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Fredrik Axtelius
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addTo, addChild problem

Hi!

Im trying to update a listview which I dynamiclly populate every now and then. Since I can't remove item by item I remove the whole list and add it again but this fails for some reason.

If I add the list using list.addTo('layout') it appreas just fine but can't later be located using getNativeElementById. If I user layout.addChild(list) I can later pickit up with getNativeElementById but for some reason when I user addChild the list isn't shown on the screen.

The following code shows the problem. Just create a standard NativeUI Reload demo project and replace the counterButtonClicked() with the following code.

function counterButtonClicked()
{
	// Remove listView
	var listView = document.getNativeElementById('myList');
	var listViewParent = document.getNativeElementById('mainLayout');
	if (listView) {
		mosync.rlog('found one');
		listViewParent.removeChild('myList');
		mosync.rlog('removed'); // never get's here if I use addTo
	}

	// Create new list
	var lv = mosync.nativeui.create('ListView', 'myList', {
		width: -1,
		height: -1
	});
	mosync.rlog('created');

	// using addTo really adds the list to the layout
	// but fails on the second run when I try to remove it
	lv.addTo('mainLayout');
	
	// using addChild instead doesn't visually add the list
	// to the layout (for some reason) but the code for
	// finding and removing the list works
	// listViewParent.addChild('myList');

	/*			
	var lvi = mosync.nativeui.create('ListViewItem', 'lvi1', { text: new Date().getSeconds() });
	lvi.addTo('myList');
	*/
}

I've been trying things the whole weekend but just can't get it to work, help please :)
-Fredrik 

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Iraklis Rossis
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Why cant you remove the list items themselves? Is there an error?

Fredrik Axtelius
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Removing the items was my first instinct but I never got it to work. Then I searched the forums and found this:
http://www.mosync.com/content/clear-listview

That's why I decided to kill and recreate the ListView. 

Fredrik Axtelius
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Anyone? It's on my last screen before my app is finished, really need some help.