This section describes how to add a FlexGrid control to your iOS app and add data to it. This topic comprises of three steps:
The following image shows how the FlexGrid appears, after completing the steps above:
Add a new class, Customer.cs, to serve as the data source for FlexGrid.
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public class Customer :
INotifyPropertyChanged,
IEditableObject
{
#region ** fields
int _id, _countryId, _orderCount;
string _first, _last;
string _address, _city, _postalCode, _email;
bool _active;
DateTime _lastOrderDate;
double _orderTotal;
static Random _rnd = new Random();
static string[] _firstNames = "Andy|Ben|Charlie|Dan|Ed|Fred|Gil|Herb".Split('|');
static string[] _lastNames = "Ambers|Bishop|Cole|Danson|Evers|Frommer|Griswold|Heath".Split('|');
static KeyValuePair<string, string[]>[] _countries = "China-Beijing|India-Mumbai,Delhi|United States-New York|Japan-Tokio,Ōsaka".Split('|').Select(str => new KeyValuePair<string, string[]>(str.Split('-').First(), str.Split('-').Skip(1).First().Split(','))).ToArray();
static string[] _emailServers = "gmail|yahoo|outlook|aol".Split('|');
static string[] _streetNames = "Main|Broad|Grand|Panoramic|Green|Golden|Park|Fake".Split('|');
static string[] _streetTypes = "ST|AVE|BLVD".Split('|');
static string[] _streetOrientation = "S|N|W|E|SE|SW|NE|NW".Split('|');
#endregion
#region ** initialization
public Customer()
: this(_rnd.Next(10000))
{
}
public Customer(int id)
{
Id = id;
FirstName = GetRandomString(_firstNames);
LastName = GetRandomString(_lastNames);
Address = GetRandomAddress();
CountryId = _rnd.Next() % _countries.Length;
var cities = _countries[CountryId].Value;
City = GetRandomString(cities);
PostalCode = _rnd.Next(10000, 99999).ToString();
Email = string.Format("{0}@{1}.com", (FirstName + LastName.Substring(0, 1)).ToLower(), GetRandomString(_emailServers));
LastOrderDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(-_rnd.Next(1, 365)).AddHours(_rnd.Next(0, 24)).AddMinutes(_rnd.Next(0, 60));
OrderCount = _rnd.Next(0, 100);
OrderTotal = Math.Round(_rnd.NextDouble() * 10000.00, 2);
Active = _rnd.NextDouble() >= .5;
}
#endregion
#region ** object model
public int Id
{
get { return _id; }
set
{
if (value != _id)
{
_id = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public string FirstName
{
get { return _first; }
set
{
if (value != _first)
{
_first = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
OnPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
}
public string LastName
{
get { return _last; }
set
{
if (value != _last)
{
_last = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
OnPropertyChanged("Name");
}
}
}
public string Address
{
get { return _address; }
set
{
if (value != _address)
{
_address = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public string City
{
get { return _city; }
set
{
if (value != _city)
{
_city = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public int CountryId
{
get { return _countryId; }
set
{
if (value != _countryId && value > -1 && value < _countries.Length)
{
_countryId = value;
//_city = _countries[_countryId].Value.First();
OnPropertyChanged();
OnPropertyChanged("Country");
OnPropertyChanged("City");
}
}
}
public string PostalCode
{
get { return _postalCode; }
set
{
if (value != _postalCode)
{
_postalCode = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public string Email
{
get { return _email; }
set
{
if (value != _email)
{
_email = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public DateTime LastOrderDate
{
get { return _lastOrderDate; }
set
{
if (value != _lastOrderDate)
{
_lastOrderDate = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public TimeSpan LastOrderTime
{
get
{
return LastOrderDate.TimeOfDay;
}
}
public int OrderCount
{
get { return _orderCount; }
set
{
if (value != _orderCount)
{
_orderCount = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public double OrderTotal
{
get { return _orderTotal; }
set
{
if (value != _orderTotal)
{
_orderTotal = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public bool Active
{
get { return _active; }
set
{
if (value != _active)
{
_active = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
}
public string Name
{
get { return string.Format("{0} {1}", FirstName, LastName); }
}
public string Country
{
get { return _countries[_countryId].Key; }
}
public double OrderAverage
{
get { return OrderTotal / (double)OrderCount; }
}
#endregion
#region ** implementation
// ** utilities
static string GetRandomString(string[] arr)
{
return arr[_rnd.Next(arr.Length)];
}
static string GetName()
{
return string.Format("{0} {1}", GetRandomString(_firstNames), GetRandomString(_lastNames));
}
// ** static list provider
public static ObservableCollection<Customer> GetCustomerList(int count)
{
var list = new ObservableCollection<Customer>();
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
list.Add(new Customer(i));
}
return list;
}
private static string GetRandomAddress()
{
if (_rnd.NextDouble() > 0.9)
return string.Format("{0} {1} {2} {3}", _rnd.Next(1, 999), GetRandomString(_streetNames), GetRandomString(_streetTypes), GetRandomString(_streetOrientation));
else
return string.Format("{0} {1} {2}", _rnd.Next(1, 999), GetRandomString(_streetNames), GetRandomString(_streetTypes));
}
// ** static value providers
public static KeyValuePair<int, string>[] GetCountries() { return _countries.Select((p, index) => new KeyValuePair<int, string>(index, p.Key)).ToArray(); }
public static string[] GetFirstNames() { return _firstNames; }
public static string[] GetLastNames() { return _lastNames; }
#endregion
#region ** INotifyPropertyChanged Members
// this interface allows bounds controls to react to changes in the data objects.
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
{
OnPropertyChanged(new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
protected void OnPropertyChanged(PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
PropertyChanged(this, e);
}
#endregion
#region IEditableObject Members
// this interface allows transacted edits (user can press escape to restore previous values).
Customer _clone;
public void BeginEdit()
{
_clone = (Customer)this.MemberwiseClone();
}
public void EndEdit()
{
_clone = null;
}
public void CancelEdit()
{
if (_clone != null)
{
foreach (var p in this.GetType().GetRuntimeProperties())
{
if (p.CanRead && p.CanWrite)
{
p.SetValue(this, p.GetValue(_clone, null), null);
}
}
}
}
#endregion
}
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Complete the following steps to initialize a FlexGrid control in C#.
To initialize FlexGrid control, open the ViewController file from the Solution Explorer and replace its content with the code below. This overrides the ViewDidLoad method of the View controller in order to initialize FlexGrid.
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public partial class GettingStartedController: UIViewController { public GettingStartedController (IntPtr handle) : base (handle) { } public override void ViewDidLoad() { base.ViewDidLoad(); grid.ItemsSource = Customer.GetCustomerList(100); } public override void ViewDidLayoutSubviews() { base.ViewDidLayoutSubviews(); grid.Frame = new CGRect(this.View.Frame.X, this.View.Frame.Y, this.View.Frame.Width, this.View.Frame.Height); } } |
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Press F5 to run the application.
