Titanium Appcelerator parent window close the new window as well

Question

I am trying to open a new window and close its parent window, so that I can't return to previous window and keep the application more efficient.

However calling close on parent window causes the new window to be closed as well, regardless if I call it before opening the new window or after. What happens is new window is being opened and then closed right away. I tried to open a new window on the event listener close for parent window... but that doesn't help.

Code example:

`app.js:`
var loginWin = Ti.UI.createWindow({
    url:login.js
});
loginWin.open();


`login.js:`

var win = Ti.UI.currentWindow;

var btn = Ti.UI.createButton({.....});
btn.addEventListener('click',function(e){

    //putting win.close() also causes the problem
    var appCoreWindow = Ti.UI.createWindow({
      url:"core.js"
    });
    win.close();
    appCoreWidnow.open();
});
win.add(btn);

Answer 1

You are creating Window object inside eventhandler and when function finishes garbage collector removes all local variables from it, including appCoreWindow.

Try this instead:

var win = Ti.UI.currentWindow;

var appCoreWindow = Ti.UI.createWindow({ url:"core.js" });

var btn = Ti.UI.createButton({.....});
btn.addEventListener('click',function(e){
    appCoreWidnow.open();
    win.close();
});
win.add(btn);