I'm pretty new to MVVM so bear with me.
I'm working on an application that contains a contacts list. I've defined a contact user control with the following model:
public class Client
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string MiddleName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }
public string Address1 { get; set; }
public string Address2 { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string State { get; set; }
public string ZipCode { get; set; }
public int CustomerID { get; set; }
public string FullName
{
get
{
string result = FirstName;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(result))
result = MiddleName;
else if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(MiddleName))
result += string.Format(" {0}", MiddleName);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(result))
result = LastName;
else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(LastName))
result += string.Format(" {0}", LastName);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(result))
result = "";
return result;
}
}
}
And the following ViewModel:
public class ClientViewModel : ObservableObject
{
public Client Customer
{
get
{
return _customer;
}
set
{
_customer = value;
RaisePropertyChangedEvent("Customer");
}
}
public string FullName { get { return _customer.FullName; } }
public string PhoneNumber { get { return _customer.PhoneNumber; } }
public string Address1 { get { return _customer.Address1; } }
public string Address2 { get { return _customer.Address2; } }
public string City { get { return _customer.City; } }
public string State { get { return _customer.State; } }
public string ZipCode { get { return _customer.ZipCode; } }
Client _customer = new Client();
}
And the following View:
<UserControl x:Class="LawnCareManager.Views.ClientView"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:LawnCareManager.ViewModels"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="180" d:DesignWidth="300">
<UserControl.DataContext>
<local:ClientViewModel/>
</UserControl.DataContext>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="1*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Row="0"
Grid.Column="0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="Name: "/>
<Label Grid.Row="0"
Grid.Column="1"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="{Binding FullName}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="Phone Number: "/>
<Label Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="1"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="{Binding PhoneNumber}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="2"
Grid.Column="0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="Address 1: "/>
<Label Grid.Row="2"
Grid.Column="1"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="{Binding Address1}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="3"
Grid.Column="0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="Address 2: "/>
<Label Grid.Row="3"
Grid.Column="1"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="{Binding Address2}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="4"
Grid.Column="0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="City: "/>
<Label Grid.Row="4"
Grid.Column="1"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="{Binding City}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="5"
Grid.Column="0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="State: "/>
<Label Grid.Row="5"
Grid.Column="1"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="{Binding State}"/>
<Label Grid.Row="6"
Grid.Column="0"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Right"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="Zip Code: "/>
<Label Grid.Row="6"
Grid.Column="1"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
Margin="10,0,0,0"
Content="{Binding ZipCode}"/>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
Now, I want to create a user control that contains a list of contacts defined in the ViewModel below:
public class ClientsListViewModel : ObservableObject
{
public ObservableCollection<ClientViewModel> Clients
{
get { return _clients; }
set { _clients = value; }
}
ObservableCollection<ClientViewModel> _clients = new ObservableCollection<ClientViewModel>();
public ClientsListViewModel()
{
ClientViewModel client = new ClientViewModel();
client.Customer.FirstName = "John";
client.Customer.LastName = "Doe";
client.Customer.PhoneNumber = "555-555-5555";
client.Customer.Address1 = "1234 Fake Street";
client.Customer.City = "Springfield";
_clients.Add(client);
}
}
And the View below:
<UserControl x:Class="LawnCareManager.Views.ClientsListView"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:LawnCareManager.ViewModels"
xmlns:views="clr-namespace:LawnCareManager.Views"
mc:Ignorable="d"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300">
<UserControl.DataContext>
<local:ClientsListViewModel/>
</UserControl.DataContext>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="1*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Label Content="Contacts"
Grid.Row="0"
Grid.Column="0"/>
<ListView Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" ItemsSource="{Binding Clients}" x:Name="listView">
<ListView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<views:ClientView DataContext="{Binding}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ListView.ItemTemplate>
</ListView>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
The problem is that the ClientView ListViewItems in the ClientsListView are not binding correctly to the ObservableCollection of ClientViewModels. The correct number of ClientViews shows up in the list if I add more ClientViewModels, but none of the labels in the ClientView are populating.
Could somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Any feedback is greatly appreciated!