I try to set up an project with MVVM Cross in Windows Phone 8.1 Universal App. I used this tutorial: https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/wiki/Tip-Calc-A-Universal-Windows-App-UI-Project
Now I always get the following exception:
Program does not contain a static 'Main' method suitable for an entry point [Project].WindowsPhone
In the App Project is the entry point defined as App.cs In this class I only changed this:
var setup = new Setup(rootFrame);
setup.Initialize();
var start = Mvx.Resolve<IMvxAppStart>();
start.Start();
And this setup class:
public class Setup : MvxWindowsSetup
{
public Setup(Frame rootFrame) : base(rootFrame)
{
}
protected override IMvxApplication CreateApp()
{
return new Core.App();
}
}
Does anyone have an idea what's the reason for that? o.O
Thanks
NPadrutt
EDIT: I could solve it with creating a new project and add the hot tuna starter package. From there I added the Android and ios files from the other project one by one again.
The solution is to set the "Build Action" of your App.xaml file to "ApplicationDefinition".
If you did what I did, you at some point added an App.xaml file from scratch and this sets the build definition incorrectly.
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I'm attempting to create a version of the UWP app for the TipCalc sample here: https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross-Samples/tree/master/TipCalc
There already is a UWP version in the sample, which works fine. However I'm attempting to use Template10 (https://github.com/Windows-XAML/Template10) and I am having trouble getting the two libraries to work together.
MvvmCross wants me to modify the OnLaunched method, which has a reference to the root Frame. However, Template 10 instead abstracts this method exposing OnStartAsync which has no such reference...
There is an override in Template 10 for CreateRootFrame which seems like the right place to initialize the mvvmcross app, but this doesn't appear to work the way I expected...
Although the launched app DOES navigate to the appropriate page, and does also appear to initialize the view model (a breakpoint on the Start method in the associated VM does get hit), the page itself is blank.
comparing the Visual Tree of both apps reveals that while the existing UWP app from the sample has a Frame:
my Template10 App is loading a Modal Dialog:
I forked the original sample project and added the template 10 version, if you wish to try it for yourself: https://github.com/selaromdotnet/MvvmCross-Samples
Has anyone else been able to integrate MvvmCross with template 10? do you have any idea what i'm doing wrong, and any advice for the best practices in using both of these libraries together?
hmm it turns out that the ModalDialog is the expected behavior for Template10, according to the current docs here: https://github.com/Windows-XAML/Template10/wiki/Docs-|-Bootstrapper
I'm not familiar enough with Template10 to say why this is the case, but it does also say you can change this by overriding OnInitializeAsync, which I did, restoring the original frame in the same way the regular UWP project does:
public override async Task OnInitializeAsync(IActivatedEventArgs args)
{
Frame rootFrame = Window.Current.Content as Frame;
// Do not repeat app initialization when the Window already has content,
// just ensure that the window is active
if (rootFrame == null)
{
// Create a Frame to act as the navigation context and navigate to the first page
rootFrame = new Frame();
if (args.PreviousExecutionState == ApplicationExecutionState.Terminated)
{
//TODO: Load state from previously suspended application
}
// Place the frame in the current Window
Window.Current.Content = rootFrame;
}
if (rootFrame.Content == null)
{
var setup = new Setup(rootFrame);
setup.Initialize();
}
await Task.CompletedTask;
}
This did the trick! I'm sure I still have a ways to go (I believe Template10 has it's own way of restoring state, so I probably shouldn't be doing it here)...
but this at least change finally got me to a working app. IF you know more about what I'm doing incorrectly here or what I should be doing instead, your comments would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
I have a jodd project that uses Proxetta and JTX for creating transactions over services classes. The issue is that when I try to debug a service class I receive :
Unable to install breakpoint due to missing line number attributes
I suspect that there has something to do with they way Proxetta generates my proxies classes as it seems that in Spring if you have no interface for a class the same happens.
I use Eclispe and here how Proxetta is initialized:
public void initProxetta() {
ProxyAspect txServiceProxy = new ProxyAspect(AnnotationTxAdvice.class,
new MethodAnnotationPointcut(Transaction.class) {
#Override
public boolean apply(MethodInfo mi) {
return isPublic(mi) &&
isTopLevelMethod(mi) &&
matchClassName(mi, "*ServiceImpl") &&
super.apply(mi);
}
});
proxetta = ProxyProxetta.withAspects(txServiceProxy);
proxetta.setClassLoader(this.getClass().getClassLoader());
}
Would you please try the following quickstart webapp1 example?
Its gradle project, so you can quickly import it in any IDE. In this example, we create proxy almost exactly like you above, but on actions (which should not make a difference). Now try to put a breakpoint into the IndexAction - this one gets proxified, for example. I am able to put break point there in IntelliJ IDEA.
Moreover, I dunno why Eclipse complains about the breakpoint in the service implementation class, since Proxetta as you used above creates a proxy subclass, and does not change the target class in any way. So when you put breakpoint in the service implementation code, it is in your class, not proxy class.
Finally, did you put BP on the method, or inside the code? If it is the first (on the method), then please try to put the BP inside the code of your service: eg on first line of the method body.
I have one Windows Handheld device application which has the requirement of accessing a REST API. The REST API gives me JSON output which I am going to handle via Newton.JSON. Now to achieve modular structure I want to have the communication to the REST API be handled via a different module altogether something like a Class Library. But unfortunately it seems that it is not possible to do so via a class library(or maybe possible). So my question is what is the best alternative to do so?
