Comments on: UrlKit 0.92 now available with IE7, Safari support

By: joe

joe — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:39:22 +0000

I think you’ll have to post a bug to Google Code and attach some sort of example. I have no doubt that there are some difficulties with Modules as UrlKit was never tested with them.

I know of at least one approach which should definitely work, which is to maintain the navigational state in the main app (i.e. the model whose values the sliders are bound to).

By: Al

Al — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:40:18 +0000

Thanks Joe.

The tab navigator is in the main application (not a module) and the modules contain a bunch of controls (such as the slider). I need to deeplink which item within the viewstack is in view (this works) and any values set in each module, i.e. the slider’s hi/lo (this does not work).

No matter how I try all my urlRules within a module are ignored by the parent application.

If my explanation is confusing I can post an example.

Any tips would be much appreciated!

By: joe

joe — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:57:41 +0000

The approach shown in the sample app assumes that the actual TabNavigator is instantiated as soon as the child component is created. With a module that is not the case, because the module loads later and the TabNavigator is not instantiated until the module is completely loaded and initialized.

I think you will have to set up the UrlDelegateRule’s child yourself by listening for the event that tells you the module is ready, and fishing the navigator out of it

By: Al

Al — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:13:07 +0000

Having trouble getting UrlKit working with modules…

So I have really stripped down test with 2 containers in a TabNavigator:

1) Container 1 has the same hi/lo price slider from the example - the deeplinking works here.

2) Container 2 loads a module which is essentially the contents of module 1 (a slider). I’ve ensured ApplicationDomain is set to currentDomain within the loader’s context - deeplinking fails here.

Any ideas? Pointers?

By: joe

joe — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:25:13 +0000

Joe H –

You need to link with the included library flex2BrowserManager.swc, which contains a munged BrowserManager API for Flex 2 as per my other post. It is in the urlkit/libs/ directory of the distribution.

By: Joe Hung

Joe Hung — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:02:59 +0000

Hi,

I just downloaded the 0.92 version. It looks like the FlexBrowserManagerAdapter has a Flex 3 dependency? It references the Flex 3 BrowserChangeEvent.BROWSER_URL_CHANGE which does not exist in 2.01.

Or do I have to do the trick in your other post to get it working under Flex 2.

Thanks a lot!!!

By: joe

joe — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:13:02 +0000

Fabian,
I am not sure offhand, but I think that there is no reliable cross-browser means of navigating the browser history. This would mean that it’s impossible to do what you ask for. I think one browser does support this, but I forget which one.

By: Fabian Bijl

Fabian Bijl — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:05:41 +0000

Is there a possibility to activate the back-button from flex when the backspace button is pressed. Even hints on how I could do this would be greatly appreciated.

By: joe

joe — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:35:56 +0000

Kevin,

Thanks for discovering this; it is a stupid distribution script error on my part. I am uploading a new version 0.92 now, but you can fix
the one you have by merely running “ant stage” in the sample/ directory which will copy over the JS and CSS files from the html-template/ directory.
Note that you must run Urlkit applications from a web server in order for things to operate at all; running from a file:// URL does not work correctly.

By: Kevin Langdon

Kevin Langdon — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:39:40 +0000

Just downloaded this. With Flex 2 it looks like it doesn’t work with the js included in th zip file. Possbily needs the history files from flex 3 instead?