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Xamarin "BindableProperty propertyChanged" does not fired when "RaisePropertyChanged"

I use MvvmCross with Xamarin Form.
Therefore, I use RaisePropertyChanged to notify View.
However, RaisePropertyChanged does not fire propertyChanged in ViewA.
I do not know where to start to debug or check local variables...
Flow
If I change Data.Value somewhere, flow is like below.
event Data.ValueChanged invoked.
ModelA.OnValueChanged calls OnPropertyChanged
ViewModelA.OnModelPropertyChanged calls RaisePropertyChanged
expect ViewA.OnChanged called, but fail...
XAML
I run and check if XAML binding is working.
<DataTemplate x:Key="ViewB">
<ViewB Data="{Binding Data}" />
</DataTemplate>
View
I defined BindableProperty as below.
// this class is abstract!
public abstract class ViewA : MvxContentView
{
public static readonly BindableProperty DataProperty =
BindableProperty.Create(
propertyName: "Property",
returnType: typeof(Data),
declaringType: typeof(ViewA),
defaultValue: null,
propertyChanged: OnChanged);
static void OnChanged(BindableObject bindable, object oldValue, object newValue)
{
if (newValue is null) { return; }
// some codes
}
}
// actual class
public partial class ViewB : ViewA
{
public ViewB()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
ViewModel
// this is also abstract!
public abstract class ViewModelA<T> : MvxViewModel<T>
{
protected T _model;
public Data Data
{
get => _model.Data;
}
public T Model
{
get => _Model;
set
{
if (SetProperty(ref _model, value))
{
// Register event handler
_model.PropertyChanged += OnModelPropertyChanged;
}
}
}
private void OnModelPropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
switch (e.PropertyName)
{
case "DataChanged":
{
// I expect this will fire 'propertyChanged' of BindableProperty.
// But it is not fired...
RaisePropertyChanged(() => Data);
}
break;
}
}
}
// actual class
public class ViewModelB : ViewModelA<ModelA>
{
public ViewModelB() : base()
{
}
}
Model
public class LayerModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
private Data _data;
public Data Data
{
get
{
return _data;
}
set
{
if (_data != value)
{
_data = value;
_data.ValueChanged += OnValueChanged;
OnPropertyChanged("DataChanged");
}
}
}
private void OnValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OnPropertyChanged(""DataChanged"");
}
}
Data
public class Data
{
private int _value;
public int Value
{
get => _value;
set
{
if(_value != value)
{
// 2020.07.06 Edited
var evetArg = new DataChangedArgs
{
OldData = _value;
NewData = value;
};
_value = value;
ValueChanged?.Invoke(this, evetArg);
}
}
}
public event EventHandler ValueChanged;
}
2020.07.06 Added
public class DataChangedArgs : EventArgs
{
public int OldData { get; set; }
public int NewData { get; set; }
}

