I need to add menuItems in Windows phone page. I know how to add it in single page.
However is it possible to add a menuItems to couple of pages by assigning it in single page/somewhere (ie Common menuItem (Say Home) which should be appears in all pages)
I think you should go for a USER CONTROL. You can have it to multiple pages. You can have Reference to create it here Why and how to create a User Control in Windows Phone
You could create a helper/factory class that creates your base app bar and/or individual menu items.
public class AppBarHelper
{
public static ApplicationBar CreateCommmonAppBar()
{
// return app bar with common menu items..etc.
}
public static ApplicationBarMenuItem CreateHomeMenuItem()
{
// return your menu item
}
}
And then in your pages you could call it like this in the constructor
public MainPage()
{
ApplicationBar = AppBarHelper.CreateCommonAppBar();
}
Related
In a MvvmCross app, I have a page with the classic chat behavior (WhatsApp like): this page shows the history of messages exchanged between two users with the last message at the bottom of the list.
I've successfully implemented the view in Windows Phone 8.1, but I'm struggling with a problem in Android.
I'll give you a short introduction and description of my problem and next I'll go through technical details.
INTRODUCTION
Actually, my need is to apply different style to messages sent by different users: tipically align left messages sent from other user and align right messages sent by me (I do this through the weight property); I need to apply a different drawable background and set different gravity property also.
I use custom binding because, AFAIK, those properties cannot be binded with classic binding: local:MvxBind="Gravity MyPropery" doesn't work because there is no Gravity property.
So, I have of course two axml files:
the first one contains the Mvx.MvxListView
the second one contains the item template for MvxListView
And I've created three different custombinding (for Background, Gravity and Weight) following these guides:
http://slodge.blogspot.it/2013/06/n28-custom-bindings-n1-days-of-mvvmcross.html
In MvvmCross how do I do custom bind properties
THE PROBLEM
I want that, when a user opens the chat View, the list widget shows automatically the last message. To accomplish this, I scroll programmatically the list to the last message and this seems to be the problem.
If I don't scroll programmatically, when I open the page and scroll manually to the end of the page, all custom bindings are applied successfully: I can see messages aligned right and left, with correct background and weight applied.
If I force the scroll programmatically, when I open the page I see a strange behavior: all the messages are present (classic binding, such as Text property, have been successfully applied), but custom bindings are missing. All the messages have the same background and are all left aligned.
BUT, if I scroll manually up and down, the custom binding are processed and the messages are displayed with right style.
DEBUG ANALYSIS
To debug the behaviour I've put a simple static counter in a custom binding procedure to track every time the function is processed.
public class LinearLayoutWeightTargetBinding : MvxAndroidTargetBinding
{
public static int debugCounter = 0;
public LinearLayoutWeightTargetBinding(object target) : base(target)
{
}
protected LinearLayout MyTarget
{
get { return (LinearLayout)Target; }
}
public override Type TargetType { get { return typeof(bool); } }
protected override void SetValueImpl(object target, object value)
{
var ll = (LinearLayout)target;
var itsMe = (bool)value;
var weight = itsMe ? (float)20.0 : (float)5.0;
var layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WrapContent, weight);
ll.LayoutParameters = layoutParams;
Log.Debug("MeeCHAT", string.Format("LinearLayoutWeightTargetBinding::SetValueImpl::ItsMe:{0} - counter:{1}", itsMe, ++debugCounter));
}
public override MvxBindingMode DefaultMode { get {return MvxBindingMode.TwoWay;} }
}
By this way I saw that actually by scrolling up and down the custom bindings are applied (debugCounter increases correctly).
BUT when I apply the programmatically scroll, only the first 10 items are processed by the custom bindings and this seems the reason why I see the messages without the right style. Because I have a long list, only the first 10 items are processed but they are not visible (they are out of the visible area) and the visibile items have not been processed.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Here are some details related to technical aspects of my app. I try to give you all important aspects.
ORGANIZATION OF THE VIEWS
By following the approach described by Greg Shackles in this article http://gregshackles.com/presenters-in-mvvmcross-navigating-android-with-fragments/ I have just one general Activity for the app and one Fragment for each View; then through a Presenter is possible to activate the right ViewModel and manage the stack of the navigation.
