Xamarin.Forms: Image.GestureRecognizers causes exception on iOS - ios

I am using the latest version of Xamarin.Forms. My page has a ListView which shows ViewCells containing an Image. Now I would like to react to a tap on these images. Therefore, I added this code
<Image Grid.Column="1" Source="download_cloud.png" WidthRequest="32" HeightRequest="32">
<Image.GestureRecognizers>
<TapGestureRecognizer NumberOfTapsRequired="1" Tapped="SynchronizeItem_Clicked"/>
</Image.GestureRecognizers>
</Image>
This works flawless on Android. Sadly, this is not working on iOS but causes an exception (Object reference not set to an instance). The strange thing is, that when I add this TapGestureRecognizer to a Label which is displayed next to the Image everything is working perfectly.
So, is this a bug in Xamarin.Forms on iOS or am I doing something wrong?
Edit: This is the stacktrace:
Unhandled Exception:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.EventTracker.LoadRecognizers () [0x0005d] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\EventTracker.cs:373
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.EventTracker.OnElementChanged (System.Object sender, Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.VisualElementChangedEventArgs e) [0x0004e] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\EventTracker.cs:439
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.VisualElementRenderer`1[TElement].OnElementChanged (Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ElementChangedEventArgs`1[TElement] e) [0x00020] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\VisualElementRenderer.cs:279
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ViewRenderer`2[TView,TNativeView].OnElementChanged (Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ElementChangedEventArgs`1[TElement] e) [0x00000] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\ViewRenderer.cs:85
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS
.ImageRenderer.<>n__0 (Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ElementChangedEventArgs`1[TElement] e) <0x13780f3f0 + 0x0005a> in <13d193f5a21b4e309afc67e0a5508db5>:0
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ImageRenderer+<OnElementChanged>d__2.MoveNext () [0x000d6] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\Renderers\ImageRenderer.cs:70
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw () [0x0000c] in /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/11.6.1.2/src/mono/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/runtime/exceptionservices/exceptionservicescommon.cs:152
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore+<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__6_0 (System.Object state) [0x00000] in /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/11.6.1.2/src/mono/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/runtime/compilerservices/AsyncMethodBuilder.cs:1018
at UIKit.UIKitSynchronizationContext+<Post>c__AnonStorey0.<>m__0 () [0x00000] in /Users
/builder/data/lanes/5665/6857dfcc/source/xamarin-macios/src/UIKit/UIKitSynchronizationContext.cs:24
at Foundation.NSAsyncActionDispatcher.Apply () [0x00000] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/5665/6857dfcc/source/xamarin-macios/src/Foundation/NSAction.cs:163
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at (wrapper managed-to-native) UIKit.UIApplication:UIApplicationMain (int,string[],intptr,intptr)
at UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.IntPtr principal, System.IntPtr delegate) [0x00005] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/5665/6857dfcc/source/xamarin-macios/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:79
at UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.String principalClassName, System.String delegateClassName) [0x00038] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/5665/6857dfcc/source/xamarin-macios/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:63
at SMSIP2.iOS.Application.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00001] in C:\Users\Roland\Source\Repos\SMSIP2\SMSIP2\SMSIP2.iOS\Main.cs:12
2018-01-28 10:06:25.613 SMSIP2.iOS[73968:6382644] Unhandled managed exception:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object (System.NullReferenceException)
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.EventTracker.LoadRecognizers () [0x0005d] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\EventTracker.cs:373
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.EventTracker.OnElementChanged (System.Object sender, Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.VisualElementChangedEventArgs e) [0x0004e] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\EventTracker.cs:439
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.VisualElementRenderer`1[TElement].OnElementChanged (Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ElementChangedEventArgs`1[TElement] e) [0x00020] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\VisualElementRenderer.cs:279
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ViewRenderer`2[TView,TNativeView].OnElementChanged (Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ElementChangedEventArgs`1[TElement] e) [0x00000] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\ViewRenderer.cs:85
at Xamarin.Forms.Plat
form.iOS.ImageRenderer.<>n__0 (Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ElementChangedEventArgs`1[TElement] e) <0x13780f3f0 + 0x0005a> in <13d193f5a21b4e309afc67e0a5508db5>:0
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ImageRenderer+<OnElementChanged>d__2.MoveNext () [0x000d6] in D:\agent\_work\1\s\Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS\Renderers\ImageRenderer.cs:70
