview with which values getting bound in .xaml itself. I want to change one of the image dynamically in c# side. I know in c# I can change in ContainerContentChanging but I am not able to access the…
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why OnActivated and OnResuming are not firing

I have an application where I have to run a piece of code when the application comes from the background to the foreground. I can do it in three places(App.xaml.cs) OnLaunched OnActivated OnResuming I had a breakpoint in all three places, but I…
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Winphone project type is not supported in Visual studio 2017

I have an existing xamarin native project and It has myproj.iOS myproj.Droid myproj.WinPhone I uninstalled my visual studio 2015 and installed Visual studio 2017 Now in the solution explorer I can see it clearly says myproj.WinPhone…
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RowDefinitions/ColumnDefinition not working on WindowsPhone but works fine on WindowsPhone emulator

When I try to run the app on windows emulator it runs fine but when I try to run on a windows phone it gives the following error Object of type 'Xamarin.Forms.ColumnDefinition' cannot be converted to type 'Xamarin.Forms.View' I am getting this…
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