as3 StageWebView in a class not displaying - actionscript-3

Question

I am sure this is an easy one. I have one Main.as class calling a another class that is loading a StageWebView. If called by itself the StageWebView works fine, but when I call it from another class it will not display. What simple thing am I forgetting?
Perhaps it has something to do with the "stage" in the loaded class?
Main.as
public function addPopeNews()
{
thePopeNews = new popeNews();
addChild(thePopeNews);
}
PopeNews.as
package com
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.StageAlign;
import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.media.StageWebView;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
public class popeNews extends MovieClip
{
public var backBar:popeNewsBar;
public var webView:StageWebView;
public function popeNews()
{
webView=new StageWebView();
webView.stage = this.stage;
webView.loadURL("www.myUrl.com");
trace("POPE NEWS!!!"); /// trace works!
backBar = new popeNewsBar();
backBar.width = Main._screenX;
backBar.scaleY = backBar.scaleX;
webView.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, webLoaded);
webView.addEventListener(LocationChangeEvent.LOCATION_CHANGING,onChanging);
}
public function webLoaded(e:Event)
{
trace("web loaded"); // trace works!!
if (webView.isHistoryBackEnabled)
{
addChild(backBar);
backBar.bb.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goBack);
webView.viewPort = new Rectangle(0,backBar.height,Main._screenX,Main._screenY - backBar.height);
}
else
{
webView.viewPort = new Rectangle(0,0,Main._screenX,Main._screenY);
}
}
public function goBack(e:Event)
{
if (webView.isHistoryBackEnabled)
{
trace("Called GO BACK");
webView.historyBack();
removeChild(backBar);
backBar.bb.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, goBack);
return;
}
if (webView.isHistoryForwardEnabled)
{
webView.historyForward();
return;
}
}
public function onError(e:ErrorEvent):void
{
//infoBox.text="Page is not available. Try reloading.";
}
public function onChanging(e:LocationChangeEvent):void
{
//webView.viewPort = null;
trace("Called CHANGING!!!");
}
///
}
}

Answer 1

You are right, the stage is null in the PopeNews constructor. You should put your initialization code into a new method, and listen for the ADDED_TO_STAGE event.
public function popeNews()
{
addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, addedToStageHandler);
}
private function addedToStageHandler(ev:Event):void
{
webView=new StageWebView();
webView.stage = this.stage;
webView.loadURL("www.myUrl.com");
trace("POPE NEWS!!!"); /// trace works!
backBar = new popeNewsBar();
backBar.width = Main._screenX;
backBar.scaleY = backBar.scaleX;
webView.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, webLoaded);
webView.addEventListener(LocationChangeEvent.LOCATION_CHANGING,onChanging);
}
Also, by convention class names are capitalized.