Deinit() or Deconstructor ?

Question

Is there a method called when I dialog is closed?

Answer 1

Hello Mike,

the method UpdateViewState() could be suitable for this purpose. Each component manages few common states (Enabled, Focused, etc.). When the component state changes, the component method UpdateViewState() is invoked automatically. In case of a component presented as dialog, the state Dialog is activated. When the dialog is dismissed later, the state Dialog is deactivated again. For this purpose:

Step 1: In the class implementing the dialog component, override the method UpdateViewState. (Possibly the method is already overridden, then skip over this step).

Step 2: Edit the UpdateViewState() method and implement following code:

// Is the state 'Dialog' actually active?
if ( aState.contains( Core::ViewState[ Dialog ]))
  trace "I'm dialog";
else
  trace "I'm not a dialog";

Please note, the method UpdateViewState() is also invoked when any other state alternation took place. Therefore you will get multiple 'I'm dialog' or 'I'm not dialog' log entries. You will need to add a variable to track the latest Dialog state:

Step 3: Add an new variable to your component. Name it e.g. lastDialogState.

Step 4: Adapt the data type of the variable to be bool.

Step 5: In the UpdateViewState() method use now the variable to track the Dialog state:

// Does the dialog state change?
if ( aState.contains( Core::ViewState[ Dialog ]) != lastDialogState )
{
  if ( aState.contains( Core::ViewState[ Dialog ]))
    trace "Now I'm dialog";  
  else
    trace "Now I'm not a dialog";

  // Remember the 'dialog' state
  lastDialogState = aState.contains( Core::ViewState[ Dialog ]);
}

Does it help you further?

Best regards

Paul Banach

Comments

Thanks Paul, That was very helpful.

Mike