The Fragment for the View where I have the Mvx.MvxListView widget is
public class MyMatchersChatView : MvxFragment
{
public override View OnCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
var ignore = base.OnCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);
var result = this.BindingInflate(Resource.Layout.MyMatchersChatView, null);
var headerFrame = result.FindViewById<FrameLayout>(Resource.Id.headerFrameMyMatchersChatView);
var headerWidget = new HeaderWidget() { ViewModel = this.ViewModel };
var tran = ChildFragmentManager.BeginTransaction();
tran.Add(headerFrame.Id, headerWidget, "headerMyMatchersChat");
tran.Commit();
var listView = result.FindViewById<MvxListView>(Resource.Id.messagesList);
listView.SetSelection(listView.Adapter.Count - 1); // Scroll to the end of the list
return result;
}
}
The statement listView.SetSelection(listView.Adapter.Count - 1); force the list to scroll to the end.
Last two things: how the custom bindings are registered and how are applied in axml file.
REGISTRATION OF CUSTOM BINDING
In Setup.cs I have:
protected override void FillTargetFactories(IMvxTargetBindingFactoryRegistry registry)
{
base.FillTargetFactories(registry);
registry.RegisterFactory(new MvxCustomBindingFactory<LinearLayout>("CustomWeight",
(b) => new LinearLayoutWeightTargetBinding(b)));
}
APPLYING OF CUSTOM BINDING
In my axml I have:
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
local:MvxBind="CustomWeight IsCurrentUser">
LISTVIEW AND VIEWMODEL
Here is the code of ListView
<Mvx.MvxListView
android:id="#+id/messagesList"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
local:MvxBind="ItemsSource MyMessages"
local:MvxItemTemplate="#layout/mymatcherschatview_itemtemplate" />
and the property in ViewModel
private IEnumerable<MyMatchMessageModel> _myMessages;
public IEnumerable<MyMatchMessageModel> MyMessages
{
get { return _myMessages; }
set
{
_myMessages = value;
RaisePropertyChanged(() => MyMessages);
}
}
ENVIRONMENT
Finally, here is my environment:
Visual Studio 2015
MvvmCross 3.5.1
Core targets: .NET Framework 4.5, Windows 8, ASP.NET Core 5.0, Windows Phone 8.1, Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.iOS (Classic)
The Android app target is API Level 19 (Xamarin.Android v4.4 Support)
Xamarin 3.11.1450.0
Xamarin.Android 5.1.6.7
Someone can help me to understand if I'm doing something wrong?
Thanks for reading and for any help!
>>EDIT 1<<
I've changed my layout by adding stackFromBottom and transcriptMode properties and by removing the scrolling to below programmatically in Fragment obtaining an auto-scroll behavior, but the problem still remains: to see messages with correct style I have to manually scroll up and down (to activate the custom bindings)
Here is the new axml...
<Mvx.MvxListView
android:id="#+id/messagesList"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:stackFromBottom="true"
android:transcriptMode="alwaysScroll"
local:MvxBind="ItemsSource MyMessages"
local:MvxItemTemplate="#layout/mymatcherschatview_itemtemplate" />
...and the new code in Fragment
public override View OnCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
var ignore = base.OnCreateView(inflater, container, savedInstanceState);
var result = this.BindingInflate(Resource.Layout.MyMatchersChatView, null);
var headerFrame = result.FindViewById<FrameLayout>(Resource.Id.headerFrameMyMatchersChatView);
var headerWidget = new HeaderWidget() { ViewModel = this.ViewModel };
var tran = ChildFragmentManager.BeginTransaction();
tran.Add(headerFrame.Id, headerWidget, "headerMyMatchersChat");
tran.Commit();
return result;
}
First thing I would do is to make sure that your custom binding is always getting called.
Set a breakpoint on the SetValueImpl() method and check it´s getting called on those problematic items. If that happens, then the issue relies on the view no getting updated for any reason and you should work on that. If it doesn´t break, you will know for sure it´s a custom binding problem (possibly a bug) in MvxAdapter.
If you find out it´s the second one. I would suggest getting rid of your custom binding and creating your own ChatListAdapter : MvxAdapter as follows:
public class CoolChatListAdapter : MvxAdapter
{
public CoolChatListAdapter(Context context, IMvxAndroidBindingContext bindingContext) : base(context, bindingContext)
{
}
protected override View GetBindableView(View convertView, object source, int templateId)
{
var item = source as MyMatchMessageModel;
var weight = item.IsCurrentUser ? (float) 20.0 : (float) 5.0;
var ll = (LinearLayout) convertView;
var layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(0, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WrapContent, weight);
ll.LayoutParameters = layoutParams;
return base.GetBindableView(convertView, source, templateId);
}
}
Then, in your android view:
var adapter = new ChatListAdapter(this, (IMvxAndroidBindingContext)BindingContext);
_chatList = FindViewById<MvxListView>(Resource.Id.chat_list_view);
_chatList.Adapter = adapter;
I am new to automation and want to create an automation test which can do following:
Open one tab --- click and get some info from that tab
Switch to another tab --- click and get some info from this tab now.