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw () [0x0000c] in /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/11.6.1.2/src/mono/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/runtime/exceptionservices/exceptionservicescommon.cs:152
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore+<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__6_0 (System.Object state) [0x00000] in /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/11.6.1.2/src/mono/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/runtime/compilerservices/AsyncMethodBuilder.cs:1018
at UIKit.UIKitSynchronizationContext+<Post>c__AnonStorey0.<>m__0 () [0x00000] i
n /Users/builder/data/lanes/5665/6857dfcc/source/xamarin-macios/src/UIKit/UIKitSynchronizationContext.cs:24
at Foundation.NSAsyncActionDispatcher.Apply () [0x00000] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/5665/6857dfcc/source/xamarin-macios/src/Foundation/NSAction.cs:163
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at (wrapper managed-to-native) UIKit.UIApplication:UIApplicationMain (int,string[],intptr,intptr)
at UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.IntPtr principal, System.IntPtr delegate) [0x00005] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/5665/6857dfcc/source/xamarin-macios/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:79
at UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.String principalClassName, System.String delegateClassName) [0x00038] in /Users/builder/data/lanes/5665/6857dfcc/source/xamarin-macios/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:63
at SMSIP2.iOS.Application.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00001] in C:\Users\Roland\Source\Repos\SMSIP2\SMSIP2\SMSIP2.iOS\Main.cs:12
2018-01-28 10
and this is the callback:
void SynchronizeItem_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs ee)
{
}
Edit2: When I use this code somewhere else and not in the ListView it is working on iOS, too.
Edit3: I fixed this problem now - but the solution is very strange and I do not know at all, why it is working. But here we go: My CellView contained a Grid in which I wanted to place my Image. This is not working. What is working instead is: place the Image inside a StackLayout and place this StackLayout in the Grid. This looks just like the code without the additional StackLayout and suddenly the GestureRecognizer works. Can someone tell me why this is happening?
Edit4: Apparently this is not a great solution as this Command of the GestureListener is now also executed sometimes when you click on the ViewCell instead of the Image. So this is no real solution.

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I have a ListView, whose contents I refresh with a button click. ListView is bound to ObservableCollection<MyClass> in view model.
However, I get null reference exception in iOS on data refresh (but it works fine in Android).
The exception is thrown at Main method in iOS application.
// NullReferenceException thrown here.
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at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.EventTracker.LoadRecognizers () [0x0005d] in :0
at Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.EventTracker.OnElementChanged (System.Object sender, Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.VisualElementChangedEventArgs e) [0x0004e] in :0
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--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw () [0x0000c] in /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/11.6.1.2/src/mono/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/runtime/exceptionservices/exceptionservicescommon.cs:152
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore+<>c.b__6_0 (System.Object state) [0x00000] in /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/11.6.1.2/src/mono/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/runtime/compilerservices/AsyncMethodBuilder.cs:1018
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<ListView ItemsSource="{Binding PeopleData}" HasUnevenRows="True">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ViewCell>
<Grid>
...
<Image VerticalOptions="Center"
Source="phone_icon"
WidthRequest="45"
HeightRequest="45"
Margin="0,0,5,0"
Opacity="0.27">
<!--<Image.GestureRecognizers>
<TapGestureRecognizer NumberOfTapsRequired="1"
Command="{Binding Source={x:Reference PeoplePage}, Path=BindingContext.CallPersonCommand}"
CommandParameter="{Binding .}"></TapGestureRecognizer>
</Image.GestureRecognizers>-->
</Image>
<Grid>
</ViewCell>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
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The first time ListView is populated is on application start up, without errors.
I click a button to repopulate ListView the second time - works fine. I click a button again to refresh ListView - it errors out.
Clicking button simply refreshes data in ObservableCollection<MyClass> to which ListView is bound.
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Before, when I was refreshing data in ObservableCollection<MyClass> I would do it similar to the following.
// PeopleData is ObservableCollection<MyClass>
PeopleData.Clear();
foreach (var person in retrievedFromApiPeople)
{
PeopleData.Add(person);
}
Now, I added a backing field for the PeopleData property and simply assign a new ObservableCollection to the property and raise notification, similar to the following.
private ObservableCollection<MyClass> _peopleData;
public ObservableCollection<MyClass> PeopleData
{
get => _peopleData;
set
{
_peopleData = value;
// INotifyPropertyChanged implementation.
RaisePropertyChanged(() => PeopleData);
}
}
And use it as follows.
PeopleData = retrievedFromApiPeople;
This approach works. Not sure why the other way wasn't working.