I suggest you to simplify some classes. You created a custom event named ValueChanged, its basically the same INotifyPropertyChanged. It's recommend you to use the interface, there are a class MvxNotifyPropertyChanged (in MvvmCross) that implement the previous interface.
Here is an approximation (This ViewModel does not inherit from MvxViewModel but as I said, it's an approximation).
***EDIT Question update: The class Data can't be modified.
You are trying to bind Data with a BindableProperty, in this case the Data should implement the INotifyPropertyChanged to notify the changes. I recommend you to read about BindableObject.
In this case I propose the following solution:
Create a class inheriting from Data: it will implement the INotifyPropertyChanged to notify the value changes.
The structure should look similar to:
...
public class MainPageViewModel : MvxNotifyPropertyChanged
{
public Data Data => _model?.Data;
private LayerModel _model;
public LayerModel Model
{
get => _model;
set
{
SetProperty(ref _model, value, () =>
{
RaisePropertyChanged(nameof(Data));
});
}
}
}
public class LayerModel : MvxNotifyPropertyChanged
{
private Data _data;
public Data Data
{
get => _data;
set => SetProperty(ref _data, value);
}
}
public class Data
{
private int _value;
public int Value
{
get => _value;
set
{
if (_value == value)
return;
var eventArgs = new DataChangedEventArgs(_value, value);
_value = value;
ValueChanged?.Invoke(this, eventArgs);
}
}
public event EventHandler<EventArgs> ValueChanged;
}
public class DataChangedEventArgs : EventArgs
{
public DataChangedEventArgs(int oldData, int newData)
{
OldData = oldData;
NewData = newData;
}
public int OldData { get; }
public int NewData { get; }
}
public class NotificationData : Data, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public static NotificationData FromData(Data data)
{
return new NotificationData {Value = data.Value};
}
public NotificationData()
{
ValueChanged += delegate
{
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(Value));
};
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
[NotifyPropertyChangedInvocator]
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
...
The following is an demo with an abstract view, and a child view consuming the MainPageViewModel.
The abstract view should look similar to
public abstract class ViewA : ContentPage
{
public Data ModelA
{
get => (Data)GetValue(ModelAProperty);
set => SetValue(ModelAProperty, value);
}
public static readonly BindableProperty ModelAProperty =
BindableProperty.Create(
propertyName: nameof(ModelA),
returnType: typeof(Data),
declaringType: typeof(ViewA),
defaultValue: null,
propertyChanged: OnChanged);
static void OnChanged(BindableObject bindable, object oldValue, object newValue)
{
if (newValue is null) { return; }
// some codes
}
}
The child view.
Code behind:
...
public partial class MainPage : ViewA
{
private int _counter = 10;
private MainPageViewModel ViewModel => (MainPageViewModel) BindingContext;
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
//--example initialization
var data = new Data
{
Value = _counter
};
ViewModel.Model = new LayerModel
{
Data = NotificationData.FromData(data)
};
}
private void Button_OnClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ViewModel.Model.Data.Value = ++_counter;
}
}
...
XAML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xamstack:ViewA xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms/design"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:xamstack="clr-namespace:xamstack;assembly=xamstack"
mc:Ignorable="d"
x:Class="xamstack.MainPage"
ModelA="{Binding Data}">
<ContentPage.BindingContext>
<xamstack:MainPageViewModel/>
</ContentPage.BindingContext>
<StackLayout Padding="20">
<Button Text="Increment" Clicked="Button_OnClicked"/>
<Label>
<Label.FormattedText>
<FormattedString>
<Span Text="Value: "/>
<Span Text="{Binding Path=ModelA.Value, Mode=OneWay, Source={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ContentPage}}}"
TextColor="Red"
/>
</FormattedString>
</Label.FormattedText>
</Label>
</StackLayout>
</xamstack:ViewA>
I hope it match your case.

Is there a way to bind to a UWP TreeView that may have a variable number of levels like a folder structure would?

Basically I want to use TreeView to represent a folder structure. So there maybe be any number of subfolders to navigate into. Can this be done via databinding, or does such logic have to be done all in code? Thanks.

The TreeView control supports binding to a hierarchical data source. You could define a custom class for binding usage.
I made a code sample for you reference:
<Grid>
<TreeView x:Name="treeview" ItemsSource="{x:Bind storageFolders,Mode=OneWay}">
<TreeView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:DataType="local:FolderInfo">
<TreeViewItem ItemsSource="{x:Bind subFolders}" Content="{x:Bind FolderName}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</TreeView.ItemTemplate>
</TreeView>
<Button Content="folders" Click="Button_Click"></Button>
</Grid>
public class FolderInfo : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private void RaisePropertyChanged(string PropertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this,new PropertyChangedEventArgs(PropertyName));
}
}
private string _FolderName;
public string FolderName
{
get { return _FolderName; }
set
{
if (_FolderName != value)
{
_FolderName = value;
RaisePropertyChanged("FolderName");
}
}
}
public ObservableCollection<FolderInfo> subFolders { get; set; } = new ObservableCollection<FolderInfo>();
public override string ToString()
{
return FolderName;
}
}
public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
public ObservableCollection<FolderInfo> storageFolders { get; set; } = new ObservableCollection<FolderInfo>();
public MainPage()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
}
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
}
private async void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
FolderPicker folderPicker = new FolderPicker();
folderPicker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.ComputerFolder;
folderPicker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".txt");
var folder = await folderPicker.PickSingleFolderAsync();
var Folders = await GetFoldersAsync(folder);
foreach (var f in Folders)
{
storageFolders.Add(f);
}
}
private async Task<ObservableCollection<FolderInfo>> GetFoldersAsync(StorageFolder storageFolder)
{
var folders = await storageFolder.GetFoldersAsync();
ObservableCollection<FolderInfo> folderInfos = new ObservableCollection<FolderInfo>();
foreach (var f in folders)
{
folderInfos.Add(new FolderInfo() {FolderName=f.DisplayName,subFolders=await GetFoldersAsync(f) });
}
return folderInfos;
}
}
Then, when you have new sub folders, you just need to add it to the storageFolders collection.