Compare the infos.
We use Page Object Model to get info from one page. However the moment, I switch to another tab -- it switches the tab successfully but does not locate any element on it.
Any idea ?
Questions I would ask is,
Is the element locator correct?
Is this a unique element locator?
Is this a synchronization issue? Are you waiting enough for the page to load before finding the element?
Is this problem particular to a browser? Is it consistent across?
Also make sure you pass on the driver object from one page object to the other. Like,
public class PageOne {
public PageOne(WebDriver driver) {
//do something in constructor
}
public void someMethodInPage1() {
driver.findElement(By.id("button1")).click();
PageTwo pageTwo = new PageTwo(driver);
pageTwo.someMethodInPage2();
}
}
public class PageTwo {
private WebDriver driver;
public PageTwo(WebDriver driver) {
//do something in constructor
this.driver = driver;
}
public void someMethodInPage2() {
driver.findElement(By.id("button2")).click();
}
}
I'm working on a project for iOS using mvvmcross.
App navigation goes like this: first it starts from the splash screen (1), them it navigates to (2), a view to select between 3 options, in view (3) and (4) you get a list and also could navigate back to (2), if you select an item in (3) you navigate to (5) in a modal way.
Lastly, all navigation end up in (6), a view with an hamburger menu.
So I have traditional navigation(with back button), modal views and a hamburger menu at the end.
It would be great if someone could help me or guide me to see how to create a custom presenter for this navigation scheme.
I'm using MvxModalNavSupportTouchViewPresenter and a SlidingPanelsNavigationViewController, but don't know how to swap them when I navigate from (2,4,5) to (6)
A presenter is just something that implements https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/blob/develop/MvvmCross/Core/Core/Views/IMvxViewPresenter.cs
public interface IMvxViewPresenter
{
void Show(MvxViewModelRequest request);
void ChangePresentation(MvxPresentationHint hint);
}
This is are really simple interface and it allows shared portable code like ViewModels to request changes in the display.
For the case where you want a Show request to change the entire UI from one display paradigm (modal navigation controller) to another (sliding panels), then one way to do this is to implement a presenter which has two child presenters and which simply switches them over.
In pseudo code this might look like:
public class MyPresenter : IMvxViewPresenter
{
private IMvxViewPresenter _currentPresenter;
private ModalPresenter _modalPresenter;
private SlidingPresenter _slidingPresenter;
private enum Style
{
Modal, Panels
}
private Style _currentStyle;
public MyPresenter()
{
// do whatever you need to do here to:
// - construct _modalPresenter and _slidingPresenter
// - make _modalPresenter attached to the window (via root view controller)
// - make _slidingPresenter hidden/unattached
_currentStyle = Style.Modal;
_currentPresenter = _modalPresenter;
}
public void Show(MvxViewModelRequest request)
{
if (_currentStyle == Style.Modal &&
request.ViewModelType == typeof(WhateverViewModelIndicatesTheSwitchIsNeeded))
{
DoSwitch(request);
return;
}
_currentPresenter.Show(request);
}
public void ChangePresentation(MvxPresentationHint hint)
{
_currentPresenter.ChangePresentation(hint);
}
private void DoSwitch(MvxViewModelRequest request)
{
// do whatever is necessary to:
// - remove _modalPresenter from the window
// - add _panelPresenter to the window
// - show `request` within _panelPresenter
_currentPresenter = _panelPresenter;
_currentStyle = Style.Panelsl
}
}
Obviously, there are some details to fill in within this pseudo-code - e.g. there are some viewcontrollers to be added and removed from the window - but this is just standard iOS manipulation - e.g. see lots of questions and answers like Changing root view controller of a iOS Window and Change rootViewController from uiviewcontroller to uinavigationcontroller
How do I modify the SuspensionManager object in a Metro App, to SaveState for the MainPage only and discard State and Navigation for any child pages?
E.g. I have a MainPage that allows you to Navigate to a ChildPage. If the Metro App is Closed or Suspended, I want the ChildPage to override the MainPage state values.