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}
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[0:] mvx:Diagnostic: 8.61 Setup: LastChance start
[0:]
2015-01-28 18:12:10.247 MyApp[3743:68927] mvx:Diagnostic: 9.05 Setup: Secondary end
[0:] mvx:Diagnostic: 9.05 Setup: Secondary end
[0:]
2015-01-28 18:12:10.647 MyApp[3743:68927] mvx:Diagnostic: 9.43 Showing ViewModel LogonViewModel
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[0:]
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Update
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[0:] mvx:Diagnostic:286.77 Message = [Failed to construct and initialize ViewModel for type MyApp.Core.ViewModels.LogonViewModel from locator MvxDefaultViewModelLocator - check InnerException for more information]
[0:]
2015-01-29 11:31:33.985 MyApp[12631:273902] mvx:Diagnostic:287.17 Stack Trace = [ at Cirrious.MvvmCross.ViewModels.MvxViewModelLoader.LoadViewModel (Cirrious.MvvmCross.ViewModels.MvxViewModelRequest request, IMvxBundle savedState, IMvxViewModelLocator viewModelLocator) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Cirrious.MvvmCross.ViewModels.MvxViewModelLoader.LoadViewModel (Cirrious.MvvmCross.ViewModels.MvxViewModelRequest request, IMvxBundle savedState) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Cirrious.MvvmCross.Touch.Views.MvxViewControllerExtensionMethods.LoadViewModel (IMvxTouchView touchView) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Cirrious.MvvmCross.Views.MvxViewExtensionMethods.OnViewCreate (IMvxView view, System.Func`1 viewModelLoader) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Cirrious.MvvmCross.Touch.Views.MvxViewControllerExtensionMethods.OnViewCreate (IMvxTouchView touchView) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
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at (wrapper delegate-invoke) <Module>:invoke_void_object_EventArgs (object,System.EventArgs)
at Cirrious.CrossCore.Core.MvxDelegateExtensionMethods.Raise (System.EventHandler eventHandler, System.Object sender) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Cirrious.CrossCore.Touch.Views.MvxEventSourceViewController.ViewDidLoad () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) UIKit.UIApplication:UIApplicationMain (int,string[],intptr,intptr)
at UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, IntPtr principal, IntPtr delegate) [0x00005] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/monotouch/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:62
at UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.String principalClassName, System.String delegateClassName) [0x00038] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/monotouch/src/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:46
at MyApp.iOS.Application.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00002] in c:\MyApp\
MyApp.iOS\Main.cs:21 ]
[0:]
2015-01-29 11:31:34.393 MyApp[12631:273902] mvx:Diagnostic:287.58 Inner Exception message = [Problem creating viewModel of type LogonViewModel]
[0:] mvx:Diagnostic:287.58 Inner Exception message = [Problem creating viewModel of type LogonViewModel]
You should name your viewcontroller in the storyboard LogonView and not LogonViewController. That's the viewType.Name that MvvmCross is looking for.
The problem was that a service injected into the LogonViewModel used the MvvmCross Messenger plugin. I had not added the plugin via nuget to the project. The exception that informed me of this was an inner exception of an inner exception. I should have dug deeper. Thanks again to you Stuart for this help and MvvmCross goodness in general. Thanks also to EShy for the naming help.

failed to find constructor for type MvxViewModelLoader MvvmCross IOS

I use MvvmCross for develop a CrossPlatform App.
I work on my Mac and I have not errors when I build my solution.