How to bind textbox object to ViewModel

Trying to make my first application with the simple logging function to the TextBox on main form.
To implement logging, I need to get the TextBox object into the logger's class.
Prob - can't do that :) currently have no error, but as I understand the text value of TextBox is binding to my ViewModel, because getting 'null reference' exception trying to execute.
Logger.cs
public class Logger : TextWriter
{
TextBox textBox = ViewModel.LogBox;
public override void Write(char value)
{
base.Write(value);
textBox.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(() =>
{
textBox.AppendText(value.ToString());
}));
}
public override Encoding Encoding
{
get { return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8; }
}
}
ViewModel.cs
public class ViewModel
{
public int ThreadCount { get; set; }
public int ProxyTimeout { get; set; }
public static TextBox LogBox { get; set; }
//private TextBox _LogBox;
//public TextBox LogBox {
// get { return _LogBox; }
// set {
// _LogBox = value;
// }
//}
}
launching on btn click, MainWindow.xaml.cs:
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
DataContext = new ViewModel();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Logger logger = new Logger();
logger.Write("ewgewgweg");
}
}
MainWindow.xaml
<Window
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:tools"
xmlns:xctk="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/toolkit" x:Class="tools.MainWindow"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Title="Tools" Height="399.387" Width="575.46">
<TextBox x:Name="logBox"
ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"
ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="137" Margin="10,222,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="394" Text="{Binding Path = LogBox, Mode=TwoWay}"/>

You have several issues in your code:
Don't bring controls (TextBox) in your viewmodel, if you do there's no use in trying to do MVVM.
The Text property in XAML has to be of the type String or something that can be converted to a string. You're binding a control, which will result in showing System.Windows.Controls.TextBox (result of .ToString()) on your screen instead of actual text.
Your LogBox property should implement INotifyPropertyChanged
You don't want TwoWay binding, as the text flows from your logger to the UI, you don't need it to flow back. You might even consider using a TextBlock instead or make the control readonly so people can't change the content.
You don't want static properties or static viewmodels, read up on dependency injection on how to pass dependencies.
You will be flooding your UI thread by appending your characters one by one. Consider using another implementation (but I won't go deeper into this for this answer).
Keeping all above in mind, I transformed your code to this.
MainWindow.xaml
<TextBox x:Name="logBox"
HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Height="137" Margin="10,222,0,0"
TextWrapping="Wrap" Width="394" Text="{Binding Path = LogBox}"/>
MainWindow.xaml.cs
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
private Logger _logger;
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
var viewModel = new ViewModel();
DataContext = viewModel;
_logger = new Logger(viewModel); // passing ViewModel through Dependency Injection
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
_logger.Write("ewgewgweg");
}
}
ViewModel.cs
public class ViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public int ThreadCount { get; set; }
public int ProxyTimeout { get; set; }
private string _logBox;
public string LogBox
{
get { return _logBox; }
set
{
_logBox = value;
OnPropertyChanged();
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = null)
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
Logger.cs
public class Logger : TextWriter
{
private readonly ViewModel _viewModel;
public Logger(ViewModel viewModel)
{
_viewModel = viewModel;
}
public override void Write(char value)
{
base.Write(value);
_viewModel.LogBox += value;
}
public override Encoding Encoding
{
get { return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8; }
}
}

You can use string instead of TextBox as follow as
In view model class
public class ViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
private string _logBox;
public string LogBox
{
get {return _logBox;}
set
{
if(value != _logBox)
{
_logBox=value;
OnPropertyChanged("LogBox");
}
}
}
protected void OnPropertyChanged(string name)
{
PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
if (handler != null)
{
handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name));
}
}
}
and in writer method you just
public void writer (string str)
{
ViewModel.LogBox = str;
}
You can define ViewModel as static or create new object from ViewModel and access the object in logger class as you want!
hope this helped.

