Page¶

Pages contain the control definitions that make up each app page.

Page Properties¶

Property	Type	Required	Default
ActionBar	ActionBar	Optional
Caption	`string`	Optional
Controls	`array`	Optional
DataSubscriptions	DataSubscriptions	Optional
OnActivityBackPressed	ActionOrRule	Optional
OnCustomEventDataReceived	ActionOrRule	Optional
OnLoaded	ActionOrRule	Optional
OnResume	ActionOrRule	Optional
OnReturning	ActionOrRule	Optional
OnUnloaded	ActionOrRule	Optional
PrefersLargeCaption	`boolean`	Optional	`false`
PullDown	PullDown	Optional
Result	TargetPath	Optional
ToolBar	ToolBar	Optional
_Name	`string`	Optional
_Type	`const`	Required

ActionBar¶

The navigation bar that is typically at the top of the page.

type: ActionBar

Caption¶

Title caption of the app.

type: string

Controls¶

List of controls appearing in page content. Typically, it only supports a maximum of 1 control. It supports 2 controls only when the first control is a SectionedTable that contains either ObjectHeader or ProfileHeader or KPIHeader and the second control is a Tab control.

type: array

All items must be of the type:

One of the following conditions need to be fulfilled.

DataSubscriptions¶

Array of data change events to subscribe to.

type: DataSubscriptions

OnActivityBackPressed¶

The event handler is triggered when the user selects the system back button. This is applicable to Android platforms only. PLT formatter is not supported.

type: ActionOrRule
Formatter and Binding are not supported

OnCustomEventDataReceived¶

This event is not triggered automatically. It can be called using executeCustomEvent PageProxy API from extensions, rules, etc.

type: ActionOrRule
Formatter and Binding are not supported

OnLoaded¶

The event handler that will be triggered when the page is loaded for the first time. It will not be triggered on returning from another page. It will only be triggered again if the page is closed and reopened. PLT formatter is supported.

type: ActionOrRule
Formatter and Binding are not supported

OnResume¶

The event handler that will be triggered when the app is resuming from background and the page is the current active page. PLT formatter is supported.

type: ActionOrRule
Formatter and Binding are not supported

OnReturning¶

The event handler that will be triggered when the app return to the page from another page through backward navigation or closing of modal page. PLT formatter is supported.

type: ActionOrRule
Formatter and Binding are not supported

OnUnloaded¶

The event handler that will be triggered when the page is unloaded i.e. when user navigate back or close the modal page. PLT formatter is supported.

type: ActionOrRule
Formatter and Binding are not supported

PrefersLargeCaption¶

Page control now supports PrefersLargeCaption property that’s only available in iOS.

Currently, only Section Pages support this property. Other types of Pages such as BottomNavigation, Tabs, SideDrawer, FormCellContainer and FlexibleColumn don’t support this property yet.

Please note that if a Section or FormCell page is used within one of the unsupported page types, the PrefersLargeCaption property is ignored.

type: boolean
default: false

PullDown¶

The event that will be executed when the page pull down operation is performed i.e. when user swipes down on the page.

type: PullDown

Result¶

type: TargetPath[]

All array items must be of the type: TargetPath

type: ToolBar

_Name¶

type: string

_Type¶

type: const

The value of this property must be equal to:

"Page"

Examples¶

{
  "_Name": "MyMDKApp",
  "_Type": "Page",
  "Caption": "My MDK App",
  "Controls": [
    {
      "Sections": [
        {
          "ObjectCells": [
            {
              "ObjectCell": {
                "AccessoryType": "disclosureIndicator",
                "DetailImage": "/MyMDKApp/Images/workorder.png",
                "DetailImageIsCircular": true,
                "OnPress": "/MyMDKApp/Actions/Navigation/NavToWorkOrderList.action",
                "StatusText": "/MyMDKApp/Rules/OData/TotalWorkOrders.js",
                "Title": "Work Orders"
              }
            },
            {
              "ObjectCell": {
                "AccessoryType": "disclosureIndicator",
                "Description": "Examples using MDK Client",
                "DetailImage": "/MyMDKApp/Images/component.png",
                "OnPress": "/MyMDKApp/Actions/NavToAppModelerFeatures.action",
                "StatusText": "See More",
                "Title": "MDK Components"
              }
            }
          ],
          "_Name": "WorkOrdersSection",
          "_Type": "Section.Type.ObjectTable"
        }
      ],
      "DataSubscriptions": "/MyMDKApp/Rules/OData/DataSubscriptions.js",
      "_Type": "Control.Type.SectionedTable",
      "_Name": "SectionedTable"
    }
  ],
  "ToolBar": {
    "Controls": [
      {
        "SystemItem": "FlexibleSpace",
        "_Type": "Control.Type.ToolbarItem",
        "_Name": "FlexibleSpaceb"
      },
      {
        "_Name": "LogoutToolbarItem",
        "_Type": "Control.Type.ToolbarItem",
        "Caption": "Log out",
        "OnPress": "/MyMDKApp/Actions/LogoutUser.action"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Example for Tab Control with header¶

// the section type of the first SectionedTable must be Section.Type.ObjectHeader/ProfileHeader/KPIHeader 
{
  "Caption": "Tabs with ObjectHeader",
  "Controls": [
    {
      "Sections": [
        {
          "ObjectHeader": {
            "BodyText": "BodyText",
            "Description": "Description",
            "DetailImageIsCircular": true,
            "Footnote": "Footnote",
            "HeadlineText": "HeadlineText",
            "StatusText": "High",
            "StatusImage": "res://n_icon.png",
            "Subhead": "Subhead",
            "SubstatusImage": "res://test_png.png",
            "SubstatusText": "Error",
            "Tags": "Tags"
          },
          "_Type": "Section.Type.ObjectHeader"
        }
      ],
      "_Name": "ObjectHeaderSection",
      "_Type": "Control.Type.SectionedTable"
    },
    {
      "Items":[
        {
          "_Name": "ActionsTab",
          "Caption": "Actions",
          "Image": "font://&#xe05a;",
          "OnPress": "/MyMDKApp/Actions/Messages/Message.action",
          "PageToOpen": "/MyMDKApp/Pages/Examples/TabActionExamples.page",
          "_Type": "Control.Type.TabItem"
        },
        {
          "_Name": "ControlsTab",
          "Caption": "/MyMDKApp/Rules/ControlsCaption.js",
          "Image": "res://map_icon",
          "ResetIfPressedWhenActive": "/MyMDKApp/Rules/AlwaysTrue.js",
          "OnPress": "/MyMDKApp/Rules/TabControl/TabControlRule.js",
          "PageToOpen": "/MyMDKApp/Pages/Examples/ControlExamples.page",
          "_Type": "Control.Type.TabItem"
        },
        {
          "_Name": "OData",
          "Caption": "OData",
          "ResetIfPressedWhenActive": "/MyMDKApp/Rules/AlwaysTrue.js",
          "PageToOpen": "/MyMDKApp/Pages/Examples/ODataExamples.page",
          "_Type": "Control.Type.TabItem"
        }
      ],
      "Position": "/MyMDKApp/Rules/AlwaysTop.js",
      "_Type": "Control.Type.Tabs",
      "_Name": "TabsControl"
    }
  ],
  "_Type": "Page",
  "_Name": "TabsWithObjectHeader"
}