Using FlipView to create TabControl in Metro Apps - windows-runtime

Question

i'm currently creating a Metro Style Application and want to use the FlipView control to work like the tab control in WPF and winforms, please can any one help me ?

Answer 1

You would put FlipViewItems in the FlipView the same way you'd put TabItems in a TabControl. To add tabs - you could have a StackPanel with TextRadioButtonStyled RadioButtons that have their check states synchronized with the FlipView selection state. Alternatively you could have a heavily styled ListView for the headers bar.

Answer 2

i solved it by editing the flipviewitem template and making its view like the wanted tab page view. Then i added a button on the top of every item to activate it.

Answer 3

We don't have Tab Control in WP8.1 but we can customize using FlipView. Flip View has a property selected index so we can set which view we want.
Create a xaml page, for example MainPage.xaml
For Tab Header
<Border BorderThickness="0,0,0,1" BorderBrush="White" >
<Grid Grid.Row="0" Background="Black" x:Name="navigateHead" >
<TextBlock x:Name="appbarSports" Text="Sports" Tapped="appbarSports_Tapped" TextAlignment="Center" Width="80" Margin="0,34,320,7" />
<TextBlock x:Name="appbarCars" Text="Cars" Tapped="appbarCars_Tapped" Margin="160,34,160,7" TextAlignment="Center" />
<TextBlock x:Name="appbarHomes" Text="Homes" Tapped="appbarHomes_Tapped" Margin="80,34,240,7" TextAlignment="Center" />
<Image x:Name="imgLine0" Source="ms-appx:///Images/white.png" Width="80" Height="3" Stretch="Fill" Margin="0,55,320,1" ></Image>
<Image x:Name="imgLine1" Source="ms-appx:///Images/white.png" Width="80" Height="3" Stretch="Fill" Margin="81,55,239,1" Visibility="Collapsed" />
<Image x:Name="imgLine2" Source="ms-appx:///Images/white.png" Width="80" Height="3" Stretch="Fill" Margin="162,55,158,1" Visibility="Collapsed" />
</Grid>
</Border>
For Flip view XAML code is
<Grid Grid.Row="1" >
<FlipView x:Name="flipControl" SelectionChanged="flipControl_SelectionChanged" >
<FlipViewItem >
<ListView x:Name="listViewForSports" >
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Image Stretch="Fill" Source="{Binding SportsImage}"></Image>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</FlipViewItem>
<FlipViewItem >
<ListView x:Name="listViewForHomes">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Image Source="{Binding HomesImage}" Stretch="Fill"></Image>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</FlipViewItem>
<FlipViewItem >
<ListView x:Name="listViewForCars">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Image Source="{Binding CarsImage}" Stretch="Fill"></Image>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</FlipViewItem>
</FlipView>
</Grid>`
and write in code behind file MainPage.xaml.cs
Just initialize these globally:
public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
List<Sports> listOfSports;
List<Cars> listOfCars;
List<Homes> listOfHomes;
public MainPage()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
this.NavigationCacheMode = NavigationCacheMode.Required;
}
bind data to the FlipView control when page is initialized
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
flipControl.SelectedIndex = 0;
// TODO: Prepare page for display here.
// TODO: If your application contains multiple pages, ensure that you are
// handling the hardware Back button by registering for the
// Windows.Phone.UI.Input.HardwareButtons.BackPressed event.
// If you are using the NavigationHelper provided by some templates,
// this event is handled for you.
GetData();
}
This method will bind
public void GetData()
{
listOfSports = new List<Sports>();
for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++)
{
listOfSports.Add(new Sports() { SportsImage = #"ms-appx:///Images/Sports/image" + i.ToString() + ".jpg" });
}
listViewForSports.ItemsSource = listOfSports;
listOfCars = new List<Cars>();
for (int i = 1; i < 14; i++)
{
listOfCars.Add(new Cars() { CarsImage = #"ms-appx:///Images/Cars/image" + i.ToString() + ".jpg" });
}
listViewForCars.ItemsSource = listOfCars;
listOfHomes = new List<Homes>();
for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++)
{
listOfHomes.Add(new Homes() { HomesImage = #"ms-appx:///Images/Homes/image" + i.ToString() + ".jpg" });
}
listViewForHomes.ItemsSource = listOfHomes;
}
public class Cars
{
public string CarsImage { get; set; }
}
public class Sports
{
public string SportsImage { get; set; }
}
public class Homes
{
public string HomesImage { get; set; }
}`
I did with tap event to navigation withing flip view` private void appbarSports_Tapped(object sender, TappedRoutedEventArgs e)
{
// TextBlock a = sender as TextBlock;
// imgLine0.Margin = new Thickness(a.Margin.Left, 55, a.Margin.Right, 1);
flipControl.SelectedIndex = 0;
method(0);
}
private void appbarCars_Tapped(object sender, TappedRoutedEventArgs e)
{
// TextBlock a = sender as TextBlock;
//imgLine0.Margin = new Thickness(a.Margin.Left, 55, a.Margin.Right, 1);
flipControl.SelectedIndex = 2;
method(2);
}
private void appbarHomes_Tapped(object sender, TappedRoutedEventArgs e)
{
// TextBlock a = sender as TextBlock;
// imgLine0.Margin = new Thickness(a.Margin.Left, 55, a.Margin.Right, 1);
flipControl.SelectedIndex = 1;
method(1);
}
I also used for when the user flips so I used FlipView.SelectionChanged event
private void flipControl_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
FlipView viewControl = sender as FlipView;
int a = viewControl.SelectedIndex;
method(a);
}
This method() is help full for changing imageLine position
public void method(int a)
{
if (imgLine0 != null)
{
switch (a)
{
case 0:
imgLine0.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
imgLine1.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
imgLine2.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
break;
case 1:
imgLine0.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
imgLine1.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
imgLine2.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
break;
case 2:
imgLine0.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
imgLine1.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
imgLine2.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
break;
}
}
}