WPF returning a List to the class

New to WPF and C# from VB web forms, so sorry for this poorly structured question I will add to as needed to improve. I am trying to implement an example by adding database calls to MySQL to populate an On-Demand Tree View control. Here is the link to the sample code...
sample code
Got my db connection working and data is populating my dataset. I iterate to place in a List. But can not seem to figure out the issue with passing the List to the Class to populate the control...
public class Level1
{
public Level1(string level1Name)
{
this.Level1Name = level1Name;
}
public string Level1Name { get; private set; }
readonly List<Level2> _level2s = new List<Level2>();
public List<Level2> Level2s
{
get { return _level2s; }
}
}
I have a database class that queries the db and parses the data....
List<string> level1s = new List<string>();
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
foreach (DataTable table in ds.Tables)
{
foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
{
level1s.Add((string)row["name"]);
}
}
**UPDATE**: Trying to return the list...
return new Level1[]
{
foreach(DataRow row in level1s)
{
// iterate here
}
};
My level1s List is properly populated, I am just drawing a blank on returning the values.
thanks,
UPDATE - I am including the ViewModel code here as well....
using BusinessLib;
namespace TreeViewWithViewModelTOC.LoadOnDemand
{
public class Level1ViewModel : TreeViewItemViewModel
{
readonly Level1 _level1;
public Level1ViewModel(Level1 level1)
: base(null, true)
{
_level1 = level1;
}
public string Level1Name
{
get { return _level1.Level1Name; }
}
protected override void LoadChildren()
{
foreach (Level2 level2 in Database.GetLevel2s(_level1))
base.Children.Add(new Level2ViewModel(level2, this));
}
}
}

Try like this below,
List<Level1> L1=new List<Level1>();
foreach(var row in level1s)
{
Level1 L=new Level1();
// L.Level1Name = row.ToString(); here add items as you need
L1.Add(L);
}
return L1.ToArray();

You should be using MVVM design pattern to solve this. There aren't many requirements listed in your questions so I will assume my own, which should lead you along the right path.
First thing is determining whether or not you're records are going to be ready/pulled at run-time--before the TreeView is rendered and if they will be changed/updated/added/removed from the structure during the lifecycle of the application. If the structure isn't going to be changed, you can continue to use List as your collection. If you're (or a user is) going to be adding/removing from the collection, ultimately changing the structure, then you need to notify the UI that a change occurred on the collection; so you would use the built in ObservableCollection for that. Here is a MVVM-purist solution, with the assumption that your data will be pulled at application startup and you will be modifying the collection:
Note: RelayCommand implementation was taken from here
Models
public class First
{
public string Name
{
get;
set;
}
public readonly List<Second> Children;
public First(string name)
{
Name = name;
Children = new List<Second>
{
new Second(1),
new Second(2),
new Second(3),
};
}
public void AddChild(Second child)
{
Children.Add(child);
ChildAdded(this, new ChildAddedEventArgs(child));
}
public EventHandler<ChildAddedEventArgs> ChildAdded;
}
public class ChildAddedEventArgs //technically, not considered a model
{
public readonly Second ChildAdded;
public ChildAddedEventArgs(Second childAdded)
{
ChildAdded = childAdded;
}
}
public class Second
{
public int Number
{
get;
set;
}
public Second(int number)
{
Number = number;
}
}
ViewModels
public class MainViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private readonly ObservableCollection<FirstViewModel> _items;
private readonly ICommand _addFirstFirstChildCommand;
private readonly ICommand _addSecondFirstChildCommand;
private readonly ICommand _toggleExpandCollapseCommand;
private bool _firstAddedFlag;
public MainViewModel(IEnumerable<First> records)
{
_items = new ObservableCollection<FirstViewModel>();
foreach(var r in records)
{
_items.Add(new FirstViewModel(r));
}
_addFirstFirstChildCommand = new RelayCommand(param => AddFirst(), param => CanAddFirst);
_addSecondFirstChildCommand = new RelayCommand(param => AddSecond(), param => CanAddSecond);
_toggleExpandCollapseCommand = new RelayCommand(param => ExpandCollapseAll(), param =>
{
return true;
});
}
public ObservableCollection<FirstViewModel> Items
{
get
{
return _items;
}
}
public ICommand AddFirstFirstChildCommand
{
get
{
return _addFirstFirstChildCommand;
