Stack view

Sometimes, it's useful to be able to display long lists of items with only one item visible at a time, for example, the list of attachments for a ClaimItem. In this case, you can use the side-to-side ViewPager as you've already done, but there is another option--the StackView. The StackView class presents its contents as a three-dimensional stack of cards, with the "top" card fully visible, and some of the cards "behind it," as shown:

This is often a very useful pattern, as it provides the user with plenty of screen space to view the top item, while also being able to see that there are other items that can be viewed. This makes ...

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