/// <summary>
/// Constructor for starting page
/// </summary>
public StartingPage()
{
Button link = new Button {
WidthRequest = 400
};
Button req = new Button {
WidthRequest = 400
};
var label = new Label {
TextColor = Color.Black
};
link.Text = "Link to event page";
label.FontSize = 15;
req.Text = "get employers";
label.HorizontalTextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center;
var layout = new StackLayout();
link.VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Start;
link.HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.CenterAndExpand;
req.HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.CenterAndExpand;
label.HorizontalOptions = LayoutOptions.CenterAndExpand;
layout.Children.Add(link);
layout.Children.Add(req);
layout.Children.Add(label);
layout.Spacing = 0;
NavigationPage.SetHasNavigationBar(this, true);
//this.BackgroundColor = Color.White;
link.Clicked += (sender, args) => {
Device.OpenUri(new Uri("http://thecircuitlive.com/index.php/events/"));
};
req.Clicked += async(sender, args) =>
{
Events n = await ConnectionManager.GetEventData();
label.Text = n.EventSet[1].EventSpeakers[0].SpeakerName;
};
Content = layout;
}
public EventList()
{
Task.Run(() =>
{
Event[] temp = ConnectionManager.GetEventData().Result.EventSet;
Device.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(() =>
{
//Debug.WriteLine(temp[0].EventId);
eventList = new ListView
{
ItemsSource = temp.ToList(),
ItemTemplate = new DataTemplate(() =>
{
var aventCell = new EventCell();
//aventCell.SetBinding(EventCell.EventIdProperty, "EventId");
aventCell.SetBinding(EventCell.EventTitleProperty, "EventTitle");
aventCell.SetBinding(EventCell.EventImageProperty, "EventImg");
aventCell.SetBinding(EventCell.EventTopicProperty, "EventTopic");
aventCell.SetBinding(EventCell.EventDateProperty, "EventDate");
aventCell.SetBinding(EventCell.EventDescriptionProperty, "EventDesceription");
aventCell.SetBinding(EventCell.EventSpeakersProperty, "EventSpeakers");
return(aventCell);
})
};
Padding = new Thickness(0, Device.OnPlatform(20, 0, 0), 0, 0);
Content = new StackLayout
{
Children =
{
new Label {
Text = "Xamarin.Forms native cell", HorizontalTextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center
},
eventList
}
};
});
});
}
/// <summary>
/// get Event data ( unwrap events, and get the event array )
/// Call as a task
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static async Task <Event[]> LoadEvents()
{
Events events = await ConnectionManager.GetEventData();
return(events.EventSet);
}