Monthly Archives: May 2014

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Baby step 1 – getting around – links and such

Recipe:
1. Controller – add ActionResult to existing controller(HomeController)
2. View – add the Raisor CSHtml

1. Controller – add ActionResult to existing controller: /home/Controllers/HomeController.cs

namespace MVC_Richtest.Controllers
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
ViewBag.Message = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";

return View();
}

public ActionResult About()
{
return View();
}

public ActionResult Argh()
{
return View();
}
}
}

2. Create a corresponding file in /views/Home/Argh.cshtml

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Argh";
}

<h2>Ahoy Matey</h2>
<p>
     No doubt ye be wonderin' what this page be about. Well, argh, it is about nothin' special, see. And any scalaway sea cow's loving scourge should know better. Argh!
</p>
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Log to debugger view

Step 1: define a TAG so we use log filters (can also be any string you choose)

	static public String TAG= Activity.class.getName();

Step 2: write [ d=debug, e=error, i=info, v=verbose w=warning

	Log.v(TAG, "Message here");
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Button – click monitor onclick and onrelease 

		Button bXMinus = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnXMinus);
		bXMinus.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
		    @Override
		    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
		        if(event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
		        	sendMessage("jog x -1");
		        } else if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
		        	sendMessage("jog x 0");
		        }
		        return true;
		    }
		});