}
}
public ICommand AddSecondFirstChildCommand
{
get
{
return _addSecondFirstChildCommand;
}
}
public ICommand ToggleExpandCollapseCommand
{
get
{
return _toggleExpandCollapseCommand;
}
}
public bool CanAddFirst
{
get
{
return true;
}
}
public bool CanAddSecond
{
get
{
//Only allow second to be added if we added to first, first
return _firstAddedFlag;
}
}
public void AddFirstChild(FirstViewModel item)
{
Items.Add(item);
}
private void AddFirst()
{
_items[0].AddChild(new Second(10));
_firstAddedFlag = true;
}
private void AddSecond()
{
_items[1].AddChild(new Second(20));
}
private void ExpandCollapseAll()
{
foreach(var i in Items)
{
i.IsExpanded = !i.IsExpanded;
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public void NotifyPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
public class FirstViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private readonly First model;
private readonly ObservableCollection<SecondViewModel> _children;
private bool _isExpanded;
public FirstViewModel(First first)
{
_children = new ObservableCollection<SecondViewModel>();
model = first;
foreach(var s in first.Children)
{
Children.Add(new SecondViewModel(s));
}
model.ChildAdded += OnChildAdded;
}
public string FirstName
{
get
{
return model.Name;
}
set
{
model.Name = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged();
}
}
public ObservableCollection<SecondViewModel> Children
{
get
{
return _children;
}
}
public bool IsExpanded
{
get
{
return _isExpanded;
}
set
{
_isExpanded = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged();
}
}
internal void AddChild(Second second)
{
model.AddChild(second);
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public void NotifyPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
public void OnChildAdded(object sender, ChildAddedEventArgs args)
{
if(Children != null)
{
Children.Add(new SecondViewModel(args.ChildAdded));
}
}
}
public class SecondViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
private readonly Second model;
private bool _isExpanded;
public SecondViewModel(Second second)
{
model = second;
}
public int SecondNumber
{
get
{
return model.Number;
}
set
{
model.Number = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged();
}
}
//Added property to avoid warnings in output window
public bool IsExpanded
{
get
{
return _isExpanded;
}
set
{
_isExpanded = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged();
}
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
public void NotifyPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
{
PropertyChanged?.Invoke(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
Model Provider
public class Database
{
public static IEnumerable<First> GetChildren()
{
List<First> firsts = new List<First>();
firsts.Add(new First("John"));
firsts.Add(new First("Roxanne"));
return firsts;
}
}
MainWindow.xaml.cs
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
private MainViewModel mvm;
public MainWindow()
{
var db = Database.GetChildren();
mvm = new MainViewModel(db);
InitializeComponent();
DataContext = mvm;
}
private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
//Do not do this, example only
var f = new First("Billy");
mvm.AddFirstChild(new FirstViewModel(f));
//Prove that the event was raised in First, FirstViewModel see & handles it, and
//the UI is updated
f.AddChild(new Second(int.MaxValue));
}
}
MainWindow.xaml
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApplication2"
Title="MainWindow">
<Grid>
<TreeView ItemsSource="{Binding Items}">
<TreeView.Resources>
<HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:FirstViewModel}"
ItemsSource="{Binding Children}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding FirstName}" />
</HierarchicalDataTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:SecondViewModel}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding SecondNumber}" />
</DataTemplate>
</TreeView.Resources>
<TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TreeViewItem}">
<Setter Property="IsExpanded"
Value="{Binding IsExpanded, Mode=TwoWay}" />
</Style>
</TreeView.ItemContainerStyle>
</TreeView>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<Button Content="Add Child to first First"
Command="{Binding AddFirstFirstChildCommand}" />
<Button Content="Toggle Expand"
Command="{Binding ToggleExpandCollapseCommand}" />
<Button Content="Add Child to second First"
Command="{Binding AddSecondFirstChildCommand}" />
</StackPanel>
<Button Content="Bad Codebehind Button"
Click="Button_Click"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Window>