Now, the next time the user opens the app, the MainPage should open and not the ChildPage. Also the MainPage should show State that the ChildPage updated before the app was Closed or Suspended.
Any ideas on how the SuspensionManager object can be safely modified to accomplish this?
Why not just add your data from the ChildPage to the SessionState dictionatry and fill it into the MainPage when the app resumes ?
You don't even need to modify the SuspensionManager for doing that!
public BasicPage1() {
this.InitializeComponent();
Application.Current.Suspending += Current_Suspending;
Application.Current.Resuming += Current_Resuming;
}
void Current_Resuming( object sender, object e ) {
var name = SuspensionManager.SessionState["name"].ToString();
}
void Current_Suspending( object sender, Windows.ApplicationModel.SuspendingEventArgs e ) {
SuspensionManager.SessionState.Add( "name", "danielovich" );
}
Using the suggestion from Danielovich (which is NOT complete), the solution is 2 parts:
Firstly:
No longer save state in the pageState object, instead save state
using the SessionState object. Why? This is so that all Pages can share the same State information.
Secondly:
To ensure, that NavigationState is not saved so that MainPage is always the default page, we need to change the SaveFrameNavigationState in SuspensionManager as follows:
private static void SaveFrameNavigationState(Frame frame)
{
var frameState = SessionStateForFrame(frame);
frame.GetNavigationState();
frameState["Navigation"] = "1,1,0,15,Skycap.MainPage,12,0";
}
I have an application with a popup menu. I'd like to use the popup in the usual way (i.e., it should appear when the user right-clicks anywhere in the window), but I'd also like to attach it to the main MenuBar at the top of the window. I'm not sure how to do this.
I'd thought it would as simple as calling
myJMenuBar.add(myPopupMenu)
but this doesn't work.
JMenuBar.add() wants a JMenu parameter, not a JPopupMenu.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Instead of trying to reuse the JPopupMenu object, the best approach would be to encapsulate the actions that the menus perform, and reuse those. The popup would trigger those actions, as would the menu items.
From the Action JavaDoc:
In addition to the actionPerformed method defined by the ActionListener interface, this interface allows the application to define, in a single place:
One or more text strings that describe the function. These strings can be used, for example, to display the flyover text for a button or to set the text in a menu item.
One or more icons that depict the function. These icons can be used for the images in a menu control, or for composite entries in a more sophisticated user interface.
The enabled/disabled state of the functionality. Instead of having to separately disable the menu item and the toolbar button, the application can disable the function that implements this interface. All components which are registered as listeners for the state change then know to disable event generation for that item and to modify the display accordingly.
and
JPopupMenu, JToolBar and JMenu all provide convenience methods for creating a component and setting the Action on the corresponding component. Refer to each of these classes for more information.
I had the same issue. A right-mouse-click as well as a top menu with exactly the same (complicated) set of menu items. The 'Action' class is something to consider if you are talking about enablement choices, but it's not dealing with visibility and in my case there was also a dynamic list of entries based on a current selection that I wanted to reuse.
So I ended up implementing a 'Bridge' design pattern (I think) for the methods I actually use (add() and addSeparator()):
public static class MenuBridge
{
private JPopupMenu popupMenu;
private JMenu menu;
public MenuBridge(JPopupMenu popupMenu)
{
this.popupMenu = popupMenu;
}
public MenuBridge(JMenu menu)
{
this.menu = menu;
}
public void addSeparator()
{
if(popupMenu!=null) popupMenu.addSeparator();
else menu.addSeparator();
}
public void add(JMenuItem item)
{
if(popupMenu!=null) popupMenu.add(item);
else menu.add(item);
}
}
So then I can write a reusable method that computes the menu items and synchronize my right mouse click with the top-level menu:
public void addTaskMenuItems(DefaultMenu menu, List<MDProcTask> taskList)
{
...
menu.add()/menu.addSeparator()
...
}
addTaskMenuItems(new DefaultMenu(popupMenu),taskList);
...
taskMenu.addMenuListener( new MenuListener() {
public void menuCanceled(MenuEvent menuevent)
{
}
public void menuDeselected(MenuEvent menuevent)
{
}
public void menuSelected(MenuEvent menuevent)
{
taskMenu.removeAll();
addTaskMenuItems( new DefaultMenu(taskMenu),getSelectedTasks());
taskMenu.revalidate();
}});