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            txtEmail.EditingDidBegin += delegate
            {
                UIUtils.SetKeyboardEditorWithCloseButton(txtEmail, UIKeyboardType.Default);
                UIUtils.AnimateTextField(View, true);
            };
            
            txtEmail.EditingDidEnd += delegate
            {
                UIUtils.AnimateTextField(View, false);
            };

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        private T callService<T>(string method, string json, string auth, bool post = false, List<string> headers = null) where T : new()
        {
            string url = string.Format("{0}/{1}", _configuration.BaseUrl, method);
            var request = WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
            request.Method = !post ? "GET" : "POST";
            request.Accept = "application/json";
            request.ContentType = "application/json";
            request.Headers["Authorization"] = auth;
            if (headers != null)
            {

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// in Resources/drawable
// I've called this RoundedButton.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
 <item android:state_pressed="true" >
     <shape android:shape="rectangle"  >
         <corners android:radius="3dip" />
         <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#5e7974" />
         <gradient android:angle="-90" android:startColor="#345953" android:endColor="#689a92"  />  

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// place this in your controller
// View is the view the control sits in
// txtSelect is the name of the textbox the spinner "sits" in - as soon as you select
// the textbox, the UIPickerView fires up
// information is a List<string>
txtSelect.EditingDidBegin += delegate
{
        txtSelect.InputView = PickerUI.CreateDropList(View, new UIPickerView(), txtSelect, information);
};