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rams

Reputation: 6801

How do you add a subtitle to a MonoTouch.Dialog RootElement?

The MonoTouch.Dialog RootElement does not appear to have a way of adding a subtitle. I would like to display a subtitle below the caption.

Do I have to subclass the element and add a custom view to in the GetCell method?

Is there a simpler option?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 483

Answers (1)

rams
rams

Reputation: 6801

The simplest way to achieve this is to subclass RootElement and override GetCell method, create a new cell and set the LabelText and DetailLabelText. This will give you a nice subtitle

public override MonoTouch.UIKit.UITableViewCell GetCell(MonoTouch.UIKit.UITableView tv) {
        var baseCell = base.GetCell(tv); 
        var cell = new UITableViewCell(UITableViewCellStyle.Subtitle, "cellId");
        cell.TextLabel.Text = Caption;
        cell.DetailTextLabel.Text = _subtitle;
        cell.Accessory = baseCell.Accessory;
        return cell;
    }

Note the cell Style. Unfortunately, it looks like the cell style is available only during cell construction and not afterward. So you cant just call base.GetCell(tv) and set it's style. That would have been a better option.

_subTitle is a class level variable set via the custom constructor

private string _subtitle = string.Empty;

    public ChartSectionRootElement(string caption, string subTitle) : base(caption) {
        this._subtitle = subTitle;
    }

Upvotes: 2

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