Please note that I don't want to include those connectivity operations in my front end application project. And I am using .Net framework 3.5 & Windows Mobile SDK 6.0
Thanks in advance
Pseudo class library code:
public function void startQuery() //starts a thread that does the JSON query
//inside thread on query result use OnDone() delegate
private delegate void OnDone(string dateTimeString);
//In main GUI code add a reference to the class lib and init a new object then add an event handler to the OnDone delegate of the class lib
JSONClassLib myJson=new JSONClassLib();
...
myJson.OnDone+=new EventHandler(myEventHandler);
void myEventHandler(sender this, objext o){
//will be called when query is done
}
//you need to use Control.Invoke if you want to update the GUI from myEventHandler
//to start a query use something like this from your class lib
myJson.doQuery(string);
If you add your existing code we may help with creating a class lib and async code
Now I got my answer. Sorry I did a mistake while selecting the project type. I selected "Windows Form Class Library" project instead of "Smart Device Class Library" project. Now that I have selected the right one it is working fine for me.
BTW thanks for those responses.
Cheers
I think the latest version of Mvvmcross, 3.0.14, may have an anomaly in setting up the Application_Launching override of a WP phone application. Previous versions would add in:
RootFrame.Navigating += RootFrameOnNavigating;
With the implementation of RootFrameOnNavigating doing the magic of hooking into the mvx framework so that your App.Initialize and subsequent RegisterAppStart of a viewmodel would setup your first page. With this implementation missing, you start with the page defined in WMAppManifest.
To be complete, here is the previous implementation of RootFrameOnNavigating that I no longer see when setting up a new WP project with mvvmcross vis Nuget:
private void RootFrameOnNavigating(object sender, NavigatingCancelEventArgs args)
{
args.Cancel = true;
RootFrame.Navigating -= RootFrameOnNavigating;
RootFrame.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() => { Cirrious.CrossCore.Mvx.Resolve<Cirrious.MvvmCross.ViewModels.IMvxAppStart>().Start(); });
}
Nothing has changed in this area.
Previous versions would not add in that code.
Adding this code has always been the responsibility of the app developer - it's never been part of the nuget setup - see the todo list in the current nuget package %20Windows%20Phone%20UI.txt">https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/blob/v3/nuspec/PhoneContent/%20Windows%20Phone%20UI.txt
I´m developing an App that will be available for Windows Phone 8 and the Windows Store. To reduce redundancy I´m using a Portable Class Library (PCL) and on top of that I'm trying to apply the MVVM pattern with the help of the MVVM Light PCL Toolkit. The ViewModels are placed in the PCL and are bound directly in the XAML of the Apps pages.
When the data is received without an error, everything works fine. But I don´t know how to get the exceptions/error message back to the App when errors do happen.
Inside the Windows Store App errors will show as a MessageDialog while the Wp8 App will use the MessageBox class. Obviously the PCL isn´t aware of any of these classes. What I´m not getting is how to know if a ViewModel ran into an error, and how to get the message inside the App. Is this even possible when the ViewModels are bound inside the XAML?
The code in the ViewModel (inside the PCL) looks like this:
DataService.Authenticate((token, error) =>
{
if (error != null)
{
// This is, obviously, not going to work.
MessageBox.Show(error.Message);
return;
}
Token = token;
});
So I have to save the error somehow and let the App itself know the error has occurred, and then call the matching way of showing the error to the user.
Currently I´m thinking of something like defining an Error-property inside the BaseViewModel and fill it when errors in the ViewModel occur. Then, in the CodeBehind of the pages, make them aware of the current ViewModel and bind a PropertyChanged-event to this Error-property. But I was not able to implement it yet, so I don't know if this is even the right way to go.
Do I have to step down from the idea to bind the ViewModels inside the XAML, and do I instead have to initialize them inside the pages Codebehind?
Your instinct is correct, but there are more than a few ways of going about this.
First and foremost, you can use Mvvm's Messaging library, which will allow your ViewModel to send messages directly to your View. Your View can then handle it in any way it wishes, including but not limited to using a MessageDialog.
Secondly, you can also create a Function or Action (likely the former) in your ViewModelLocator for ShowMessageDialog. This Function will likely take a string and return a Task. Then, after you initialize your ViewModelLocator initially, you can inject your ShowMessageDialog code. Your ViewModels can then use whatever platform's MessageDialogs that they please.
Ex:
Note: This code uses the BCL Async libraries that are accessible in Nuget. They work in the PCL just fine.
ViewModelLocator:
public static Func<string, Task> ShowMessageDialog { get; set; }
App.xaml.cs:
ViewModelLocator.ShowMessageDialog = (message) =>
{
// For Windows Phone
return TaskFactory.StartNew(() => MessageBox.Show(message));
// For Windows 8
MessageDialog md = new MessageDialog(message);
return md.ShowAsync().AsTask();
};
ViewModel:
await ViewModelLocator.ShowMessageDialog("This is my message.");
Secondary Note: The md.ShowAsync().AsTask(); must be run on the UI Thread. This means that you will have to invoke it via the dispatcher in the case that you are running it in a task asynchronously. This is possible using a similar method of injecting the use of the app's CoreDispatcher via the RunAsync method.
This means that you can, on any platform (Windows 8 and Windows Phone shown above), inject whatever Message Dialog system you want and use it in your PCL.
I would say that it is much easier to do the first method I suggested, as that is what it is there for, but the Function method version is definitely helpful at times.