void buttonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GameButton button = (GameButton)sender;
AddLabel(button.Text);
// this may be done later by retreiving text from a database (?)
switch (button.Key)
{
case "option1":
AddLabel("> You have chosen option one.");
AddLabel("> Things will happen accordingly, maybe the ship will be hit by something or waste resources.Story will happen and consequences will be had, etc, etc.");
break;
case "option2":
AddLabel("> You have chosen option two.");
AddLabel("> Different things will happen by this than by option one, and so on. I'm sure it'll be a good thing.");
break;
case "option3":
AddLabel("> You have chosen option three.");
AddLabel("> This return text will probably be stored in a database somewhere, and we'll have code to check what to display depending on variables and whatnot.");
break;
case "option4":
AddLabel("> You have chosen option four.");
AddLabel("> Ideally, this text will be displayed one character at a time.");
break;
case "clearScreen":
int index = 0;
while (index < grid.Children.Count && row > 0)
{
if (grid.Children.ElementAt(index) is Label)
{
grid.Children.RemoveAt(index);
row--;
}
else
{
index++;
}
}
break;
}
//adds the button's text to the grid
}
public Page1()
{
/* Stack layout is an option if you want things equidistant down the page
* But a grid gives us more flexibility as to where things are on the page
* Content = new StackLayout
* {
* Children = {
* new Label { Text = "Welcome to Xamarin.Forms!" }
* }
* };
*/
//First, we define the grid and its rows and columns
grid = new Grid
{
ColumnDefinitions =
{
//The Column Definition defines the width of each column
//GridLength.Auto means it'll fit exactly the size of what's inside it
new ColumnDefinition {
Width = GridLength.Auto
},
new ColumnDefinition {
Width = GridLength.Auto
},
new ColumnDefinition {
Width = GridLength.Auto
},
new ColumnDefinition {
Width = GridLength.Auto
},
new ColumnDefinition {
Width = new GridLength(1, GridUnitType.Star)
}
//this type of grid length expands to fill in what isn't taken up by other rows
}
};
for (int i = 0; i < maxrow; i++)
{
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = GridLength.Auto
});
//I want several lines of text near the top, that's these Autos
}
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = new GridLength(1, GridUnitType.Star)
});
//I want a large empty space, that's the star
#if __MOBILE__
//I want four buttons at the bottom,
//but they need to be smaller in mobile to fit the screen
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = 30
});
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = 30
});
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = 30
});
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = 30
});
#else
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = GridLength.Auto
});
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = GridLength.Auto
});
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = GridLength.Auto
});
grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition {
Height = GridLength.Auto
});
#endif
//Now, to add some content.
AddLabel("> First Text.");
//AddLabel is a method I wrote, read it below to see how it works
AddLabel("> This is the second text. This text will hopefully be so long that it'll wrap around to a second line, and this grid row will expand accordingly to be two lines thick.");
AddLabel("> Third Text.");
GameButton button;
// Loops through creating the buttons, since they are each very similar
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
button = new GameButton
{
Text = "> choose(Option" + (i + 1) + ")",
Key = "option" + (i + 1),
TextColor = Color.LightGreen,
//Adapt to device size
FontSize = fontsize,
BackgroundColor = Color.DarkSlateGray,
};
button.Clicked += buttonClicked;//adding the function to this button's click
#if __MOBILE__
grid.Children.Add(button, 0, 1, maxrow + i + 1, maxrow + i + 2);
#else
grid.Children.Add(button, i, i + 1, maxrow + 3, maxrow + 4);
#endif
//make sure to put this in a different column each loop
}
#if !__MOBILE__
button = new GameButton
{
Text = "> clearScreen()",
Key = "clearScreen",
TextColor = Color.LightGreen,
//Adapt to device size
FontSize = fontsize,
BackgroundColor = Color.DarkSlateGray,
};
button.Clicked += buttonClicked;//adding the function to this button's click
grid.Children.Add(button, 5, 6, maxrow + 3, maxrow + 4);
#endif
this.Padding = new Thickness(10, 20, 10, 10); //Some breathing room around the edges
this.Content = grid; //Puts the grid on the page
this.BackgroundColor = Color.Black;
//BEFORE YOU RUN: You can right click the sub-projects to the right
//such as TestApp.UWP and choose Set as Start Up Project to choose your platform
}