Given the following code, how can I pass data from "First Name", "Last Name", etc. into my method BookASession.SendMessage();
?
RootElement CreateBookASessionRoot()
{
return new RootElement("Book a Session") {
new Section() {
new EntryElement("First Name", "First Name", ""),
new EntryElement("Last Name", "Last Name", ""),
new EntryElement("Email", "Email", "") { KeyboardType = UIKeyboardType.EmailAddress },
new DateElement("Event Date", DateTime.Now),
new RootElement ("Type of Shoot", new RadioGroup (0)){
new Section (){
new RadioElement("Wedding"),
new RadioElement("Portrait"),
new RadioElement("Boudoir"),
new RadioElement("Other")
}
} ,
new EntryElement("Message", "Message", "")
} ,
new Section () {
new StringElement("Send", delegate { BookASession.SendMessage(); } )
}
};
}
The way i like to accomplish this is by keeping references to my input elements. This way i can easily fetch their input values without having to search through the entire element tree. I'm doing so by encapsulating the creation logic for a particular screen in a separate clase, like this:
public class BookASessionScreen
{
private RootElement _root = null;
private EntryElement _firstName = null;
private EntryElement _lastName = null;
private EntryElement _email = null;
private DateElement _date = null;
private RootElement _typeOfShoot = null;
private EntryElement _message = null;
private void CreateRoot()
{
_firstName = new EntryElement("First Name", "First Name", "");
_lastName = _firstName = new EntryElement("First Name", "First Name", "");
_email = new EntryElement("Email", "Email", "") { KeyboardType = UIKeyboardType.EmailAddress };
_date = new DateElement("Event Date", DateTime.Now);
_typeOfShoot = new RootElement ("Type of Shoot", new RadioGroup (0)){
new Section () {
new RadioElement("Wedding"),
new RadioElement("Portrait"),
new RadioElement("Boudoir"),
new RadioElement("Other")
}
};
_message = new EntryElement("Message", "Message", "");
_root = new RootElement("Book a Session") {
new Section() {
_firstName,
_lastName,
_email,
_date,
_typeOfShoot,
_message
} ,
new Section () {
new StringElement("Send", delegate {
//BookASession.SendMessage(_firstName.Value, _lastName.Value, ...)
})
}
};
}
public RootElement Root
{
get {
if (_root == null) {
CreateRoot();
}
return _root;
}
}
}
Also, you may want to decouple the form processing logic by having the class expose an event, like this:
1 - Create a class that will hold the event data, extending EventArgs:
public class BookASessionArgs : EventArgs
{
public string FirstName
{
get;
set;
}
public string LastName
{
get;
set;
}
public string Email
{
get;
set;
}
}
2 - Declare your event in BookASessionScreen:
public event EventHandler BookASession;
3 - Fire the event in your delegate
if (BookASession != null) {
BookASession(this, new BookASessionArgs() {
FirstName = _firstName.Value,
LastName = _lastName.Value
//..
});
}
The problem with the value properties not getting updated can be solved by calling the method ResignFirstResponder on the element that has focus. I guess this is something iOS specific.
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