MvvmCross Binding Image with ImageButton - mvvmcross

I try to bind Image Url to image button
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/activity_image"
android:clickable="true"
android:layout_width="48dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:padding="4dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
local:MvxBind="ImageUrl Type, Converter = Activity" />
But his does not work. If I change ImageButton to Mvx.MvxImageVIew, it will work. I also tried Mvx.MvxImageButton (If this exists), it show error.
I want to know if there is way to bind image of a imagebutton

MvvmCross can only bind existing C# Properties.
MvxImageView has an ImageUrl property - ImageButton doesn't.
To get the functionality you require:
You could just use an MvxImageView class with a Click event?
You need create your own ImageButtonEx class as a subclass of ImageButton - but which adds an ImageUrl property. For how to do this, see N=18 in http://mvvmcross.wordpress.com along with the source code for MvxImageView - https://github.com/slodge/MvvmCross/blob/v3/Cirrious/Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding.Droid/Views/MvxImageView.cs

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How to make another ImageButton appear when hovering over ImageButton

How can i make so that if i hover over a imagebutton another imagebutton appears over that imagebutton and when you move your mouse outside it returns back to the first imagebutton? I have tried a lot of combinations but nothing so far.
So far i have tried
ImageButton(Drawable imageUp,
Drawable imageDown,
Drawable imageChecked)
but the setChecked(boolean isChecked) hasn't worked for this method and when using focusListener it turns the ImageButton into another ImageButton when you hover over it but it doesn't return to its first stage when you go outside the ImageButton. Any help appriciated.
Instead of using imageDown use imageOver.
According to my understanding:
imageUpdefault button
imageOverwhen the mouse/focus is over the button
imageDownwhen the button is pressed (the mouse is clicked)
imageCheckedwhen the button has the status checked
imageCheckedOverwhen the button has the status checked and the mouse/focus is over the button
imageDisabledwhen the button has the status disabled
You can use the ImageButtonStyle for this. Pass it to the consructor of your button or use the appropriate setter.
ImageButtonStylestyle = new ImageButtonStyle();
style.imageUp = imageUp;
style.imageOver = imageDown;
style.imageChecked = imageChecked;
Ps.:
I assumed you do not really want to change the button, just the displayed image.

Set view element BindingContext - mvvm cross

Is it possible to set element data context in MvvmCross?
Suppose I have:
<RelativeLayout>
<TextView/> <TextView/>
</RelativeLayout>
and I'd like to set RelativeLayout data context to viewmodel property.
XAML equivalent of:
<Grid DataContext="{Binding someProperty}">
<TextBlock/> <TextBlock/>
</Grid>
You can't currently do this directly in a single axml file in MvvmCross at present.
However:
You can use MvxFrameControl to load a sub-axml file (a bit like an include) and then set the DataContext for everything inside that sub-view
MvvmCross is open source - so you can extend and adapt it...

Force GridView To Create Not Recycle Controls

I have a GridView in a windows store app that has an ItemContainerStyleSelector. Within the style is an Image control that has a custom dependency property to set the source (This is so I can get a handle on the Image and hook up to the unloaded event).
My issue is the Image is never unloaded and seems to be reused. This means that when I set the source, the image is set on other items in the GridView as well (For Example I have an object which has no image but after scrolling away and then back again it has an image from another object).
I've tried to set virtualization mode to standard where I can but it doesn't help. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the Image that is contained in the style. This is passed to a method "OnRemoteURISourceChanged" when set. I'd expect a different image control whenever the method is called but this is not the case.
<Image x:Name="BackgroundImage" DataContext="{Binding CurrentBackdrop}" helpers:ImageExtensions.RemoteURISource="{Binding Uri}" Stretch="UniformToFill"/>
And here is my GridView
<GridView x:Name="ItemsGrid" Grid.Row="1" ItemsSource="{Binding BrowseResults}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedItem, Mode=TwoWay}" Margin="20,0,20,0"
IsItemClickEnabled="True" ItemClick="ItemsGrid_ItemClick" VirtualizingStackPanel.VirtualizationMode="Standard">
<GridView.ItemContainerStyleSelector>
<controls:UPnPCDStyleSelector CDObject="{StaticResource somestyle1}" Container="{StaticResource somestyle2}" Item="{StaticResource somestyle3}"/>
</GridView.ItemContainerStyleSelector>
<GridView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate VirtualizingStackPanel.VirtualizationMode="Standard">
<WrapGrid Orientation="Vertical" VirtualizingStackPanel.VirtualizationMode="Standard"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</GridView.ItemsPanel>
</GridView>
UPDATE: The issue appears to be the WrapGrid. If I change this to a VirtualizingStack Panel and set the VirtualizationMode to Standard then everything works as expected but obviously my items then only appear on one line and not multiple lines as I wish.
How do I set the virtualization mode of a WrapGrid?
Is there a chance your helpers:ImageExtensions.RemoteURISource doesn't clear the Image.Source when either your CurrentBackdrop property or its Uri property value is null?
Are you sure the task which is loading the img source returns to default ui context when awaiting? I don't think it is a good idea to set Image.Source property form code. The better solution would be to create a custom observable task class and bind im source to it's result. In the background you can call the task. Do you need the control to be Image? Because if it would be a control with template, it would be easier for you to do that. I can send you the class which does that if you want to.

How to change properties of elemnts\childs created with script on flash builder

Hi guys im creating/adding elemnts in my item renderer but from some reason you cant access their specific properties, you can only change the general properties. I created a LABEL component but when i do LabelName.font , nothing happens, its like flex doesnt recognize that this is a LABEL. Here is my code
var mylabel:Label = new Label()
mylabel.font
when i do "mylabel.someProperty" it only shows the general properties of any component, but how can i change other properties like font,color,size etc..
Thanks ahead [=
Fonts are defined as styles in Flex, not propeties, so you need to use the setStyle method to update it. (Not my favorite part about Flex.) For example:
myLabel.setStyle('fontFamily', newFont)
There is a difference between MXML and ActionScript in this. In MXML, styles of a component are shown as if they were properties, when they are really not. To set the fontFamily of your label in AS3 code, for example, you would use
myLabel.setStyle("fontFamily", "Arial")

In flex4 & as3 how do you change the button label dynamically?

Is there any way to change Spark button label dynamically? When i click on it, i want the label to change. I bind the String to label and gives value for the first time, but even flashBuilder shows me that Data binding will not be able to detect assignments.
Here is my button:
<s:Button name="button" label="{butt}" x="5" y="3" useHandCursor="true"
click="start()" buttonMode="true" cornerRadius="5"
skinClass="skins.CustomButtom"/>
And here is assigment:
public var butt:String = "Start";
Update
Both answers work.
Make the variable Bindable like this:
[Bindable]
public var butt:String = "Start";
It is not advisable to have buttons with changing labels.
Even if you must, it is preferable to change the label property directly instead of introducing a binding because Flash Player needs to instantiate extra listeners for bound variables.
In this case, a binding is required only if you are going to be changing the label frequently.
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