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jmmontero
jmmontero

Reputation: 169

Hook property binding

I am trying to hook an ImageUrl property to MvxImageView, to implement my own image caching service.

I have tried using a PropertyConverter that gets the value, but I don't receive a response.

Then, I tried my own implementation for IMvxImageHelper, but I get an unusual behaviour because I using a list with images, all images containers get the same picture and when I swipe the list, the picture changes in all MvxImageView widgets.

This implementation is in a Setup file in CreateApp method using a RegisterSingleton.

What is the correct way to hook into the process of caching images?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 268

Answers (1)

Stuart
Stuart

Reputation: 66882

If you want to replace the entire download and caching chain then the easiest interface to provide is IMvxImageHelper<Bitmap> - it's expected that this is registered as Mvx.RegisterType - so that each image view will get a new helper object.

If you want to replace just parts of the download and caching, then you can instead provide implementations of:

        IMvxHttpFileDownloader
        IMvxImageCache<Bitmap>
        IMvxLocalFileImageLoader<Bitmap>

There's no documentation available for these - but these api's are very small and the source code is available as a reference.

Then, I tried my own implementation for IMvxImageHelper, but I get an unusual behaviour because I using a list with images, all images containers get the same picture and when I swipe the list, the picture changes in all MvxImageView widgets.

I would guess you had a bug in your image helper implementation or in it's registration with IOC.

One other alternative you can consider is implementing your own custom ImageView class with its own ImageUrl property - you don't have to use MvxImageView

Upvotes: 1

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