When I run it... I have this error : failed to find constructor for type Cirrious.MvvmCross.ViewModels.MvxViewModelLoader and highlights base.ViewDidLoad();
Code :
public partial class MainView : MvxViewController
{
static bool UserInterfaceIdiomIsPhone {
get { return UIDevice.CurrentDevice.UserInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiom.Phone; }
}
public MainView ()
: base (UserInterfaceIdiomIsPhone ? "MainView_iPhone" : "MainView_iPad", null)
{
}
public override void DidReceiveMemoryWarning ()
{
// Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
base.DidReceiveMemoryWarning ();
// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}
public override void ViewDidLoad ()
{
base.ViewDidLoad ();
// Perform any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
It's a default code, I just changed super-class (UIViewController to MvxViewController)
Stacktrace :
Failed to find constructor for type Cirrious.MvvmCross.ViewModels.MvxViewModelLoader
at Cirrious.CrossCore.IoC.MvxSimpleIoCContainer.IoCConstruct (System.Type type) [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.CrossCore.IoC.MvxSimpleIoCContainer+ConstructingResolver.Resolve () [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.CrossCore.IoC.MvxSimpleIoCContainer.InternalTryResolve (System.Type type, ResolveOptions resolveOptions, System.Object& resolved) [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.CrossCore.IoC.MvxSimpleIoCContainer.InternalTryResolve (System.Type type, System.Object& resolved) [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.CrossCore.IoC.MvxSimpleIoCContainer.Resolve (System.Type t) [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.CrossCore.IoC.MvxSimpleIoCContainer.Resolve[IMvxViewModelLoader] () [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.CrossCore.Mvx.Resolve[IMvxViewModelLoader] () [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.MvvmCross.Touch.Views.MvxViewControllerExtensionMethods.LoadViewModel (IMvxTouchView touchView) [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.MvvmCross.Touch.Views.MvxViewControllerExtensionMethods+<>c_DisplayClass1.b_0 () [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.MvvmCross.Views.MvxViewExtensionMethods.OnViewCreate (IMvxView view, System.Func`1 viewModelLoader) [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.MvvmCross.Touch.Views.MvxViewControllerExtensionMethods.OnViewCreate (IMvxTouchView touchView) [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.MvvmCross.Touch.Views.MvxViewControllerAdapter.HandleViewDidLoadCalled (System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e) [0x00000] in :0
at (wrapper delegate-invoke) :invoke_void_this__object_EventArgs (object,System.EventArgs)
at Cirrious.CrossCore.Core.MvxDelegateExtensionMethods.Raise (System.EventHandler eventHandler, System.Object sender) [0x00000] in :0
at Cirrious.CrossCore.Touch.Views.MvxEventSourceViewController.ViewDidLoad () [0x00000] in :0
at TrainingCatalog.Touch.MainView.ViewDidLoad () [0x00002] in /Users/a_masteruser/Projects/DefaultCollection/_git/HapplyTrainingCatalog/TrainingCatalog.Touch/Views/MainView.cs:30
at (wrapper managed-to-native) MonoTouch.ObjCRuntime.Messaging:void_objc_msgSend (intptr,intptr)
at MonoTouch.UIKit.UIWindow.MakeKeyAndVisible () [0x00008] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/monotouch/src/UIKit/.pp-UIWindow.g.cs:129
at TrainingCatalog.Touch.AppDelegate.FinishedLaunching (MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplication app, MonoTouch.Foundation.NSDictionary options) [0x0003c] in /Users/a_masteruser/Projects/DefaultCollection/_git/HapplyTrainingCatalog/TrainingCatalog.Touch/AppDelegate.cs:21
at (wrapper managed-to-native) MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplication:UIApplicationMain (int,string[],intptr,intptr)
at MonoTouch.UIKit.UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.String principalClassName, System.String delegateClassName) [0x0004c] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/monotouch/src/UIKit/.pp-UIApplication.cs:38
at TrainingCatalog.Touch.Application.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00008] in /Users/a_masteruser/Projects/DefaultCollection/_git/HapplyTrainingCatalog/TrainingCatalog.Touch/Main.cs:17
Failed to find constructor for type Cirrious.MvvmCross.ViewModels.MvxViewModelLoader
From the stack trace, I'm guessing the line that is failing is: https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/blob/v3.1/Cirrious/Cirrious.MvvmCross.Touch/Views/MvxViewControllerExtensionMethods.cs#L44
This is looking in IoC for a type which has been registered in setup as:
protected virtual void InitializeViewModelFramework()
{
Mvx.RegisterType<IMvxViewModelLoader, MvxViewModelLoader>();
}
(from https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/blob/v3.1/Cirrious/Cirrious.MvvmCross/Platform/MvxSetup.cs#L192)
Looking at MvxViewModelLoader, this is defined in: https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/blob/v3.1/Cirrious/Cirrious.MvvmCross/ViewModels/MvxViewModelLoader.cs - so it should have a default public parameterless constructor added by the compiler...
With this in mind...
I'm guessing that maybe Xamarin is stripping out the constructor from your deployed binaries. This might be because of your linker settings - so please check that you have set the linker to link "SDK only". But if that doesn't help then this might be down to some Xamarin optimisation/feature - so you might need to .
As a simple workaround you could try overriding Setup so that you use:
protected override void InitializeViewModelFramework()
{
Mvx.RegisterSingleton<IMvxViewModelLoader>(() => new MvxViewModelLoader>());
}
However, even if this works, then I'd be worried that the linker might be stripping out other symbols in your app - so this might not be enough... you might need to chase this through with Xamarin.

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