Question

I have the following code:

Section _section = new Section ("Test");


foreach (ExampleData data in Example.data) {

     MessageElement Item = new MessageElement (){

    Sender = data.Name,
    Subject = data.Value,
    Body = data.Description,
    Date = data.Modified
         } ;

          _section.Add(Item);


            var root = new RootElement("Item Expanded"){

                new Section ("test2"){
                    new StringElement("Field Name", data.FieldName),
                    new StringElement("Value", data.Value),
                    new StringElement("Description", data.Description)
                }


            } ;
            _section.Add(root);

        } ;



        var _rootElement = new RootElement ("Items") {
            _section
        } ;

I would like this to work in such a way that when a Message Element is tapped it shows the section with (“test2”) that has the same data (e.g. the data was added during the same run of the loop.) I realize this will not happen currently, as it seems the Message Element
requires an Action delegate to do anything on a tap event, plus I’m adding everything to the same section. However, is there any way to replicate the behavior of multiple nested root elements and sections with a Message Element? If I create new pages/screens and try to transition that way, it rests the navigation controller and I lose the use of the back button, even if “push” is set to true.

Answer 1

Not sure what you want exactly. Replace your “Item Expanded” root element code with this to push a dialog viewcontoller on the navigation stack with a backbutton. Ofcourse your DialogViewcontroller should be in a UINavigation controller in the first place for this to work

        Item.Tapped += delegate(DialogViewController arg1, UITableView arg2, NSIndexPath arg3) 
        {
            var newDialogVC = new DialogViewController(
                UITableViewStyle.Grouped,
                new RootElement("Item Expanded")
                {
                    new Section ("test2"){
                    new StringElement("Field Name", "test"),
                    new StringElement("Value", "test"),
                    new StringElement("Description", "test")
                }
                                                }
                , true);

            arg1.NavigationController.PushViewController(newDialogVC,true);
        };