this returns array of Level1 from first table in DataSet (usually there's only one table)
public void Level1[] GetLevels()
{
DataSet ds = ....
return ds.Tables[0].Rows
.Select(row => new Level1((string)row["name"]))
.ToArray();
}
if you had more than one table in the dataset, you can use this method to loop trough all tables:
public void Level1[] GetLevels()
{
DataSet ds = ....
return ds.Tables
.SelectMany(t => t.Rows)
.Select(row => new Level1((string)row["name"]))
.ToArray();
}
The second code sample does exactly the same as your code in the question.
Understanding linq is extremely useful.

Show previous selection in GridView

I am developing windows 8 store app. I wants to show the previously selected items in GridView if navigate back and fro, the selected items should be shown selected.I have tried This tutorial
and did exactly as suggested. but its not working in my case. I have also tried with index as
int index = myGridView.SelectedIndex
so that to find index and directly provide
myGridView.SelectedIndex = index ;
but its again not useful because I am not getting changes into the index in
SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e){};
What works is
myGridView.SelectAll();
it selects all the elements. but I don't want this. Please help me? Thanks in advance
Please refer my code
<GridView x:Name="MyList" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="auto" Padding="0" Height="600" Margin="0" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" SelectionMode="Multiple" SelectionChanged="names_SelectionChanged" ItemClick="mylist_ItemClick" SelectedItem="{Binding Path=selectedItem}">
<GridView.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Width="260" Height="80">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=Name}" Foreground="White" d:LayoutOverrides="Width" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GridView.ItemTemplate>
</GridView>
This is The class I am dealing with
public sealed partial class MyClass: MyApp.Common.LayoutAwarePage, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
SQLite.SQLiteAsyncConnection db;
public MyClass()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
Constants.sourceColl = new ObservableCollection<MyModel>();
}
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
getData();
foreach (MyModel item in Constants.sourceColl)
MyList.SelectedItems.Add(item);
}
private async void getData()
{
List<MyModel> mod = new List<MyModel>();
var query = await db.Table<MyModel>().Where(ch => ch.Id_Manga == StoryNumber).ToListAsync();
foreach (var _name in query)
{
var myModel = new MyModel()
{
Name = _name.Name
};
mod.Add(myModel);
Constants.sourceColl.Add(myModel);
}
MyList.ItemsSource = mod;
}
private void names_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
GridView myGridView = sender as GridView;
if (myGridView == null) return;
Constants.sourceColl = (ObservableCollection<MyModel>)myGridView.SelectedItems;
}
public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
protected void NotifyPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
{
if (PropertyChanged != null)
{
PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
}
}
private MyModel _selectedItem;
public MyModel selectedItem
{
get
{
return _selectedItem;
}
set
{
if (_selectedItem != value)
{
_selectedItem = value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("selectedItem");
}
}
}
}
Here is my model
class MyModel
{
[PrimaryKey, AutoIncrement]
public int id { get; set; }
public String Name { get; set; }
}

Hello rahul I have just solved the problem you are facing it is not the perfect way but it will work in your code. try to follow it.
first I made a singleton class which store your previous selected items (lstSubSelectedItems)..like this
public class checkClass
{
static ObservableCollection<Subject> _lstSubSelectedItems = new ObservableCollection<Subject>();
static checkClass chkclss;
public static checkClass GetInstance()
{
if (chkclss == null)
{
chkclss = new checkClass();
}
return chkclss;
}
public ObservableCollection<Subject> lstSubSelectedItems
{
get
{
return _lstSubSelectedItems;
}
set
{
_lstSubSelectedItems = value;
}
}
}
i have filled lstSubSelectedItems on pagenavigationfrom method like this.. here lstsub is selectedsubjects..
protected override void OnNavigatedFrom(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
checkClass obj = checkClass.GetInstance();
obj.lstSubSelectedItems = lstsub;
}
Here is the workaround what I have done in my constructor...
Here I removed the non selected items using removeat function of gridview.selecteditems other function are not doing this this for for (I don't know why). subject class is just like your model class . and also setting of selecteditems is not working that why I choose this way... Hope this help.
public SelectSubject()
{
this.InitializeComponent(); // not required
objselectsubjectViewmodel = new SelectSubjectViewModel(); // not required
groupedItemsViewSource.Source = objselectsubjectViewmodel.Categories; // not required the way set the itemssource of grid.
this.DataContext = this;
checkClass obj = checkClass.GetInstance();
if (obj.lstSubSelectedItems.Count > 0)
{
// List<Subject> sjsfj = new List<Subject>();
// ICollection<Subject> fg = new ICollection<Subject>();
itemGridView.SelectAll();
// int i = 0;
List<int> lstIndex = new List<int>();
foreach (Subject item1 in itemGridView.SelectedItems)
{
foreach (var item3 in obj.lstSubSelectedItems)
{
if (item3.SubjectCategory == item1.SubjectCategory && item3.SubjectName == item1.SubjectName)
{
lstIndex.Add(itemGridView.SelectedItems.IndexOf(item1));
}
}
}
int l = itemGridView.SelectedItems.Count;
for (int b = l-1; b >= 0; b--)
{
if (!lstIndex.Contains(b))
{
itemGridView.SelectedItems.RemoveAt(b);
}
}
}
}
tell me if it works for you...

You can set selectedItems property of gridView for doing this first make observableCollection and the continuously update this collection on selectionchange Event of your gridView . and when you comeback to this page set the GridViewName.SelectedItems = aboveCollection;
private ObservableCollection<Subject> lstsub = new ObservableCollection<Subject>() ;
private void itemGridView_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
checkTemp = 1;
GridView tempObjGridView = new GridView();
tempObjGridView = sender as GridView;
lstsub = tempObjGridView.SelectedItems;
}
protected override void LoadState(Object navigationParameter, Dictionary<String, Object> pageState)
{
yourGridName.SelectedItems = lstsub ;
}