Loading Layout in a Panel in Main

[RichardBernard]

Hi guys,

I've initialized a panel in Main using:

                 InitFrame(chat,4,Colors.Transparent,Colors.Gray)
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Sub InitFrame(pnl As Panel,BorderWidth As Float,FillColor As Int,BorderColor As Int)
   Dim Rec As Rect
   Dim Canvas1 As Canvas
   Dim BorderWidth_2 As Float
   
   BorderWidth_2=BorderWidth/2
   Rec.Initialize(BorderWidth_2,BorderWidth_2,pnl.Width-BorderWidth_2,pnl.Height-BorderWidth_2)
   Canvas1.Initialize(pnl)
   Canvas1.DrawRect(Rec,FillColor,True,FillColor)
   Canvas1.DrawRect(Rec,BorderColor,False,BorderWidth)
End Sub

Then I start an external activity that has its own layout:

                 StartActivity(ChatActivity)
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Sub Globals
   Dim txtInput As EditText
   Dim txtLog As EditText
   Dim btnSend As Button
End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   Activity.LoadLayout("chat.bal")...

How can I load the EditText and Button objects into the panel I've initialized in Main?! Is that even possible?


Thanks,
R

 

[NJDude]

See the answer HERE

 

[RichardBernard]

See the answer HERE

I saw that, but is that a limitation or is there a workaround?

Thanks,
Richard

 

[agraham]

Android is designed this way. If an Activity is not visible there is no guarantee that it and its Views actually exist. Hence the existence of the activity lifecycle and the fact that Views are only accessible to their owning activity.

 

[Erel]

If you want to pass information between two modules then you can use CallSubDelayed:
Using CallSubDelayed to interact between activities and services

If you want to reuse the implementation of a UI element then you can build it as a class.

 

[RichardBernard]

I remember seeing CallSubDelayed but wasn't sure if that's what I need. Thanks for the clarification Erel.