WPF binding not updating the view

Question

I have a textblock:

<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="StatusText" Margin="0,20" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding StatusText}">
            ... Status ...
</TextBlock>

codebehind:

public StatusPage()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    this.DataContext = new StatusPageViewModel(this);
}

and in viewModel:

private string _statusText;
/// <summary>
/// Status text
/// </summary>
public string StatusText
{
    get { return _statusText; }
    set { _statusText = value; }
}

and in function in viewModel:

string statusText = Status.GetStatusText();
this.StatusText = statusText;

GetStatusText() returns string like "Work done" etc. Values from that functions are assinged to the this.StatusText but the TextBlock's text property don't change and is showing still placeholder "... Status..."

I'm aware of questions like this --> CLICK<--- but after reading this I'm still not able to find solution

@Update

After your suggestions i updated my code and now I have this:

public string StatusText
{
    get 
    {
        return _statusText;
    }
    set 
    {
        _statusText = value; 
        RaisePropertyChanged("StatusText");
    }
}

and declaration of viewModel:

 public class StatusPageViewModel : ObservableObject, INavigable

where:

ObservableObject class is:

public abstract class ObservableObject : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members

    /// <summary>
    /// Raises the PropertyChange event for the property specified
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="propertyName">Property name to update. Is case-sensitive.</param>
    public virtual void RaisePropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {
        OnPropertyChanged(propertyName);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Raised when a property on this object has a new value.
    /// </summary>
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    /// <summary>
    /// Raises this object's PropertyChanged event.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="propertyName">The property that has a new value.</param>
    protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
    {

        PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = this.PropertyChanged;
        if (handler != null)
        {
            var e = new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName);
            handler(this, e);
        }
    }

    #endregion // INotifyPropertyChanged Members
}

But its still not working

Answer 1

You need to implement INotifyPropertyChanged in your ViewModel order to notify the View that the property has changed.

Here's a link to the MSDN page for it: System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged

The most important thing to note is that you should raise the PropertyChanged event in your property setter.

Answer 2

Add binding mode two way, because by default Textblock's binding mode is one way

<TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="StatusText" Margin="0,20" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding StatusText, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}">
            ... Status ...
</TextBlock>

and also, of course you need to implement INotifyPropertyChanged for the purpose, refer to this link for how to implement.

Answer 3

When working with DataModels you have to be sure the model is complete at intial load. So if you do this: this.DataContext = mainViewModel and some parts of you mainViewModel are NOT loaded (=null) then you are not able to bind them. Example, I have a Model within that model an object Program. I bind to Text of a TextBlock to Model.Program.Name. The Program object is not connected at initial load so you will have to rebind to a loaded object after because otherwise no notifications can be send.