Cascades Development

[marcel808]

hi

I've tried to go through all the examples I can see, I don't think I am far aware but not getting the correct data displayed.

I create a ListView in QML, define the datasource as an attachedObject. I add data to the  GroupDataModel in QML and the data is displayed. But if I try and add from c++, I see nothing. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

The QML:

import myLibrary 1.0

TabbedPane {
    id: tabpane
    showTabsOnActionBar: true
    Tab 
    {
        title: qsTr("Tab One")
        Page 
        {
            content: Container 
            {              
               attachedObjects: 
               [
                    GroupDataModel 
                    {
                        id: groupDataModel
                        objectName: "groupDataModel"
                    }
                ]
                        
                ListView 
                {
                    id: myListView
                    dataModel: groupDataModel 
                                     
                    onCreationCompleted: 
                    {
                                    groupDataModel.insert( {"Charlie" : "Charles"} );
                                    groupDataModel.insert( {"Dickie" : "Bob"} );
                                    groupDataModel.insert( {"Karen" : "Kath"} );
                                    groupDataModel.insert( {"Sammy" : "Sims"} );
                    }                                    

		    function itemType(data, indexPath) 
		    {
			if (indexPath.length == 1) 
			{
			return "header";
			}
		        return "listItem";
		    }                    
                }
            }
        }
    }    
}

 And the main app C++ (where I am trying to add data to the datasource:

#include "Listitem.hpp"
#include <bb/cascades/Application>
#include <bb/cascades/QmlDocument>
#include <bb/cascades/AbstractPane>
#include "WebImageView.h"
#include "Employee.hpp"

using namespace bb::cascades;

Listitem::Listitem(bb::cascades::Application *app)
: QObject(app)
{
	// register my Employee class
		qmlRegisterType<Employee>("myLibrary", 1, 0, "Employee");
		// standard create code
  	QmlDocument *qml = QmlDocument::create("asset:///main.qml").parent(this);
  	// get the top level tabbed pane and find the GroupDataModel within it
    mTabbedPane = qml->createRootObject<TabbedPane>();
    GroupDataModel *pModel = mTabbedPane->findChild<GroupDataModel*>("groupDataModel");
    // insert a new Employee object
    pModel->insert(new Employee("Peter", "Piper"));

// again, standard stuff 
    AbstractPane *root = qml->createRootObject<AbstractPane>();
    app->setScene(root);
}

 If I check the length of the GroupDataModel, it has increased from 4 to 5. But I think my problem is the Employee class...just not sure what!

Employee.hpp:

#include <QObject>

//using namespace bb::cascades;

class Employee : public QObject {
    Q_OBJECT

    Q_PROPERTY(QString firstName READ firstName WRITE setFirstName  FINAL)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString lastName READ lastName WRITE setLastName FINAL)


public:
    Employee(QObject *parent = 0);
    Employee(QString argLastName, QString argFirstName);

    QString firstName();
    QString lastName();

    Q_SLOT void setFirstName(QString newName);
    Q_SLOT void setLastName(QString newName);

    QString mFirstName;
    QString mLastName;
};

 and Employee.cpp:

#include "Employee.hpp"

Employee::Employee(QObject *parent) {}

Employee::Employee(QString argLastName, QString argFirstName)
{
	mFirstName = argFirstName;
	mLastName = argLastName;
}

QString Employee::firstName()
{
	return mFirstName;
}

QString Employee::lastName()
{
	return mLastName;
}

void Employee::setFirstName(QString newName)
{
	mFirstName = newName;
}

void Employee::setLastName(QString newName)
{
	mLastName = newName;
}

 I know its going to be something stupid, I apologise. But I just can;t see it

many thanks

[kylefowler]

What is the QML that displays your list items? From that code you are never setting any listitemcomponents.

[marcel808]

hi KyleFowler

i thought by creating the listview (myListView in the above QML) that was enough? doesn't the ListView handle displaying each item in the list automatically?

thanks

[marcel808]

I added section for 

listItemComponents: [
     ListItemComponent
     {
         type: "listItem"

etc

But it still only displays 4 items in the list. In my latest code I add 20 items to the groupdatamodel in the c++ code, none of them show up

[kylefowler]

I would expect that all of the c++ ones would work and none of the ones in qml. The qml data structure has no way of knowing what key to access? Post your whole listitemcomponent code, its impossible to know if it should actually be displaying anything.

I would also not do a findchild on the data model. I would do a findchild to get the listview and then from the listview get the datamodel out of it.

[marcel808]

hi KyleFowler

yeah, its the opposite! The ones in QML are displayed, the c++ is not.

The listitemcomponent code is:

	            listItemComponents: [ 
	                    // The second ListItemComponent defines how "listItem" items
	                    // should appear. These items use a Container that includes a
	                    // CheckBox and a Label.
	                ListItemComponent 
	                {
	                    type: "listItem"
	                    Container 
	                    {
	                        Label 
	                        {
	                            text: "help!!!" 
	                            textStyle 
	                            {
	                                base: SystemDefaults.TextStyles.TitleText
	                                fontWeight: FontWeight.Normal
	                            }
	                        }
	                    } // end of Container
	                } // end of second ListItemComponent
	                    
	            ] // end of listItemComponents list

 So you can see, I'm not displaying the data yet, if I try listitemdata.firstname I get "undefined".

I really appreciate the support, I'd dead in the water right now.

If you could spare a few minutes, I uploaded the whole project to:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eckejm7ihnzajs0/listitem.zip

many thanks

[kylefowler]

Did you try changing the way you access the datamodel in c++?

Its also always possible that depending on the order that things get done that the c++ code finishes before the qml loads and the qml loading wipes out the c++ items?

[marcel808]

I'm not able to get a pointer to the ListView so I can't then get the datasource from it.

In my C++ I have:

QmlDocument *qml = QmlDocument::create("asset:///main.qml").parent(this);
// Expose this class to QML so that we can call its functions from there
qml->setContextProperty("app", this);

AbstractPane *root = qml->createRootObject<AbstractPane>();
GroupDataModel *pModel = root->findChild<GroupDataModel*>("groupDataModel");
Page *pPage2 = root->findChild<Page*>("zonepage");
Container *pCont = root->findChild<Container*>("myContainer");
ListView *pList = root->findChild<ListView*>("myListView");

 GroupDataModel returns with a valid pointer but pPage2, pCont and pList are all null, I cannot get a pointer back.

Also strange, if I change the page from being a tabbedPane to just a Page (no tabs) the c++ code successfully adds the rows to the listview.

Is this a bug?

thanks

[marcel808]

I think this thread has got a bit too messy, sorry. I'll try and isolate each issue and create a clear, concise question for each

[kylefowler]

You need to use objectName to get things from QML in c++, not the ID property