Using the DataView in XPages Extension Library Mobile Controls

Question

On page 1 of a mobile app I need to display categories from a categorised view. When the user selects a category the app should transition to page 2 showing documents in the selected category. The customer does not want the category to expand/collapse on the first page of the app.

Would I use the DataView for this? Any advice on how best to achieve this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

if something like this http://sutol.mapsys.cz/ (application is in Czech, but you can still see what it is about) is what you need, I can send you the code. "dopoledne" and "odpoledne" are categories

Answer 2

Yes what you want is a dataview, there is a property to disable collapsing / expanding of the category sections.

My suggestion would be to view either of the remodelled templates "Discussion 853 XL" or "Teamroom 853 XL" that come with the ExtLib, these applications have been modified to add mobile front ends and are great examples of how to build mobile applications

Answer 3

I do something along these lines in mobile pages of XPages Help Application - Contents and Index views both drill down from categories to documents in the category. I think I just use a repeat control.

The one thing to bear in mind is that you cannot currently redirect to the current Mobile Page with different parameters. That's why I switch between two mobile pages that use the same Custom Control for the view.