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Palm webOS

by Mitch Allen
July 2009
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
12h 25m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Controller APIs

This section includes the application, stage, and scene controller methods used in the book. These are just a subset of the APIs available; refer to the Palm SDK for a complete list of the available APIs.

Each entry includes a very brief description, followed by an enumeration of the arguments used in the method call.

Mojo.Controller.AppController.createStageWithCallback(stageArguments, onCreate, optionalStageType)

Method to create a new stage and be called back when the stage is loaded.

Arguments

Type

Description

stageArguments

String or Object

If a string, the name of the new stage; if a stage exists with this name, its contents will be replaced; if an object, it must have a name property containing the stage name and may have an assistantName property to specify the stage assistant and a height property to specify the height of a pop-up alert

onCreate

Function

A function that is called once the new stage is fully loaded; it is passed the new stage controller as its first parameter

optionalStageType

String

The type of stage to create: 'card', 'dashboard', 'popup', or 'banner'

Returns

Type

Description

None

  

Mojo.Controller.AppController.getActiveStageController(stageType)

Method to return the first currently focused stage’s controller.

Arguments

Type

Description

stageType

String

The type of stage to return: 'card', 'dashboard', 'popup', or 'banner'

Returns

Type

Description

stageController

Object

The stage controller for the active stage

Mojo.Controller.AppController.getScreenOrientation()

Method ...

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