protected async Task LoadFeaturedArticles()
{
FeaturedArticles.Clear();
try
{
this.IsBusy = true;
var articleResults = await this.TBService.GetFeaturedArticles();
foreach (var counter in articleResults.Articles)
{
FeaturedArticles.Add(counter);
}
this.IsBusy = false;
if (articleResults.Articles.Count == 0)
{
}
//await App.Current.MainPage.DisplayAlert("Warning", "No featured articles found.", "OK");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//await App.Current.MainPage.DisplayAlert("Warning", "Could not retrieve featured articles.", "OK");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Fetches all the articles from datasource and performs operations to determine most recent and popular articles
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Returns object of type FeaturedArticles that contains Recent and Popular articles</returns>
public ActionResult GetArticles()
{
string id = RenderingContextWrapper.GetDataSource();
Guid guid;
var featuredarticles = new FeaturedArticles();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(id) && Guid.TryParse(id, out guid))
{
var datasourceitem = SitecoreContext.GetItem <ArticlesCollection>(guid);
if (datasourceitem.ArticleList.Any())
{
featuredarticles.RecentArticles = datasourceitem.ArticleList.OrderByDescending(x => x.ArticleCreatedDate).Take(datasourceitem.NumberOfArticles);
featuredarticles.MostPopularArticles = datasourceitem.ArticleList.OrderByDescending(x => x.NumberOfViews).Take(datasourceitem.NumberOfArticles);
}
}
return(View(featuredarticles));
}