Or wait I was a bit quick there.

Give me a moment and I will make a test project for you to see what is
happening.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Tomasz Cielecki <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK, that seems a bit strange to me. Your suggestion works though. I
> would have though that the OverlayItem would explicitly be
> implementing Java.Lang.Object rather than just Object so that it would
> be unambiguous.
>
> Maybe someone should make a note about this somewhere so that people
> do not make the same mistake as I did.
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Atsushi Eno
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Ah, no that's not a bug :)
>> You likely have "using System;" on top of your source and that binds
>> "Object" class to System.Object type. Unlike "java.lang" package for
>> Java compilers, C# compiler does not import "Java.Lang" by default, so
>> you have to explicitly write "using Java.Lang;" .
>>
>> However, if you do that, C# compiler will error it out because "Object"
>> name is now ambiguous between "System.Object" and "Java.Lang.Object".
>> So, you will either have to give up using "using" statement or add
>> explicit declaration that "using Object = Java.Lang.Object;" .
>>
>> Atsushi Eno
>>
>>> So the OverlayItem is having the using Java.Lang; in the top of the
>>> file and is implementing Object, but then the compiler thinks it is
>>> System.Object rather than Java.Lang.Object. I guess this is a bug that
>>> you will have to correct.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile I am just using
>>>
>>> protected override Java.Lang.Object CreateItem(int index)
>>>          {
>>>              return overlayItems.ElementAt(index);
>>>          }
>>>
>>> Which seems to work fine.
>>>
>>> I have created a bug report: 
>>> http://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2358
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Atsushi Eno
>>> <[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>> Yes, as the error message tells, it must be derived from Java.Lang.Object.
>>>>
>>>> Atsushi Eno
>>>>
>>>>> Is this because Overlay item is inheriting from System.Object rather
>>>>> than Java.Lang.Object?
>>>>>
>>>>>        public class OverlayItem : Object
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Tomasz Cielecki<[email protected]>    
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I get the same error even if CreateItem returns OverlayItem. So
>>>>>> something is wrong somewhere.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Tomasz Cielecki<[email protected]>   
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>> OK. About that OverlayItem. I have a Custom overlay item which looks 
>>>>>>> like this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      class NMTOverlayItem : OverlayItem
>>>>>>>      {
>>>>>>>          private float[] color;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          public NMTOverlayItem(GeoPoint point, String title, String
>>>>>>> snippet, float[] color)
>>>>>>>              : base(point, title, snippet)
>>>>>>>          {
>>>>>>>                      this.color = color;
>>>>>>>          }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          public float[] Color
>>>>>>>          {
>>>>>>>              get { return color; }
>>>>>>>          }
>>>>>>>      }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now in the itenized overlay I have the CreateItem method:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>          protected override NMTOverlayItem CreateItem(int index)
>>>>>>>          {
>>>>>>>              return overlayItems.ElementAt(index);
>>>>>>>          }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I get the following error:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 'NSPublic.AndroidClient.NMTItemizedOverlay.CreateItem(int)': return
>>>>>>> type must be 'Java.Lang.Object' to match overridden member
>>>>>>> 'Android.GoogleMaps.ItemizedOverlay.CreateItem(int)'
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any ideas as to why this is happening?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Tomasz Cielecki<[email protected]>  
>>>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>>>> Awesome, will give it a go tomorrow :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As always good job on the new release!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Dec 5, 2011 5:38 PM, "Jonathan Pryor"<[email protected]>    wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Tomasz Cielecki wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Due to changes to how sensors work, i.e. stuff being moved into
>>>>>>>>>> SensorTypes the samples on GitHub do not work anymore.
>>>>>>>>> Changes needed to get the samples working with the new release were 
>>>>>>>>> done
>>>>>>>>> on the release-2-0 branch, which was just merged to master ~10 
>>>>>>>>> minutes ago.
>>>>>>>>> Please update your repo and see if that fixes it. :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Also there has been some changes in the ItemizedOverlay now having 
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> CreateItem method registered, but it needs to return a
>>>>>>>>>> Java.Lang.Object, does that mean that my custom OverlayItem has to
>>>>>>>>>> inherit from Java.Lang.Object? I thought OverlayItem was already a
>>>>>>>>>> Java.Lang.Object?
>>>>>>>>> OverlayItem inherits Java.Lang.Object, so your class inheriting from
>>>>>>>>> OverlayItem will also inherit Java.Lang.Object, just not directly.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Subclassing OverlayItem is fine (and required, iirc).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Is there a list of changes made in the newest release somewhere?
>>>>>>>>> http://android.xamarin.com/Releases/Mono_for_Android_4/Release_4.0.0#API_Changes
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    - Jon
>>>>>>>>>
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